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Anthrax back in mountain areas

Viet Nam News, LAI CHAU — Around 40 people were confirmed to have come in contact with anthrax, a disease commonly spread by animals, over the past two months in Tuan Giao and Than Uyen districts of the northern mountainous provinces of Dien Bien and Lai Chau. …

Veterinarian: Floodwater may spread anthrax spores

KOAM-TV – Kansas Livestock Association is cautioning members about the possible presence of anthrax in pastures where floodwaters have receded, especially along the Missouri River. The association cites warnings from Kansas State Research Extension …and more »

Botswana to export cattle from FMD infected zones to Zimbabwe

(Bulawayo24 News) AN outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Botswana has forced the country’s government to export more than 20 000 head of cattle from infected zones to Zimbabwe for direct slaughter and to donate 600 000 doses to vaccinate the Zimbabwean herd, it has been learnt. Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation  Read More »

Biosecurity vital in preventing equine herpes

(Insurance News Net) The equine herpes virus may have garnered national attention when it caused the recent cancellation of horse shows across the western United States, but a veterinarian with Penn State’sCollege of Agricultural Sciences says it’s nothing new. Jake Werner, attending veterinarian for agricultural animals and wildlife, said he isn’t alarmed by the recent  Read More »

Rinderpest, Scourge of Cattle, Is Vanquished

(New York Times) On Tuesday in a ceremony in Rome, the United Nations is officially declaring that for only the second time in history, a disease has been wiped off the face of the earth. The disease is rinderpest. Everyone has heard of smallpox. Very few have heard of the runner-up. That’s because rinderpest is  Read More »

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