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Collaborating to Control Rift Valley Fever in the Maghreb

 

http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_141114.jpgInternational and regional organizations in the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia) are strengthening their collaboration to combat the spread of Rift Valley Fever, which has caused severe disease in domesticated animals including cattle, sheep, camels and goats in the region since the 1990s. On 17 September 2014, under the aegis of a French Government project, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Organisation for Animal Health, the Vmerge Project, the Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires and the Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II met in Rabat, Morocco for a two-day workshop to discuss and consolidate strategies for RVF prevention and control in the Maghreb region...[Read more]

 


 

Second annual meeting and Best Practice workshop of RISKSUR: methodologies for cost-effective risk-based animal health surveillance

 

risk_sur2.jpgThe RISKSUR project (2012–2015), funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Union, aims to develop decision support tools for the design and evaluation of cost-effective risk-based surveillance systems for animal health. This will integrate the most recent advances in epidemiological methodologies and economic methods. RISKSUR tailors to the needs of individual EU Member States through its interdisciplinary approach. The RISKSUR Consortium includes 12 European partners and FAO, linking academic institutions, surveillance experts, economy and industry partners...[Read more]

 


 

Avian influenza A(H5N8) detected in Europe… a journey to the West?

 

http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/resources/newsletter/images/2014_1117.jpgGermany has become the first European country to report an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza caused by an A(H5N8) virus genetically similar to one spreading in the Republic of Korea since January. The virus causes high mortality in poultry. The route of introduction into Germany remains unclear, but the long-distance spread from Asia to Europe indicates that wild birds may play a role. FAO is emphasizing the need for continued vigilance worldwide and heightened efforts on farms to prevent contact between poultry and wild birds...[Read more]

 


 

Ukraine gains expertise in diagnosing African swine fever

 

http://www.fao.org/uploads/RTEmagicC_79news.jpg.jpgAs African swine fever spreads rapidly through Eastern Europe and now threatens to make inroads to the west, a cohort of Ukrainian lab technicians are now trained in the latest and most effective methods for diagnosing the disease and containing the epidemic. African swine fever is a viral disease that causes high fevers and haemorrhaging in pigs and wild boars. There is no vaccine or treatment and most infected animals die within days...[Read more]

 


 

Recent publications/newsletters

 

·         FAO ECTAD China Highlights
Volume 69 ::: October 2014

 


 

Upcoming events

 

·          African swine fever (ASF) Policy Event – Lessons learnt from Europe and policy challenges for Asia
17 November 2014 (Beijing, China)
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·          EFSA meeting of the Working Group on Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) and Pox) 
17 November 2014 (Parma, Italy)

·          Joint FAO/OIE Workshop on Swine Disease Control in Asia
17-20 November 2014 (Rome, Italy)

·          Foot-and-Mouth (FMD) Laboratory Training
17-21 November 2014 (Brescia, Italy)

 

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