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Egypt Ag minister blames Libya cows for spread of foot and mouth disease

(Bikya Masr) CAIRO: Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture Reda Ismael said on Monday that the reason behind the viral spread of Foot and Mouth disease in many districts across Egypt was the smuggling of foreign infected cows across the border from Libya, which have been …

March 21, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Middle East, Agriculture, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Egypt: Cattle might fly

(Egyptian Gazette) It’s a pity that none of the presidential hopefuls hasn’t expressed an interest in tackling the foot-and-mouth problem. Hundreds of people, including Mubarak-era politicians and obscure citizens, are scrambling to compete for the country’s top job in …

March 20, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Middle East, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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Foot-and-mouth disease spreads in Egypt

(The Associated Press) CAIRO — Egypt’s veterinary authorities say foot-and-mouth disease has left more than 2000 young cattle dead. Egypt’s local press on Friday quoted veterinary official Essam Abdel-Shakour as saying that 24500 livestock have been infected with the …

March 19, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Middle East, and Agriculture
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DA Requests Meeting With Minister Joemat-Pettersson On Disease Outbreaks

(AllAfrica.com) The outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in May 2011 caused the export of all cloven-hoofed-animals (cattle, sheep and game) to be foreclosed by the OIE (the World Health Organisation’s division for animal health). This ban is still in place and is …

March 15, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Agriculture, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Dispelling myths regarding food and mouth disease

(Ahram Online) Over the past two weeks, an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) among livestock occurred in 25 governorates across Egypt, causing many animal deaths, especially among young animals, spurring fears that all livestock could eliminated completely.