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NEWS ON AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF)
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
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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
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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
More Animal Health news...
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Lancement
d’une campagne de vaccination des bovins contre le charbon symptomatique
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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
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FAO ECTAD and the Government of
Indonesia prepare for the new EDiT-next gen framework
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Ministry
of Agriculture cooperates with FAO to control rabies in Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara
Upcoming meetings
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25th Tripartite (FAO, OIE, WHO) Annual Executive Meeting
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8th West Eurasia Roadmap Meeting for the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Progressive Control Pathway (PCP-FMD)
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12th Standing Group of Experts on African Swine Fever for the Baltic and Eastern Europe region (SGE ASF12)
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FAO-USAID Strategic Planning Bilateral Meeting
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Consultative Workshop on Legislation to Curb Antimicrobial Resistance in Cambodia
Interesting links
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African
swine fever: towards the creation of a regional standing group of experts for Eastern Asia
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Bulgaria
Stops Spread of Animal Disease with Help of IAEA and FAO
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