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Removal of rinderpest virus from Africa enters final stages
African swine fever (ASF) is reported regularly in almost half of African countries and incursions
have occurred in several previously unaffected countries during the past decade. This transboundary animal disease (TAD) can have a very negative impact on a nation’s economy and social structures. In recent years, the international community, national authorities,
the pig production sector and researchers have been trying to solve the problem posed by ASF in a sustainable way in order to eliminate constraints on pig production and enhance rural development...[Read
more]
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations handed over laboratory equipment to six regional veterinary laboratories
to strengthen surveillance, diagnosis and reporting of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks in the country. The equipment includes fridges, cool boxes for cold chain, computers and accessories...[Read
more]
FAO and the National Food Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture with the EU support conducted trainings, working meetings, practical
activities and presentations against brucellosis in five different regions of Georgia last month. Brucellosis is a chronic infectious disease affecting many species of animals as well as human beings. The disease is spread through contact with infected animals
or consumption of dairy products derived from them...[Read more]
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has convened a two-day Country Consultative Meeting to finalize
country level work plan for the FAO component of the USAID-Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT-2) Programme and establish necessary partnerships for immediate project implementation. The meeting brought together government representatives, UN agencies, health experts,
veterinarians, academia and partners from the wildlife and forestry sector from three Anglophone countries (Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone) who are gathered in Freetown from 2nd -3rd June, 2016...[Read
more]
Stocks of rinderpest virus kept under inadequate or high risk conditions could threaten the reintroduction of the virus to the environment
after the disease has been successfully eradicated in 2011. The threat can be effectively mitigated with a global intervention to destroy or safely relocate remaining samples to certified Rinderpest facilities. ...[Read
more]
Upcoming events
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USAID EPT-2 partners regional meetings for West Africa
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Taller subregional II "Métodos para la Detección de Áreas de Riesgo
y la Vigilancia de Fiebre Aftosa"
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Risk-based surveillance plan – development and implementation based on Georgia
experience
Interesting links
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Rosselkhoznadzor
Participated in Meeting on Establishment of Sub-Regional Approach to Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Other Highly Dangerous Diseases in Transcaucasia Countries |
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