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Foot-and-mouth disease vaccine developed in US

(BBC News) With the US livestock industry on alert after a diagnosis of “mad cow” disease in California, the BBC has gained rare access to a high-security compound where a vaccine for another deadly animal virus is close to completion. Hijacked planes, dirty bombs and cyber attacks are all terror threats the US takes very Read More »

April 27, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agriculture, and Countermeasures
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New Mad-Cow Discovery Stirs Fears

(The Wall Street Journal) The U.S. Agriculture Department said Tuesday that a California dairy cow tested positive for mad-cow disease, the first appearance of the brain-wasting illness in the U.S. since 2006. Agency officials said the finding didn’t pose any immediate threat to the safety of the food supply. They said no meat from the Read More »

April 25, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Agents & Toxins, and Agriculture
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Instant View: Mad cow disease found in California

(Reuters) The U.S. Agriculture Department confirmed on Tuesday that it found a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, the nation’s fourth, in a dairy cow in California. The USDA has begun to notify the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) as well as its trading partners, but the finding should not Read More »

April 25, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Agriculture
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Control on Bulgarian-Turkish border will be stepped up: agriculture minister

(Focus News) Tsarevo – Control on the Bulgarian-Turkish border will be stepped up after the Bulgarian government cancelled the construction of a facility against the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Miroslav Naydenov said in the southeastern town of Tsarevo, cited by FOCUS – Burgas Radio. Both vets and forestry Read More »

April 23, 2012
| Filed under Europe, Middle East, Agriculture, Countermeasures, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Egypt and northern Africa

(FAO) Since issuing an emergency alert on 22 March about the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Egypt and Libya, FAO has been engaging countries throughout the region to provide support in preventing the spread of FMD. According to FAO analysis of formal and informal trade movements, the outbreaks in eastern Libya in the Benghazi area Read More »