Friday 22 March 2013
In spite of many hurdles intensive livestock production in Cambodia starts to develop.
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Saturday 16 March 2013
Cambodia’s Prime Minister, Hun Sen, has issued a new directive calling on the police, agriculture and health departments to join forces in the fight against bird flu.
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Sunday 03 March 2013
In spite of many hurdles intensive livestock production in Cambodia starts to develop.
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Sunday 24 February 2013
Dr Denis Laurent from Kantha Bopha Children's Hospital, the kingdom's largest pediatric hospital, said the victim is from Angkor Phnom Touch commune located in Angkor Chey district of Southwestern Kampot province.
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Saturday 16 February 2013
Phnom Penh - Five people have died from bird flu in Cambodia this year, authorities said Friday, up from three for the whole of 2012.
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Sunday 10 February 2013
The Cambodian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a village in Kong Pisei District.
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Friday 01 February 2013
Two Cambodians have died from bird flu contracted while preparing infected chicken, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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Saturday 03 November 2012
Pork is a popular product in Cambodia, with many farmers using pig farming to supplement their income.
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Wednesday 13 June 2012
Following the death of a 13-year old girl in the village of Pring from H5N1 on 26 May 2012, an investigative team from the Department of Animal Health was sent to village to sample the local chickens and ducks.
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Sunday 05 February 2012
A 2-year-and-7 month-old boy from northwestern province of Banteay Meanchey had died early Wednesday from avian influenza A (H5N1) virus after being admitted to hospital for about a week, said a senior health official.
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Thursday 24 November 2011
The veterinary authority has sent Follow Up Report No. 2 dated 7 November to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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Wednesday 23 November 2011
The veterinary authority has sent Follow Up Report No. 2 dated 7 November to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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Tuesday 22 November 2011
Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, or bird flu, has been bursting out in a village in Cambodia's Northwestern part, according to a statement received Friday from the Ministry of Agriculture .
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Tuesday 11 October 2011
The veterinary authority sent Follow Up report No. 1 dated 12 September to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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Friday 30 September 2011
A mutant strain of deadly H5N1 bird flu that is immune to existing vaccines is spreading across Asia, doctors warned yesterday.
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Tuesday 27 September 2011
A six-year-old Cambodian girl has become the eighth person to die from bird flu in the country this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
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Friday 23 September 2011
The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced a confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.
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Thursday 22 September 2011
The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced a confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.
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Saturday 23 July 2011
Cambodian banks are hoping that a surge in agricultural investment will bring in the customers they need to take out loans and put to work the cash flooding into the frontier market's overcrowded banking system.
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Thursday 12 May 2011
The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced a confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus.
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Wednesday 13 October 2010
In Kandal Province pig carcasses were burned after four pigs that were tested were discovered to have been infected with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), also known as blue-ear pig disease.
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Wednesday 25 August 2010
It has been reported that vendors in PHNOM Penh, Cambodia’s capital, have been selling up to two-thirds less pork due to consumer disease fears.
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Wednesday 18 August 2010
Heng Sophal, 40, a pork seller at Kampong Thom market, said she had suspended selling the meat after sales dropped significantly following Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ban of pig imports, to contain the spread of “blue ear” disease.
“Before I sold 200 kilograms per day, but during the past week I could not sell even 10 kilograms,” she said, as buyers are opting for other meats over pork to avoid getting sick, despite government officials’ saying the disease was not transferable to humans.
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Thursday 12 August 2010
In its regular updates, the society said that an unknown number of pigs had died in the provinces of Battambang and Kampong Cham, while nearly 150 have perished in the southern province of Kampot.
Health officials said the disease appears to be bacterial, making an outbreak of pandemic H1N1, sometimes called swine flu, unlikely.
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PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIA has banned imports of live pigs owing to fears they may be infected with blue-ear pig disease, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday.
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Friday 06 August 2010
Srun Pov, president of Association of Pigs Raising in Cambodia, said Wednesday that about 1,000 pigs are illegally imported from Viet Nam into Cambodia every day, and some of them are ill.
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Wednesday 19 May 2010
The agreement was signed in conjunction with the visit of Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak at Naga World Hotel in Phnom Penh today (12 May), reports Malay Mail.
Ahamad Mohamad, Deputy Chairman of QSR, and Neak Oknha Kith Meng, Chairman of RGC, signed on behalf of their respective groups. Jamaludin Md Ali, Managing Director of QSR, also witnessed the signing.
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Friday 30 April 2010
A 27-year-old man from Prey Veng province’s Kampong Leav district died late last week after contracting the A(H5N1) virus, known as bird flu, officials said Wednesday. According to a press release issued by the Health Ministry and World Health Organisation, the man died on April 17 as a result of ‘‘respiratory complications’’ four days after he became ‘‘sick at home with high fever’’.
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Saturday 06 March 2010
Mong Reththy, president of Mong Reththy Group, a company which breeds young pigs to sell to Cambodian farmers for rearing, said Wednesday that demand for pork in Phnom Penh has increased about 20 per cent in the past year
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Friday 19 February 2010
Baby chickens worth a total of US$2.73 mln will be sold to farmers by animal feed producer CP Cambodia this year, according to the company’s VP
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Srun Pov, president of Association of Pigs Raising in Cambodia, said Friday that on normal daily basis, about 4,000 pigs are sold, but 7,000 to 8,000 pigs are sold out quickly ahead of the Chinese festival
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Wednesday 17 February 2010
In three Asian countries, the high pathogenic bird flu virus H5N1 broke out, according to OIE reports
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Cambodia’s biggest animal feed producer CP Cambodia announced that it would increase production 20 percent this year in a bid to respond to farmers' demand
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Baby chickens worth a total of US$2.73 million will be sold to farmers by animal feed producer CP Cambodia Co Ltd this year, according to the company’s vice president
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Sunday 14 February 2010
Cambodian authorities have begun a mass killing of ducks after confirming a fresh outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus
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Thursday 11 February 2010
Cambodian authorities have begun a mass killing of ducks after confirming a fresh outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus, reports the Sydney Morning Herald
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Monday 18 January 2010
A specialist cattle-breeding association is to run an exhibition next month to promote a new breed of livestock it says will give a boost to Cambodia’s beef trade.
The Cambodian Brahman Breeders’ Association (CBBA) said it wants to encourage farmers to raise high-yield, internationally renowned Brahman cattle for domestic sale, maximising potential profits for rural families.
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Saturday 02 January 2010
The Cambodian veterinary authority has sent an Immediate Notification dated 28 December to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE
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Wednesday 30 December 2009
Surging pig imports from Thailand have pushed down prices and led to the closure of hundreds of pig farms, sector representatives said Friday as they called for the government to slash import quotas, according to Phnom Penh Post.
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Saturday 24 October 2009
A Cambodian government delegation of nine high-level fisheries officials are due to make a working trip in southern Vietnam for the next five days to gain knowledge and experience exchanges on aquaculture.
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Saturday 11 July 2009
Dozens of the county's chicken farmers say they have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars as they are forced to shut down, reports The Phnom Penh Post.
Chuon Hout, owner of the Poung Peay chicken farm on the outskirts of the capital, is one of those affected chicken farmers. His business was hit badly by a combination of the global economic crisis and disease. He stated that at least 5 chicken farms in his village have closed - all for the same reasons.
"My business failed, and I lost my investment of more than US$9,000," he said. "My chickens all died from bird flu, and then the economic crisis hurt me further. I'm scared to continue in this
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Sunday 21 June 2009
The Cambodian agriculture ministry said that South Korea's KOGID plans to invest US$150 million to grow and process corn for animal feed to be sold overseas.Chan Tong Yves, secretary of state who is in charge of investments at the ministry told newspapers that the company has long-term in
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Wednesday 17 June 2009
The Cambodian agriculture ministry said that South Korea's KOGID plans to invest US$150 million to grow and process corn for animal feed to be sold overseas.Chan Tong Yves, secretary of state who is in charge of investments at the ministry told newspapers that the company has long-term investment plans for the Kingdom.
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Monday 08 June 2009
Stir-fried or grilled, Vietnamese can't seem to get enough of Cambodian rat meat, and the global influenza outbreak as well as recent heavy rains have proven a boon for both consumers and exporters. Skip related content
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