Dear Subscribers,
The FAO EMPRES team is pleased to announce the EMPRES-Animal Health 360 Bulletin No.43, a new look of FAO EMPRES Bulletin. This volume contains the following topics, and the full bulletin can be download here.
EDITORIAL NOTE
PERSPECTIVES
· World Livestock 2013 - Changing disease landscapes
· Prevention and control of transboundary animal diseases for the benefit of smallholders and pastoralists: the importance of an animal health economics perspective
· H7N9 avian influenza A(H7N9) surveillance for uninfected countries in Southeast Asia and South Asia
ADVANCES
· Towards the institutionalization of regional animal health networks in West and Central Africa
· FAO supports animal health networks in Eastern Africa
· FAO supports access to sequencing services for animal health laboratories
· FAO coordinates strategies to respond to the resurgence of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in Africa
· Working towards the next generation of animal health surveillance tools: the RISKSUR project
· The Global Platform for African swine fever and other important diseases of swine
· African swine fever training activities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
FAO IN ACTION
· FAO’s contribution to improve rabies control in West and Central Africa
NEWS
· Launching LinkTADs
· FAO launches emergency projects to fight H7N9 avian influenza
· Ashley Robinson tribute
· Joseph Litamoi tribute
· Publications
Hope this volume is of your interests.
Sincerely Yours,
TADs-Network-Asia
Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAORAP)
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Bangkok, 10200, Thailand