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WHO Fact Sheet: Latest facts and figures. THE DISEASE IN BIRDS. Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus. The disease occurs worldwide. While all birds are thought to be susceptible to infection with avian influenza viruses, many wild bird sp
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/avian_influenza/en/index.html

Livelihood and common-pool resources : a study of Thini village, Mustang, trans-Himalayan region of Nepal / Dilli Prasad Poudel. - Bergen : Department of Geography, University of Bergen, 2008. - 130 p. (Master's thesis) Agriculture and livestock rearing are the major livelihood earning activities o
https://bora.uib.no/bitstream/1956/3017/1/Masterthesis_Poudel.pdf

This article was published in 2007 by the Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture: "Animal wealth in India has increased manifold and the animal husbandry practices have changed to a great extent following the introduction of newer technologies particularly for crossbreeding and upgradation of
http://dahd.nic.in/livehealth.htm

Published on the Web by the Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture, this site provides access to livestock production statistics. Population statistics from 1996 - 1999 are provided on buffalo, beef cattle, dairy cattle, goat, sheep, pigs, poultry and others, and slaughter records are also available. Liv
http://agrolink.moa.my/jph/dvs/statistics/statidx.html