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Early vaccination key to new FMD response plan

(Beef Central) Early vaccination will play an important role in a new national Foot and Mouth Disease policy developed by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The new policy is designed to improve Australia’s preparedness against the disease. DAFF Deputy Secretary, Rona Mellor, said while Australia has been free of foot-and-mouth disease for more Read More »

June 4, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, Agriculture, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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New animal disease facility stalled by budget, politics

(Reuters) The site of a proposed facility to fight animal diseases, including those which could be spread by bioterrorists, is little more than a parking lot today because of safety and budget concerns. Construction of an ambitious National Bio and Agro-Defense Center in this Kansas university town is on hold due to the federal budget Read More »

June 4, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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Court orders Siga to share

(Corvallis Gazette Times) Ruling cuts into profits from $33 million biodefense deal. A Corvallis tech company will have to share the windfall from a hefty federal contract with a rival pharmaceutical firm, but the two still are haggling over details of the payout. The Delaware Court of Chancery has issued a final judgment ordering Siga Read More »

June 4, 2012
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Hernando emergency workers give students lesson on hazardous materials, more

(Tampabay.com) SPRING HILL — Viruses are lurking on objects and skin, just waiting for unsuspecting hosts. But sixth-graders at Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics are on to them. Their teachers worked with Hernando County Fire Rescue and the Hernando County hazardous materials response team to present information about plagues, bioterrorism, weapons of mass Read More »

June 1, 2012
| Filed under North America, Bioterrorism, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
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Current focus of veterinary medical profession leaves research, food security, public health needs underserved

(Phys.Org) Without immediate action, a new National Research Council report warns, the academic veterinary community could fail to prepare the next generation of veterinarians for faculty teaching and research positions as well as for jobs in state diagnostic laboratories, federal research and regulatory agencies, and the pharmaceutical and biologics industry.