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Malawi finally gets vaccines for foot-and-mouth disease

(Nyasa Times) Malawi government has finally procured viral vaccines to treat foot and mouth disease that has hit the lower shire particularly Chikhwawa district. The outbreak was reported in the area late September this year and put …

November 4, 2011
| Filed under Africa, Agriculture, and Countermeasures
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National Biosecurity Training Program Set for Early 2012 Launch in …

(Farmscape Online) The Canadian Swine Health Board expects its National Biosecurity Training program to be launched in two more provinces early in the new year. The National Biosecurity Training program is based on the National Farm Level Biosecurity Standard developed …

November 3, 2011
| Filed under North America and Agriculture
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Faulty vaccine caused foot-and-mouth outbreak: Paraguay

(Montreal Gazette) One of the most contagious animal diseases known to scientists, foot-and-mouth (also known as hoof-and-mouth) disease infects mainly cattle and swine but also sheep and goats. ASUNCION, PARAGUAY – A botched vaccine intended to protect Paraguay's …

November 3, 2011
| Filed under North America, South America, and Agriculture
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CBP sees more imported animal parts and skins with fall hunting season

(Government Security News) … including African swine fever, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, classical swine fever, exotic Newcastle disease, foot-and-mouth disease, highly pathogenic avian influenza, and swine vesicular disease, as well as ticks and mites. …

November 3, 2011
| Filed under Africa, North America, and Agriculture
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64 Thai Cattle With FMD Stopped From Entering Malaysia

(Bernama) PADANG BESAR, Nov 1 (Bernama) – Sixty-four heads of cattle from Thailand were stopped from entering Malaysia after authorities found that they had symptoms of foot and mouth disease (FMD). State Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Committee Chairman …