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Egyptian Camel Handlers Threaten ‘Siege’

(RIA Novosti) Egyptian camel handlers said they would bring thousands of camels to the Egyptian capital Cairo to block the buildings of the cabinet and the agriculture ministry if the nationwide foot-and-mouth disease quarantine is not lifted.

EGYPT: Livestock disease puts livelihoods, food security at risk

(IRIN) A new strain of foot-and-mouth disease in Egypt has killed several thousand livestock, put farmers’ livelihoods at risk and could threaten regional food security, say local and international experts.

Egyptian foot and mouth threatens region’s food security

(ABC Online) A new strain of Foot and Mouth Disease, known as SAT2, has broken out in Egypt and is threatening to spread to other areas of northern Africa and the Middle East. Already there are more than 40000 suspected cases of the disease in Egypt …

Egypt’s farmers struggle with foot-and-mouth outbreak

(BBC News) They bring in their sad cargo every morning – the latest animals to die from foot-and-mouth disease in the village of Abshwe in Egypt’s Nile Delta, part of an outbreak that is ravaging farms across the country. Some of them are carried on the back of a tractor and trailer. One dead cow  Read More »

Agro Minister Says Foot-and-Mouth Simulation Exercise is Timely – The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer

(The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer) Senior Minister and Minister of Agriculture has commended the Department of Agriculture on hosting a symposium on Foot and Mouth Disease. The one day symposium was held Thursday (Mar 22) at the NEMA Building.

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