[FAO-EMPRES Animal Health News] NEWS ON AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) [cid:image021.jpg@01D4CDDD.5EDE4B00]African swine fever preparedness support mission to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea African swine fever (ASF) is a viral disease of swine and wild boar characterized by a very high lethality rate for which there is no vaccine or treatment. The disease is now endemic in most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Eastern Europe. On 1 August 2018, the first detection of ASF was reported from a pig farm in China and the disease has since spread throughout the whole country...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_260219.html>] [cid:image022.jpg@01D4CDDD.5EDE4B00]FAO Viet Nam supports Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to respond to Africa Swine Fever outbreaks FAO Viet Nam Representation The Department of Animal Health (DAH), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has confirmed its first African swine fever (ASF) outbreak detected in Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces on 19 February 2019. All the pigs on the infected farms and in the surrounding area were culled...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/vietnam/news/detail-events/en/c/1181501/>] [cid:image023.jpg@01D4CDDD.5EDE4B00]Experts join forces to prevent African swine fever from entering the Balkans FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia Reducing the risk of incursions and improving preparation for the rapid detection and control of African swine fever in the Balkan countries is the main topic of the four-day FAO workshop finishing today in Belgrade...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/europe/news/detail-news/en/c/1180579/>] [cid:image024.jpg@01D4CDDD.5EDE4B00]African Swine Fever: A viral disease with 100% fatality rate FAO Myanmar Representation African swine fever (ASF) is a viral disease affecting pigs and wild boar with up to 100% fatality rate. The China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) confirmed the disease outbreak in Liaoning Province on 3 August 2018. Up to 18 January 2019, 103 ASF outbreaks detected in 24 Provinces/Autonomous Region...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/myanmar/news/detail-events/en/c/1177347/>] ________________________________ [cid:image025.jpg@01D4CDDD.5EDE4B00]Enhancing animal disease surveillance capabilities using SET - Tracking progress in Tanzania and Liberia In the summer of 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the Surveillance Evaluation Tool (SET) to support countries with the development of efficient animal disease surveillance systems. SET was adapted from...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_260219b.html>] ________________________________ [cid:image026.jpg@01D4CDDD.5EDE4B00]Focusing on Denmark and FAO's joint efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today met Denmark's Minister for the Environment and Food, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, for talks regarding bilateral cooperation, including joint efforts to mitigate the threat of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in food production. FAO's Animal Health division launched a new AMR...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/director-general/newsroom/news/detail/en/c/1181473/>] ________________________________ [cid:image027.jpg@01D4CDDD.5EDE4B00]FAO Leads Efforts to Improve Animal Diseases Surveillance within Liberia's Livestock Sector FAO Liberia Representation The livestock sector is one of the sectors of agriculture that contributes to the rural economy of Liberia as a means of livelihood for farmers. However, the sector is constrained by a number of factors including zoonotic and non-zoonotic animal diseases. To complement the Government of Liberia's efforts to improve...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/liberia/news/detail-events/en/c/1181344/>] ________________________________ [cid:image028.jpg@01D4CDDD.5EDE4B00]Prevention of infectious diseases in poultry industry: FAO perspective FAO Russian Federation Representation The current challenges to poultry farming and poultry industry are as grave as they are numerous. For instance, the viruses of avian influenza, better known as avian flu or bird flu, are diversifying and currently there are more subtypes co-circulating than ever. Among others, this issue was the focus of an International conference devoted to "Topical issues of diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases of birds in poultry industry", held in the ancient Russian town of Suzdal...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/russian-federation/news/detail-events/en/c/1180867/>] ________________________________ More Animal Health news... · Lancement d'une campagne de vaccination des bovins contre le charbon symptomatique<http://www.fao.org/republique-democratique-congo/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/1180694/> FAO République démocratique du Congo [only in French] · La FAO intensifie ses efforts d'appui à la Côte d'Ivoire pour renforcer la notification, la surveillance et l'éradication des maladies zoonotiques émergentes et endémiques<http://www.fao.org/cote-divoire/actualites/detail-events/fr/c/1180581/> FAO Côte d'Ivoire [only in French] · FAO ECTAD and the Government of Indonesia prepare for the new EDiT-next gen framework<http://www.fao.org/indonesia/news/detail-events/en/c/1180912/> FAO Indonesia · FAO-ICAR training on FAO Assessment Tool for Laboratories and Antimicrobial resistance Surveillance Systems (FAO-ATLASS)<http://www.fao.org/india/news/detail-events/en/c/1181505/> FAO India · Ministry of Agriculture cooperates with FAO to control rabies in Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara<http://www.fao.org/indonesia/news/detail-events/en/c/1179650/> FAO Indonesia ________________________________ Upcoming meetings · 25th Tripartite (FAO, OIE, WHO) Annual Executive Meeting 25-26 February 2019 ::: Rome, Italy (FAO-HQ) · 8th West Eurasia Roadmap Meeting for the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Progressive Control Pathway (PCP-FMD) 04-06 March 2019 ::: Shiraz, Iran [Visit GF-TADs FMD event page<http://www.gf-tads.org/events/events-detail/en/c/1151911/>] · 12th Standing Group of Experts on African Swine Fever for the Baltic and Eastern Europe region (SGE ASF12) 11-12 March 2019 ::: Prague, Czech Republic [Visit GF-TADs ASF event page<http://www.gf-tads.org/events/events-detail/en/c/1151955/>] · FAO-USAID Strategic Planning Bilateral Meeting 12-13 March 2019 ::: Rome, Italy (FAO-HQ) · Consultative Workshop on Legislation to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance in Cambodia 14 March 2019 ::: Phnom Penh, Cambodia [Visit FAO Cambodia website<http://www.fao.org/cambodia/en/>] ________________________________ Interesting links · African swine fever: towards the creation of a regional standing group of experts for Eastern Asia<http://www.oie.int/en/for-the-media/press-releases/detail/article/african-swine-fever-towards-the-creation-of-a-regional-standing-group-of-experts-for-eastern-asia/> World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) news · Bulgaria Stops Spread of Animal Disease with Help of IAEA and FAO<https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/bulgaria-stops-spread-of-animal-disease-with-help-of-iaea-and-fao> International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) news EMPRES website ::: http://www.fao.org/AG/empres.html For comments or suggestions ::: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [http://www.fao.org/uploads/RTEmagicC_b471b08fe9.gif.gif]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/empres-animal_health/sets/> [Latest videos on animal health] <http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB58F4D829B7883FD> [Follow us on Twitter!] <https://twitter.com/FAOAnimalHealth> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EMPRES-Livestock-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(EMPRES-Livestock-L,SIGNOFF);