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China’s worsening hog disease fueling US exports

(CattleNetwork.com) Two major afflictions, foot and mouth disease and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, have forced Chinese hog farmers to slaughter animals to contain outbreak, Rabobank said. That’s led to a drop of about 15 percent in prices for …

Video: Re-energising Global Agricultural Productivity

(OECD) OECD Trade and Agriculture Director Ken Ash speaks with Rose O’Donovan, editor of Agra Focus and Agra Facts, about agricultural productivity, reform of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and ensuring global food security.

Chicago CBP: Eliminating what “bugs” us

(Examiner.com) … country Some of the diseases that can be transported include the African swine fever, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, classical swine fever, exotic Newcastle disease, foot-and-mouth disease, highly pathogenic avian influenza, and ticks and mites. …

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 …

Educating the life scientists

(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) There are increasing signs that state parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) realize that the lack of biosecurity awareness and education among life scientists represents a serious gap in the overall web of policies designed to prevent bioterrorism and biowarfare. Without such awareness and education, how can practicing life  Read More »

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