FAO moving forward on prevention and control of PPR and other diseases affecting small ruminants Livestock production forms an integral part of any survival strategy. In several countries, pastoralists and agro-pastoralists depend on livestock to meet their household nutritional and income requirements, with major income sources derived from trade in livestock and livestock products. This ensures a sustainable livelihood strategy and contributes immensely to the cultural and social standing of the livestock owners and dependants. In an attempt to limit the impact of natural disasters such as diseases, droughts, pastoralists constantly move their livestock crossing borders and trade their livestock from one country to the other therefore increasing the risk of transmitting diseases...[Read more]
Upcoming regional workshop on brucellosis places progressive control roadmap into regional and country contexts To assist Member Countries in developing control programmes aimed at controlling and eradicating brucellosis in animals and humans, the FAO is developing a roadmap for progressive control of brucellosis using a stepwise approach. This roadmap consists of four stages each with activities and guidelines that when followed would lead to reduction of brucellosis in livestock and ultimately in humans...[Read more]
USAID renews commitment to fight avian flu alongside FAO in Egypt FAO Regional Office for the Near East A high-level United States Agency for International Development (USAID) delegation visited Egypt from 24 to 26 March, to review key achievements of the Avian and Pandemic Influenza (API) Program and to identify future strategic directions to continue the fight against Avian and Pandemic Influenza in the country....[Read more]
Netting flies and mosquitoes protects livestock, boosts milk yields A simple but innovative use of insecticide-impregnated nets to protect livestock is doubling and in some cases tripling milk outputs on smallholder dairy farms while also reducing mosquito-borne illnesses in humans in Kisii, Kenya, in the country's western highlands. The FAO project is part of a wider strategy to vastly improve animal health in areas most affected by tropical diseases...[Read more]
Recent events · Regional workshop to formulate strategy/ roadmap for PPR and small ruminant diseases control in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) neighboring countries 1-3 April 2013 (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) · 4th Westeurasia Roadmap 2-4 April 2013 (Baku, Azerbaijan) · Strengthening Brucellosis Control in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 9-11 April 2013 (Izmir, Turkey)
Recent FAO publications/bulletins This present document is intended to share the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s FAO’s position on PPR and small ruminant disease control and to outline the preliminary steps necessary for initiating regional approaches and later global initiatives while identifying appropriate partnerships to drive and implement the required activities...[more]
This monthly publication entitled "China HPAI Highlights" is produced by the FAO ECTAD-China team to inform partners and stakeholders at global, regional and national levels of the progress of key activities planned and conducted in China under the framework of the regional programme: "immediate technical assistance to strengthen the surveillance and response capacity for HPAI (OSRO/RAS/604)"...[more]
El boletín trimestral está dirigido a tomadores de decisión, personal de los servicios veterinarios nacionales, médicos veterinarios, colegios médicos veterinarios, universidades, estudiantes de medicina veterinaria y producción animal, gremios de la producción, asociaciones de productores, productores, y todos aquellos interesados en el control y erradicación de la Peste Porcina Clásica y en temas relacionados con la salud y la producción porcina en genera...[more - Spanish only]
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