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ATEST
OUTBREAKS – VPH
ASIA (Chinese Taipei) Avian Influenza – LPAI H5N2 Nucleic acids of the notifiable avian influenza (NAI) virus were detected on a duck farm in T’ai-Chung during active surveillance by RT-PCR test. […]
AFRICA (South Africa) Avian Influenza –
LPAI H5N2
LPAI infection has been detected among commercial ostriches during routine surveillance for HPAI in Western Cape Province. […]
SOUTH AMERICA (Argentina) Trichinosis
Seven people have been reported to be affected by Trichinosis in the rural area near Junin de los Andes after eating the meat of an infected boar. […]
EMPRES-i is
a global animal health information system of the FAO's EMPRES programme that
focuses on the user need to easily find and collect in one place all the
information available for animal health and transboundary animal diseases.
EMPRES-i compiles, stores and verifies animal diseases outbreaks data
(including zoonoses) from numerous sources (e.g. FAO representatives, FAO
reports, OIE reports, official government, European Commission, FAO reference
centres and laboratories) for early warning and risk analysis.
EURASIA
(Turkey) Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
Officials report that five people have died in the Black Sea region of Turkey of CCHF […]
EMPRES-i is
a global animal health information system of the FAO's EMPRES programme that
focuses on the user need to easily find and collect in one place all the
information available for animal health and transboundary animal diseases.
EMPRES-i compiles, stores and verifies animal diseases outbreaks data
(including zoonoses) from numerous sources (e.g. FAO representatives, FAO
reports, OIE reports, official government, European Commission, FAO reference
centres and laboratories) for early warning and risk analysis.
FOOD SAFETY NEWS
Ottawa to
allow slaughterhouses to process already dead animals
May 14, 2012. The federal government wants to allow the carcasses of already dead animals to be processed in slaughterhouses for human consumption, a move that is raising concerns about the safety of Canada’s food system. […]
The
European Commission has launched a public consultation on the issue of the
use of cloned animals for meat production, which will remain open till 3
September 2012. […]
Alternatives
to Antibiotics in Animal Health
May 12, 2012. The history of antibiotic use in animal production and alternative strategies that work are reviewed by Sandra Avant of the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in the latest issue of Agricultural Research. […]
OTHER NEWS
Animal
Disease Research Misses the Human Perspective, Say Researchers
May 15, 2012. Animal disease research concentrates too much on the behaviour of microorganisms while ignoring the role played by human beings, according to scientists at Lancaster and Liverpool universities.[…]
FAO
Statement on World Migratory Bird Day- Importance of Migratory Birds
May 14, 2012. On World Migratory Bird Day, celebrated 12-13 May this year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) would like to raise awareness of the important role that migratory wild birds play as a vital part of biodiversity in all ecosystems. […]
Avian Flu
and FMD: The dual Epidemics quietly ravaging public health in Egypt
May 14, 2012. Avian flu and foot and mouth disease are running rampant, killing people and livestock as well as inflating the price of food developing as a serious health and economic issue in Egypt. […]
Virus
'Barcodes' Offer Rapid Detection of Mutated Strains
May 14, 2012. Researchers at the University of Leeds are developing a way to 'barcode' viral diseases to rapidly test new outbreaks for potentially lethal mutations. […] […]
Wasted Milk
Is a Real Drain on Our Resources, Study Shows
May 13, 2012. Milk poured down Britain's kitchen sinks each year creates a carbon footprint equivalent to thousands of car exhaust emissions, research shows. […]
CCHF Alert
in Pakistan
May 11, 2012. WHO, Pakistan has issued an alert to all provincial disease surveillance focal points regarding CCHF. […]
Dogs killed
after a Rabies death in China
May 10, 2012. More than 700 dogs have been put down in Jiajiang county, Sichuan province, in the wake of a rabies case that resulted in the death of a woman. […]
New
Protocol developed to detect bacterial spore purifiers
A novel liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry protocol for the qualitative detection of trace levels of meglumine and diatrizoate in dried spore preparations of B. anthracis has been developed. […]
H1N1
Discovery Paves Way for Universal Flu Vaccine
May 8, 2012. University of British Columbia researchers have found a potential way to develop universal flu vaccines and eliminate the need for seasonal flu vaccinations. […]
Influenza
'Histone Mimic' Suppresses Antiviral Response
May 6, 2012. A team of researchers led by scientists at The Rockefeller University has identified a novel mechanism by which influenza viruses hijack key regulators of the human body's normal antiviral response in order to slip by it undetected. […]
Bovine
TB disguised by liver fluke
May 22, 2012. Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) could be spreading across Britain because the most widely used test for the disease is ineffective when cattle are infected with a common liver parasite. […]
Biosafety
concerns for labs in the developing world
May 22, 2012. An inspection of dozens of labs in developing countries has found that nearly one-third of the biosafety hoods intended to protect workers from deadly pathogens did not work properly. […]
USAID helps
Vietnam fight avian influenza
May 20, 2012. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has approved a project on preventing influenza on poultry and human beings funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). […]
Tapeworms:
The Brain Hidden Epidemic
Parasitic worms leave millions of victims paralyzed, epileptic, or worse. Tapeworms are capable of living inside people’s brain, but the problem has received little attention so far. [...]
FAO
Statement on World Migratory Bird Day
May 14, 2012. On World Migratory Bird Day, celebrated 12-13 May this year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) would like to raise awareness of the important role that migratory wild birds play as a vital part of biodiversity in all ecosystems. […] |
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June 13-16,
2012. 15th International Congress on
Infectious Diseases 2012, Bangkok, Thailand - Abstract submission deadline
February 12, 2012 [...]
July
29-August 2, 2012. International
Congress on Animal Reproduction (ICAR) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [...]
August
20-24, 2012. 13th International
Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Maastricht, The
Netherlands [...]
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1. AGA
e-newsletter. To receive regular updates by email on all issues relating
FAO's work on animal production and health, subscribe to
the AGA e-newsletter. It contains information on upcoming events,
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12. Anthrax
infection among heroin users in Scotland during 2009-2010: a case-control
study by linkage to a national drug treatment database […]
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TRAINING |
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Master in
Veterinary Public Health (Emergency Animal Diseases) – The University of Melbourne
Applications are now open for a new program at the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Veterinary Science that aims to prepare veterinarians, animal scientists and animal health workers so they can contribute effectively in emergency animal disease responses, both in Australia and internationally. Applications close May 31, 2012. […]
Online
MVetSci Conservation Medicine – The
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of
Edinburgh UK […]
New online
MSc International Animal Welfare, Ethics & Law - The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary
Studies, University of Edinburgh UK […]
Master
Degree Program Announcement 2013 - The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University (CMU),
Thailand and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin (FUB),
Germany announce the Master degree programme which is a joint international
Master degree program (“Dual Award”) on Veterinary Public Health (MVPH). 10 Scholarships are provided by German Academic Exchange Services
(DAAD) and Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia Pacific (VPHCAP), Faculty
of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University. Deadline for application for admission is
31 January 2013. […]
Postgraduate
Programmes - University of
Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine R(D)SVS […]
PhD in One
Health - The Department of
Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida announces a new PhD in
public health degree programme with a concentration in One Health […]
Training on
Emergency Medicine and Disaster – European Centre for Disaster Medicine, San Marino, Italy […]
Food Safety
Risk Analysis Training and Quantitative Assessment - SIP, JIFSAN, University of Maryland, June 4 -
22, 2012 […]
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