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Paraguay: New Plan against the Foot and Mouth Disease

(Prensa Latina) As of February 1st, Paraguay will start to implement a new method against the foot and mouth disease, in the wake of two outbreaks of the illness hitting the country in less than four months. The new plan includes intensified vaccination with increased coverage and control, Head of the National Service of Animal  Read More »

International Partnerships Focus on Preventing Animal Diseases

(Agricultural Research) Rift Valley fever, East Coast fever and foot-and-mouth disease are three devastating diseases that harm livestock and threaten the livelihood of poor farmers. To help keep animals alive, healthy and productive, scientists at the Agricultural Research …

Kansas residents oppose plans for federal lab

(San Francisco Examiner) The $650 million lab would do research on deadly plant and animal pathogens, including foot-and-mouth disease, and critics said during the two-hour meeting that the risks outweighed the benefits of building it near Kansas State University.

Farmers’ concerns over new livestock illness

(BBC News) “We have had everything since 1996; BSE, swine fever, foot and mouth – twice and bluetongue. We have been through it… but we’ve done a lot to keep things right and I think farms have improved enormously,” he said. His farm still has hygiene practices …

Livestock industry wins Supreme Court appeal

(CNN) The meat industry argued being forced to immediately euthanize all downed animals would hurt its ability to detect and fight one particularly virulent disease: foot-and-mouth, which is highly contagious. The industry says federal inspection is …

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