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Anthrax tests on cow are negative

(BBC News) Anthrax tests on cow are negativeBBC NewsThe results of tests for anthrax on a dead cow at a Herefordshire farm were negative. Health officials from the environment department Defra have confirmed that the animal was not infected with the disease when it died in a field in Bartonsham near …

October 17, 2011
| Filed under Europe and Agriculture
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FMD to cost beef industry P400m

(Mmegi Online) Throughput at the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) is expected to drop by 80, 000 cattle this year due to the foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak earlier this year. This means the industry is losing about P400 million in revenues, BMC chief executive …

October 12, 2011
| Filed under Africa and Agriculture
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Scotland’s Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks

(Scotland Food and Drink) Improving Scotland's contingency planning for future foot and mouth disease outbreaks will be one of the first tasks for a new animal disease outbreak centre. Speaking at a Winter Beef Management Event in Fife, Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead …</b

October 11, 2011
| Filed under Europe, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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SA delays foot-and-mouth plea

(Business Day) SA WAS not yet ready to ask the World Organisation for Animal Health to reinstate the country's foot-and-mouth disease-free status so that the ban on exports of cloven-hoofed animals and by-products could be lifted, the Department of Agriculture, …

October 7, 2011
| Filed under Africa and Agriculture
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Foot and Mouth Disease

(HobbyFarms.com) In 2003, the PIADC was transferred to the control of the Department of Homeland Security to monitor safety of livestock production and food supply against the threat of “agroterrorism.” The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is currently conducting …