Veterinary Public Health E-Bulletin 18

NEWS

LATEST OUTBREAKS – VPH ASIA (Hong Kong) Human Avian Influenza HPAI H5N1The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health received notification from the Ministry of Health (MoH) concerning two confirmed human cases of influenza A (H5N1) in Guizhou. […] ASIA (Cambodia) Human Avian Influenza HPAI H5N1The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Cambodia has confirmed one more case of avian influenza in a five-year old girl. […] ASIA (Nepal) Avian Influenza HPAI H5N1Over 6‚000 chickens culled have been culled as bird flu hits ninth farm in Manamaiu 1of Kathmandu. […] ASIA (China) RabiesThe Beijing Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention has announced that two people in the city have died of rabies in January this year. […] ASIA (Bhutan) Avian Influenza HPAI H5N1An outbreak of HPAI H5N1 has been reported among backyard free ranging local chicken in Chuzargang,   Namkhaling and Pelrithang villages in Sarpang region. […] ASIA (Bangladesh) Avian Influenza HPAI H5N1Outbreak of HPAI continues in Dhaka with the latest outbreak reported in a commercial poultry farm in Gazipur. […] To view reported cases of animal diseases visit the EMPRES-I website 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 Unchecked Antibiotic Use in Animals May Affect Global Human HealthFebruary 11, 2013. The increasing production and use of antibiotics, about half of which is used in animal production, is mirrored by the growing number of antibiotic resistance genes, or ARGs, effectively reducing antibiotics' ability to fend off diseases in animals and humans. […] Ozone sterilisation heralds safer chickenFebruary 11, 2013. Scientists at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, have developed a novel way to make packaged food, including any meat product, safer for consumers and to extend shelf-life by exploiting the germicidal power of ozone, a form of oxygen.[…] Red meat vital to nutritionFebruary 10, 2013. A new study from the UK has found that red meat plays a vital role in nutrition for people of all ages. […] Findus Lasagnes Withdrawn Due to the Presence of Horse Meat: IrelandFebruary 8, 2013. Findus’ own checks revealed that some of its frozen lasagnes contain more than 60% horse meat. […] […] Bacteria in meat show growing drug resistance, FDA saysFebruary 7, 2013. An annual report released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week shows that antibiotic resistance in bacteria found in retail meat and poultry samples is continuing to increase, though not uniformly. […] Evaluation of Inactivated Avian Influenza H7 VaccinesFebruary 4, 2013. Current inactivated H7 vaccines were found in USDA ARS studies to be effective against the H7N3 subtype of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus that caused the outbreaks of bird flu in Mexico in 2012 and a similar low-pathogenic virus of the same subtype. […] OTHER NEWS OIE Scientific Commission maintains Brazil BSE status as negligibleFebruary 11, 2013. At its recent biannual meeting, from 4 to 8 February 2013, the OIE Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases addressed among different issues the occurrence, of the first case of BSE recorded in Brazil. […] Review finds little evidence of missed H5N1 infectionsFebruary 7, 2013. The authors of a new review say there is little evidence of unrecognized human cases of H5N1 avian influenza, but the studies done so far have too many limitations to settle the controversial question. […] ANNOUNCEMENTS Call for Abstracts – World Veterinary Congress 2013The Scientific Committee invites authors to submit abstracts to be considered for inclusion in the programme. Abstract submission deadline - March 31, 2013 […] Call for Abstracts – ECAWBM The 3rd annual meeting of European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine will be conducted from 26th to 29th 2013 at Lisbon, Portugal. Deadline for submitting abstracts: 15th April 2013 [...] 2nd International Congress on Pathogens at the Human-Animal Interface (ICOPHAI)One Health for Sustainable Development: August 14 - 17, 2013, Porto de Galinhas, Brazil, Abstract submission now open: [...]

EVENTS

February 15-18, 2013. International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance (IMED 2013), Vienna, Austria […] February 18-22, 2013. International Sheep Veterinary Congress 2013, Rotorua, New Zealand […] February 25 – March 1, 2013. MISMS Research Workshop on Influenza at the animal-human interface, Padua, Italy […] February 27-28, 2013. 2nd International Congress of Large Animal Practitioners (ICLAP 2013) at Tehran, Iran […] March 7-8, 2013. 2nd International Symposium on Neglected Influenza Viruses, Dublin, Ireland […] March 13-15, 2013. OIE Global Conference on the prudent use of antimicrobial agents for animals, Paris, France. […] April 13-14, 2013. Global Health and Innovation Conference, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA […] May 8-11, 2013. International Conference on Diseases of Zoo and Wild Animals, Vienna, Austria […] May 27-31, 2013. Canadian Association of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (CAVEPM) 2013 Conference at Saskatoon, Canada […] June 5-8, 2013. XVI International Symposium of the World Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians Berlin, Germany […] August 14-17, 2013.  Second International Congress on Pathogens at the Human-Animal Interface (ICOPHAI):  One Health for Sustainable Development […] August 25-29, 2013. AITVM 2013 International conference "The livestock-human-wildlife interface” Challenges in urban livestock production and extensive farming/conservation systems[…] September 17-20, 2013. World Veterinary Congress, Prague, Czech Republic […] September 25-28, 2013. 9th African Dairy Conference and Exhibition, Harare, Zimbabwe […] September 2013. International Symposium on problems of Listeriosis, Goa, India[…] April 2-5, 2014. 16th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), Cape Town, South Africa […]

PUBLICATIONS

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, publications, programme activities, articles and press releases [Click here to subscribe] 2. FAOAIDEnews 84 […] 3. EMPRES Transboundary Animal Diseases Bulletin No. 41 – 2012 […] 4. FAO Animal Production and Health Division e-newsletter 54 […] 5. A One Health Case Study: Ebola Virus in Uganda […] 6. Campylobacter contamination and the relative risk of illness from organic broiler meat in comparison with conventional broiler meat […] 7. Assessment of Serosurveys for H5N1 […] 8. Campylobacter contamination and the relative risk of illness from organic broiler meat in comparison with conventional broiler meat […] 9. Anticipating the Prevalence of Avian Influenza Subtypes H9 and H5 in Live-Bird Markets […] 10. Safety and immunogenicity of an oral, replicating adenovirus serotype 4 vector vaccine for H5N1 influenza: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1 study […] 11. Health implications associated with exposure to farmed and wild sea turtles […]

TRAINING

Master of Preventive Veterinary MedicineThe school of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California offers a professional degree, the Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine (MPVM) […] Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship ProgrammeThe Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory Fellowship Program, sponsored by APHL and CDC, trains and prepares scientists for careers in public health laboratories and supports public health initiatives related to infectious disease research. The application deadline for the 2013 program is February 8, 2013.[…] Cambridge online e-learning instituteOnline Certificate in Animal Welfare […] Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, BelgiumMaster of Science in Tropical Animal Health (in English) from September to July 2013-14 – Scholarships are available for students from developing countries and European Union. Closing date 1-3-2013 […] University of MinnesotaEngaging Intergovernmental Organisations 2013 is a week long intensive preofessional development programme for mid and senior level government officials[...]

EMPLOYMENT

FAO – Policy Officer (Livestock-Resource use Analysis), Rome, Italy […] FAO - Epidemiologist/livestock Information Officer (consultancy), Closing date: 18 February, 2013 […] FAO - International Consultant/Animal Breeding and Genetics, Closing date: 20 February, 2013 […] FAO - TCDC Consultant/Animal Performance Recording, Closing date: 20 February, 2013 […] IDRC - Senior Program Specialist, Ecosystems and Human Health (Ecohealth), New Delhi and Ottawa   […] […]