FAO-EMPRES Animal Health News

http://www-data.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_240915d.jpgFAO ECTAD Marks the Closure of Avian Influenza Prevention and Control Project in Indonesia

 

After almost nine years of close cooperation and collaboration with the Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services, Ministry of Agriculture of Indonesia, on Tuesday, 22 September 2015, the FAO ECTAD Programme in Indonesia held a workshop in Jakarta to mark the closure of the Avian Influenza Prevention and Control Project...[Read more]

 


 

Recent publications/newsletters

 

http://www-data.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/images/pub_rg_comm.jpgGuidelines for risk communication messaging
Addressing avian influenza A(H7N9)


Responding to the occurrence of influenza A (H7N9) virus requires a wide array of disciplines. Unlike H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), H7N9 is a low pathogenic virus that does not cause any disease signs in infected birds. Consequently there is no signal from poultry of the zoonotic risk at the animal-human interface. This makes it difficult to persuade animal workers of the potential danger from healthy-appearing poultry. Therefore, capacities in risk communication are crucial for animal and public health specialists, epidemiologists, virologists, veterinarians and many others working to reduce the risk this emerging virus poses...

 

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http://www-data.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/images/pub_ew_lsd_2015.jpgEmergence of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in Europe
EMPRES Watch - Vol. 33 September 2015


Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is caused by the lumpy skin disease virus (i.e. capripoxvirus, poxviridae). The disease affects mainly cattle and Asian water buffaloes. LSD is transmitted by mechanical vectors (i.e. Stomoxys sp. Flies) and, though rare, direct transmission can occur between infected animals. The disease is usually transferred to infection-free areas by transport of animals infested with vectors. LSD is a disease that results in substantial economic losses in terms of dairy and meat production, and it also causes damage to hides. The disease can lead to restrictions...

 

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Upcoming events

 

·          World Rabies Day
28 September 2015
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·          Meeting Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF)
28 September 2015 (Rome, Italy, FAO-HQ)
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·          Regional meeting on anthrax in West Africa
28-30 September 2015 (Lomé, Togo)
[Download agenda English - French]

·          Surveillance Information System Training
29 September-1 October 2015 (Bangkok, Thailand)

 


 

Interesting links

 

·          Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management Factsheets
No. 3 - Sustainable Wildlife Management and Animal Health
No. 4 - Sustainable Wildlife Management and Human-Wildlife Conflict

 

 

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