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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Rinderpest-Secretariat organized a
technical meeting to discuss the Global Rinderpest Action Plan (GRAP) at FAO headquarters from 28-29 March 2017. Participants included representatives from the FAO-OIE Rinderpest Joint Advisory Committee (JAC), FAO, World Organization for Animal Health (OIE),
World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), The Pirbright Institute, Japan National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH) and
the Botswana Vaccine Institute (BVI)...[Read more]
On January 2, 2017, massive mortality in wild birds (white-winged terns,
Chlidonias leucopterus) was reported in Uganda. The incident started in mid-December, 2016 along the shores of Lake Victoria. The H5N8 High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus was recognised as the cause of
this mortality. Further wild birds were found dead and the infection was diagnosed also in some backyard poultry farms in the same are around the Lake Victoria. The finding of H5N1 HPAI in Uganda, in an area bordering four different countries and characterised
by a consistent wild waterbird populations and a high density of poultry farms, especially backyard flocks, raise a lot of concerns for the possibility of spread of the infection within the whole region. The scope of this risk assessment is to provide useful
scientific information for decision-makers a risk assessment has been performed using a structured expert elicitation approach. Risk assessment, supporting decision makers and national veterinary authorities...[Read
more]
The EuFMD has been running foot-and-mouth disease Real Time Training (RTT) courses since 2009. Over 700
vets from 50 countries in the field in Turkey, Kenya and Nepal have been trained and all have gone home with a much greater understanding of the issues involved in FMD control in both free countries and those endemic with FMD...[Read
more]
Recent publications / newsletters
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FAO Initiatives on prevention and control of Antimicrobial Resistance ·
FAO China ECTAD Highlights ·
Antimicrobial Resistance in Food and Agriculture ·
Propagation de l’influenza aviaire hautement pathogène (H5N1 HPAI) au Moyen-Orient: évaluation des
risques ·
Lutter contre l’influenza aviaire hautement pathogène H5N1 ·
South Asia Weekly Animal Disease E-Information
Upcoming events
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African Sustainable Livestock “ASL2050” meeting ·
Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) vaccine producers meeting ·
Peste des petits ruminants - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries: China, Mongolia
and Timor Leste: Regional Roadmap Meeting ·
World Veterinary Day 2017 ·
Third International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS)
Interesting links
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VIDEO ::: VNR World Antibiotic Awareness Week ·
Pasture management reforms yielding good results in Tajikistan
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