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S. Korea Discovers Suspected Case of Foot-And-Mouth Disease

(Bloomberg) South Korea discovered a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease at a cattle farm in Pohang city, about 370 kilometers (230 miles) from Seoul, according to the agriculture ministry. …

November 1, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific and Agriculture
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Why Your Operation Needs a Biosecurity Program

(Farm Focus) Biosecurity is an integral part of any animal health program used to prevent the introduction to the farm site or the spreading of a disease on and off of the farm site 2. Biosecurity protects the animals on your operation and allows animals to express …

October 28, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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Food waste ‘risked animal health’

(BBC News) Food waste dumped in North Yorkshire could have caused a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease, according to the Environment Agency. The agency prosecuted two businesses for transporting and dumping food waste, including meat, to feed animals. …

October 25, 2011
| Filed under Europe and Agriculture
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Immunocompetence of FMD-infected cattle

(Dairy Herd Management) BioMed Central has available a new paper on the immunocompetence of cattle infected with foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV). Research by Windsor, et al, showed that infection of cattle with foot-and-mouth disease virus results in the development of …

October 24, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Research
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Testimony of the Honorable Tara O’Toole, MD, MPH before the US Senate

(DHS) Ten years after anthrax was mailed to members of the US Congress and to media organizations, dozens of policy, intelligence, and technical reports have affirmed the viability of terrorist groups using biological weapons to cause death, suffering, …

October 19, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Biological Weapons, Biotechnology, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, International, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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