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Rinderpest eradicated – what next?

(FAO News) FAO’s member countries have officially recognized global freedom from rinderpest, the deadly cattle virus. They called on the world community to ensure that samples of rinderpest viruses and vaccines be kept under safe laboratory conditions and that rigorous standards for disease surveillance and reporting be applied.

June 28, 2011
| Filed under Agriculture, International, and Public Health
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UN lauds international cooperation in eradicating deadly cattle plague

(UN News Centre) The lessons learned from the elimination of rinderpest, a deadly cattle plague that has threatened the livelihoods of herders and rural families for millennia, can be applied to tackling other major challenges, such as hunger and extreme poverty, a senior United Nations official said today. Jacques Diouf, the Director-General of the Food Read More »

June 27, 2011
| Filed under Europe, North America, Agriculture, International, and Policy & Initiatives
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Report sets priorities to improve screening livestock, milk and other products

(Cattle Network) Report sets priorities to improve screening livestock, milk and other productsCattleNetwork.comValidate pooling of samples to test for foreign animal diseases, including optimal pooling of swabs or similar specimens for key poultry diseases and optimal…

June 23, 2011
| Filed under Agriculture
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Analysis: Local wisdom key to combating animal diseases

(IRIN News) — NAIROBI – Flush with success over the unprecedented eradication of rinderpest, scientists are setting their sights on the next big livestock disease to rid from the world. Experts are aligning their crosshairs over foot and mouth disease, which affects every continent except Antarctica. “In my opinion foot and mouth disease is by Read More »

June 21, 2011
| Filed under Africa, North America, Agriculture, and Public Health
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East Africa and Middle East seek plan to keep animal diseases from disrupting livestock trade

(Burness Communications) — With increased trade in livestock products offering a possible antidote to high food prices, livestock experts from the Middle East and 12 African countries are meeting this week in Dubai to develop a strategy that eliminates the need to impose devastating bans on livestock imports from the Horn of Africa, as prevention Read More »