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Illinois partnership targets agro-terrorism

(CattleNetwork.com) The threat of agro-terrorism is real, and a partnership between Illinois agriculture organizations and law enforcement agencies hopes to protect Illinois farms, consumers and food systems from those threats. This partnership, called the Illinois …

February 2, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Bioterrorism, and Countermeasures
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Livestock, not Mongolian gazelles, drive foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks

(EurekAlert!) Wildlife health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society have published evidence which supports the conclusion that Mongolian gazelles—one of the most populous large land mammals on the planet—are not a reservoir of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) …

February 1, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Europe, and Agriculture
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FMD Vaccination Planning Guidelines are Available

(National Hog Farmer) Officials who will be involved in decisions related to the use of vaccines to help control a US outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have two ways to access important guidelines. These documents are also available on the Foreign Animal Disease …

February 1, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Countermeasures
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Botswana hamstrung with Mmamabaka Border Post

(Mmegi Online) MOLALATAU: Residents of Molalatau village in Bobirwa have pleaded with the Botswana government to consider lending the Zimbabwean government money to construct Mmamabaka border post on the Zimbabwe side for effective control of Foot and Mouth Disease.

January 31, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Agriculture, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Producers are on front lines of identifying infectious diseases

(Tri-State Neighbor) “While foodborne outbreaks of zoonotic diseases continue to challenge public health authorities, the human cases of some of the more severe diseases – such as anthrax, tularemia or plague – are extremely rare,” said Marty Zaluski, state veterinarian …