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System to track hogs in case of disease

(Calgary Herald) Alberta hogs will be tracked from the farm to the slaughterhouse under a new swine regulation intended to help quickly locate animals and contain any future disease outbreaks. Alberta becomes the first province in the country to have a regulated traceability system, according to the association that represents the province’s hog farmers. The  Read More »

Fact Sheet on the Seventh Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

“We must come together to prevent, detect, and fight every kind of biological danger – whether it is a pandemic like H1N1, a terrorist threat, or a treatable disease.” –  President Obama, United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2011 Today, the States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) are meeting in Geneva  Read More »

Canberra Vaccine Expert Urges Censorship on Bird Flu Strain Mutant Research

(International Business Times AU) A vaccine expert from Canberra’s National Centre for Biosecurity (NCB) wants the formula used by virologists to mutate the bird flu virus into a strain capable of killing humans to be omitted in the published version of their experiment for security reason. The censorship would prevent others from genetically engineering the  Read More »

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 »

Living History: Even with proven smallpox vaccines, 19th century Utahns balked

(Salt Lake Tribune) Smallpox arrived in Utah with an emigrant company in 1856. Epidemics of that disease would strike our citizens at least six times during the 19th century, killing thousands. Even with enforcement of vaccination laws, 15,000 Utahns died of smallpox between 1900 and 1925. Its deadly nature, the ease with which it spread,  Read More »

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