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31 August 2020

Death of migrant farm worker sparks debate about working conditions in Western Europe
Grieving relatives buried the body of Nicaraguan agricultural labourer who died of heat stroke in Spain earlier in August....

20 November 2013

Nicaragua Lead Way in Cattle Identification
NICARAGUA – Cattle identification in Nicaragua will serve as the blueprint for Central America once the 'Harmonized Bovine Traceability programme' is implemented....

14 November 2013

Animal Health Programme to Be Justified With Cost-Efficiency Study
NICARAGUA – Cost-efficiency is the aim of a government veterinary service project being rolled out across the whole of Central America....

12 November 2013

Government Steps in To Address Cattle Prices
NICARAGUA – Livestock price tensions should soon be resolved following a tripartite agreement between farmers, governments and the meat industry, says the agricultural minister....

18 October 2013

Nicaragua Waits on BSE Decision
NICARAGUA – Government animal health officials have asked for the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to renew the country’s bovine spongiform encephalopathy status....

12 August 2013

Central America Pledges to Eradicate Brucellosis
NICARAGUA – A combined committee of South American leaders has agreed to develop a regional programme to control and eradicate Brucellosis in cattle....

07 August 2013

Nicaraguan Livestock Sector Maintains Output
NICARAGUA – Beef and milk production is moving at a steady pace in the beef industry, government figures show....

22 April 2013

Industry Agrees to Parasite Treatment Regulations
NICARAGUA – The National Cattlemen’s Association has agreed to restriction placements on the parasite treatment ‘ivermectin’....

15 April 2013

State Launches Anti-parasite Treatment Ban
NICARAGUA – Injectable drugs with the active agents Ivermectin, Abamectin and Doramectin face usage restrictions because of links with human health risks. ...

07 February 2013

Branding and Computer Technology Mix in Traceability Scheme
NICARAGUA – Livestock movement monitoring is being stepped up by linking a computer database to an iron branding system....

12 May 2011

SuKarne Inaugurates New Cattle & Slaughter Facilities
NICARAGUA - SuKarne has inaugurated the country's first large-scale, intensive cattle fattening enterprise – an investment of US$100 million, which will include feed storage, a slaughterhouse and deboning plant....