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US agriculture waking up to agroterrorism threat

(Western Farm Press) A key to stopping agroterrorism lies in heightened awareness among growers and field workers and paying more attention to what could be suspicious activity. Speakers at an “ag crimes and terrorism” summit held at the Kearney Ag Center in Parlier offered several tips for growers and farm workers that can be used  Read More »

IIL’s Raksha-Ovac becomes Rs 100-cr brand

(Business Standard) Raksha-Ovac is a vaccine that offers protection to cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats against the foot and mouth disease (FMD). Vaccination is the only means to control the FMD, which is identified as an economically-devastating disease of the …

Rohtak cattle deaths point to fudged figures by state vets

(Times of India) The disease has also resulted in a setback to the immunization programme in Haryana with the spread of endemic diseases like foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Rohtak, Jhajjar and Bhiwani districts where hundreds of cattle had died in the last one month.

Dying cattle costly for Egyptian farmers

(The National) Al Shawaye Al Malaq, Egypt – Freshly covered graves mask the carcasses of cattle felled by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak spreading across Egypt, but farmers’ frustration in the Nile Delta over the financial devastation is out in the open.

Outbreak of bird flu puts health officials on high alert

(Irish Independent) The United Nations warned on Thursday that a new mutant strain of the deadly H5N1 virus was circulating in south-east Asia where eight people have died of it already this year. However, the department here said preliminary tests this week had indicated …

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