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By Category: Countermeasures

Cattle farmers to get a shot in the arm

(Times of India) KOZHIKODE: The Animal Husbandry Department in association with National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is organizing a vaccination programme in an initiative to help cattle farmers, who have been facing the brunt of foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease in cows. The ‘Goraksha’ project will be launched across the district on December 6 under Animal Disease Read More »

December 6, 2011
| Filed under South Asia, Agriculture, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Ricin: Scientists deal a blow to terrorism as they close in on antidote …

(Daily Mail) An antidote to ricin – one of the world’s deadliest poisons – could be developed after scientists discovered a key gene which provides immunity. Ricin has been used in bioweapons by terrorist groups such as al Qaeda and was used to kill Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov, who was stabbed in the ankle with Read More »

December 2, 2011
| Filed under Europe, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, and Research
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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 »

December 1, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agriculture, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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China prepares for big entry into vaccine market

(The Associated Press) Sinovac is now testing a new vaccine for enterovirus 71, which causes severe hand, foot and mouth disease among children in China and other Asian countries. It is also preparing for clinical trials on a pneumococcal vaccine Yang says could rival …

November 30, 2011
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, South America, South Asia, and Countermeasures
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Vaccine prototype stronger than traditional vaccines

(ScienceDaily) Researchers have created a vaccine that is more potent than traditional vaccines available today. The glycoconjugate vaccine prototype is 100 times more effective than traditional glycoconjugate vaccines. A glycoconjugate vaccine is composed of covalently bound carbohydrate and protein molecules, and is the standard design for many vaccines used to protect against common diseases such Read More »