[cid:image001.gif@01D18B51.92E33270] Countries envision wiping out an animal disease FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia [cid:image011.jpg@01D18B66.B6369310]A devastating animal disease affecting sheep and goats is being targeted for eradication by the year 2030, in an international effort by affected countries. A recent workshop for West Eurasian countries began work on a roadmap for action. Peste des petits ruminants, also known as sheep and goat plague, is a highly contagious disease which, if left unchecked, could have significant negative impacts on food security. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan were represented at the 24 February workshop in Almaty - organized by FAO, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the Government of Kazakhstan...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/europe/news/detail-news/en/c/404779/>] ________________________________ Farming Without Fear of Diseases FAO Pakistan representations [cid:image012.jpg@01D18B66.B6369310]Through its Progressive Control of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Pakistan Project, FAO promotes development and use of vaccine against FMD in various dairy communities. "Now I am convinced that we can undertake dairy farming without the fear for Foot and Mouth Disease if we use good quality vaccine," says Haji Mahmood, a livestock breeder who lives in Malhoana area of Jhang District, Punjab Province...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/pakistan/programmes-and-projects/success-stories/project-success-stories/farming-without-fear-of-diseases/en/>] ________________________________ Taking Care of Cattle Health - Brucellosis Control in Armenia FAO Armenia representation [cid:image013.jpg@01D18B66.B6369310]A small herd of cows blocked the picturesque mountain road as our vehicle approached the beautiful town of Goris in the south of Armenia. Cows appeared to be healthy and robust yet something was different about them. We realized that it was the fact that their ears were tagged, a sign that these cattle had been vaccinated against brucellosis, as we were told by Armen Sedrakyan, manager of the project Assistance to Brucellosis Control in Armenia, within the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/armenia/programmes-and-projects/success-stories/taking-care-of-cattle-health-brucellosis-control-in-armenia/en/>] ________________________________ Upcoming events * FAO component of the USAID EPT-2 programme: Country Planning Workshop in Tanzania 30-31 March 2016 (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) * Emerging diseases at the human/animal interface: Value chain analysis and behavior studies - Working group meeting 5-7 April 2016 (Rome, Italy FAO-HQ) [Download agenda<http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc926e.pdf>] * 7th regional Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) West Eurasia Roadmap Meeting 6-8 April 2016 (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) ________________________________ Interesting links * Saving Livestock from Starvation<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/389418/icode/> FAO Pakistan representation ::: Success story * International partnership to develop FMD detection kits<https://www.agra-net.com/agra/animal-pharm/business/r-and-d/pirbright-izsler-to-produce-fmd-detection-kits-510790.htm> Article from Pirbright EMPRES website ::: http://www.fao.org/AG/empres.html For comments or suggestions ::: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [cid:image008.gif@01D18B51.92E33270]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/empres-animal_health/sets/> [cid:image009.gif@01D18B51.92E33270] <http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB58F4D829B7883FD> [cid:image010.gif@01D18B51.92E33270] <https://twitter.com/FAOAnimalHealth> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EMPRES-Livestock-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(EMPRES-Livestock-L,SIGNOFF);