FAO promotes investment in healthy poultry production and marketing systems to safeguard against avian influenza and other threats FAO re-emphasized the need for good hygiene practices to mitigate risks posed by avian influenza viruses and other animal health threats. Juan Lubroth, Chief Veterinary Officer, and Jean-Michel Poirson, Senior Officer, Emergency Prevention Service – Food Safety, provided these views in a statement published by Food Quality and Safety magazine...[Read more]
FAO technical assistance to improve veterinary quarantine services capacities in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen - FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa Transboundary animal diseases (TADs) are highly contagious and can spread extremely rapidly, irrespective of national borders. They cause high rates of death and disease in animals, thereby having serious socio-economic and sometimes public health consequences while constituting a constant threat to the livelihoods of livestock farmers. Following the Syrian crisis, the growing uncontrolled livestock movement has increased significantly across the borders of neighbouring countries...[Read more]
Inception workshop of “Technical and institutional support to veterinary services in Armenia” Project - FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia The inception workshop of “Technical and institutional support to veterinary services in Armenia” Project was held by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia...[Read more]
Upcoming events · ASFORCE full consortium meeting 21-22 October 2013 (Cagliari, Italy) · Workshop ::: Eradication of African Swine Fever in Sardinia: is it a feasible goal? 23 October 2013 (Cagliari, Italy) · One Health at Community Level - Lessons Learned and Way Forward 23 October 2013 (Kampala, Uganda)
Recent publications/journals · China Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Highlights September 2013 ::: Vol. 56 · Plan continental para la erradicación de la peste porcina clásica de las Américas Julio-Septiembre 2013 ::: No. 3 · Metodología y buena gestión de emergencias: elementos fundamentales Manual FAO de Producción y Sanidad Animal No. 11 · EMPRES-Animal Health 360 October 2013 ::: No. 42 |