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Uruguay Vaccinates Cattle against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

(Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MCAP) in Uruguay will begin a vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on Wednesday to immunize all head of cattle in the country.

February 2, 2012
| Filed under South America, Agriculture, and Countermeasures
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Illinois partnership targets agro-terrorism

(CattleNetwork.com) The threat of agro-terrorism is real, and a partnership between Illinois agriculture organizations and law enforcement agencies hopes to protect Illinois farms, consumers and food systems from those threats. This partnership, called the Illinois …

February 2, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Bioterrorism, and Countermeasures
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U.S. Cuts Spending Allowances for Biological, Chemical Defense Programs

(Global Security Newswire) A recently enacted U.S. defense authorization bill reduces finances available for a number of biological and chemical defense initiatives in keeping with setbacks to some of the efforts, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News reported last week. The legislation lowers the funding allowance for the Defense Department’s Chemical and Biological Defense Program to Read More »

February 1, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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FMD Vaccination Planning Guidelines are Available

(National Hog Farmer) Officials who will be involved in decisions related to the use of vaccines to help control a US outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) have two ways to access important guidelines. These documents are also available on the Foreign Animal Disease …

February 1, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Countermeasures
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Preparing for the next global pandemic – we are not doing enough

(PublicServiceEurope.com) The debate over studying avian influenza – or H5N1 virus – transmissibility returns pandemic risk to the fore of public anxiety. Regardless of the specific agent, influenza or otherwise, a robust plan for …