[cid:image001.gif@01CE50A1.09D12020] [cid:image010.jpg@01CE50A1.3F26B0A0]Pakistan to develop the first national Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) control strategy On April 23-24 2013, representatives of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research as well as national and provincial veterinary authorities of Pakistan met in Islamabad for the national workshop "Development of Strategy for the Control of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Pakistan". The workshop was organized by FAO under the United States Department of Agriculture funded project GCP/PAK/123/USA "Support to Increase Sustainable Livestock Production - Progressive Control of FMD in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan" and can be seen as starting point leading towards the development of the first national FMD control strategy for Pakistan...[Read more<http://www-data.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_140513.html>] ________________________________ [cid:image011.jpg@01CE50A1.3F26B0A0]FAO and partners share key information and next steps at USAID emergency meeting on H7N9 From 2 to 3 May 2013, FAO's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) organized an expert technical meeting on H7N9 on behalf of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Bangkok, Thailand. Within a matter of days, FAO and USAID convened a high-level group of international experts from around the world to discuss the latest technical information on the H7N9 threat and identify key elements for immediate action as well as longer-term H7N9 prevention and control. Attendees included FAO RAP, FAO headquarters, FAO Viet Nam, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), USAID, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Services (AFRIMS) and broader PREDICT partners...[Read more<http://www-data.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_140513b.html>] ________________________________ Recent publications/journals [cid:image012.jpg@01CE50A1.3F26B0A0]EMPPRES WATCH ::: African swine fever in the Russian Federation - Risk factors for Europe and beyond - Vol. 28-May 2013 African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most severe viral pig diseases. Some genotypes can cause up to 100 percent mortality in pigs and wild boar, such as the genotype II virus introduced into Georgia in 2007 which spread throughout the Caucasus into the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and, in July 2012, into Ukraine. Without the availability of effective vaccines or treatment, outbreaks of ASF have been historically controlled in some countries by stamping out and through the implementation of strict movement bans of swine and their products...[Download PDF<http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/aq240e/aq240e.pdf>] [cid:image013.jpg@01CE50A1.3F26B0A0]Mapping influenza A(H5N1) virus transmission pathways and critical control points in Egypt ::: Working Paper no. 11 This report summarizes the results of a study undertaken in 2010 and 2011 to assess and map Influenza A (H5N1) virus transmission pathways in the poultry sector and critical control points along the poultry value chains in Egypt. In order to focus specifically on the factors that either increase the risk of spread of H5N1 HPAI disease or are critical in disease risk management, a risk pathways diagram is sketched to describe the pathways (transmission routes, carriers and mechanisms) for transmitting virus from an infected node throughout the poultry value chain to disease-free premises...[Download PDF<http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/i3272e/i3272e.pdf>] EMPRES website ::: http://www.fao.org/AG/empres.html For comments or suggestions ::: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Follow us on Twitter ::: @FAOAnimalHealth<https://twitter.com/#!/FAOAnimalHealth> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EMPRES-Livestock-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(EMPRES-Livestock-L,SIGNOFF);