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Minister visits Institute for Animal Health in Pirbright

(Farming UK) President of the National Farmers Union, said “We are delighted with the investment at Pirbright, which will allow the Institute for Animal Health to build on its world-leading work on combating animal diseases like bird flu and foot and mouth, …

Cattle at risk of disease

(The Zimbabwean) Small scale farmers here told The Zimbabwean that their cattle had not been dipped due to lack of facilities, exposing them to various diseases such as tick fever and foot and mouth. Mashonaland West Head for Department of Livestock Production and Development, Passmore Gahadzikwa, said small scale farmers lacked proper breeding management techniques  Read More »

Sheep ID trace a failure

(Weekly Times Now) THE Australian sheep industry’s identification scheme has been heavily criticised in a major new report. Prepared by former National Water Commissioner Ken Matthews on Australia’s ability to cope with an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, the report was last week made public after being kept secret by Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig.  Read More »

Canada kept detection of salmon virus secret

(Vancouver Sun) The virus is considered so dangerous that, if its presence is confirmed, Canada is obligated to report it to the World Organization for Animal Health, just as it would foot-and-mouth disease or bird flu. Such a report would be a devastating blow to …

£100M+ Investment to Protect UK Food Security

(ThePigSite.com) UK – Major sectors of the UK economy and food chain have received a significant boost following the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of £80M of capital investment for the further development of research facilities at BBSRC’s Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright. The funding will be made available to BBSRC and,  Read More »

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