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Story Of The Year Goes Largely Unnoticed

(Huffington Post) I happen to be one very minor casualty of the eventually victorious war on smallpox. When I was vaccinated as a child, something uncharacteristically went wrong and I ended up contracting, for a short while, a mild form of cowpox. …

Municipality reviews bans – Russian birds, eggs OK

(Arab Times Kuwait English Daily) He noted the quarterly import of meat from Bangladesh has also been suspended to prevent foot and mouth disease. He explained the committee is active and plans on recommending to retain the ban on import of birds from the GCC countries until Public …

The 4 Key Parts of a Biosecurity Plan

(Lab Manager Magazine) For labs dealing with infectious substances, a biosecurity plan is just as important as a strong safety program. Biosecurity plans are designed to prevent the misuse, intentional release or theft of infectious agents. Such plans depend on what type of …

Need stressed for national biosafety framework

(DAWN.com) The conference titled “Building national biosafety and global ties” was the first international moot organised by the Pakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA), a non-government organisation working to raise awareness about biosafety practices, …

ELISA training by FAO

(Pakistan Observer) Chancellor of the US Embassy in Pakistan, Islamabad assured maximum support of US Government for improving capacity of livestock sector of Pakistan in terms of diagnosis and control of animal disease including Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). …

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