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Early vaccination key to new FMD response plan

(Beef Central) Early vaccination will play an important role in a new national Foot and Mouth Disease policy developed by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The new policy is designed to improve Australia’s preparedness against the disease. DAFF Deputy Secretary, Rona Mellor, said while Australia has been free of foot-and-mouth disease for more Read More »

June 4, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agriculture, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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New animal disease facility stalled by budget, politics

(Reuters) The site of a proposed facility to fight animal diseases, including those which could be spread by bioterrorists, is little more than a parking lot today because of safety and budget concerns. Construction of an ambitious National Bio and Agro-Defense Center in this Kansas university town is on hold due to the federal budget Read More »

June 4, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Current focus of veterinary medical profession leaves research, food security, public health needs underserved

(Phys.Org) Without immediate action, a new National Research Council report warns, the academic veterinary community could fail to prepare the next generation of veterinarians for faculty teaching and research positions as well as for jobs in state diagnostic laboratories, federal research and regulatory agencies, and the pharmaceutical and biologics industry.

June 1, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Colombia Reports Anthrax Livestock Deaths and Skin Lesions

(BusinessWeek) Colombia reported livestock deaths from anthrax on two farms in the country’s north near the border with Venezuela as well as a person with skin lesions. The disease killed goats, sheep and pigs on two farms in the La Guajira community, the first outbreaks in the country since April last year, and a person Read More »

May 31, 2012
| Filed under South America, Agriculture, International, and Public Health
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Veterinary workshop in Kazakhstan provides advanced training to diagnosticians, technicians, inspectors

(AgriLife Today) ASTANA, Kazakhstan – Veterinary diagnosticians, technicians and inspectors from the Republic of Kazakhstan received advanced training in molecular methods, biosafety measures and diagnostic epidemiology during a recent two-day workshop here, led by the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense.