A/H1N1 website

A new section in EMPRES has been created with the latest information on the current situation of the newly A/H1N1 virus. Communiqués by our Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) Dr. Joseph Domenech, FAO press releases, documents, guidelines and more can be found here.

H5N1 maps

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Latest cumulative (six months) and weekly confirmed outbreak maps can be found here. In this section archives for 2008, 2009 maps and animations can also be consulted.

Wildlife - Telemetry studies

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Visit the new telemetry pages with the latest locations of birds monitored in the following countries: Egypt, India, Mongolia (Swan and bar-headed geese), China (Poyang, Qinghai and Hong Kong) and Kazakhstan.

Recent documents

New documents have been added to the EMPRES information resources section as well as the Avian Influenza website:

• The human influenza due to a novel subtype H1N1
• Avian influenza vaccine producers and suppliers for poultry
• Guidelines for the submission of diagnostic samples to reference laboratories (AVIAN)
• AIDENews issue No. 59 (May 2009)
• HPAI H5N1 Global Overview issues
• RAP-ECTAD Newsletter issues
• Poultry sector country reviews for:
  India, Guinea and Saudi Arabia

Below are links to advocacy material prepared for the Commission on Agriculture which took place in Rome on 22-25 April 2009.

• The Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme
• Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR)
• The EMPRES Wildlife Unit
• Manuals on animal health

FAO links
EMPRES
H1N1 website
Avian Influenza
EMPRES-i
GLEWS
AGA

Other links
WHO
OIE

More info...

Infectious diseases of importance:

African Horse Sickness (AHS)
African Swine Fever (ASF)
Anthrax
Bluetongue
Bovine Papular Stomatitis (BPS)
Bovine Virus Diarrhoea-Mucosal Disease (BVD_MD)
Brucellosis
Classical Swine Fever (CSF)
Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP)
Cowdriosis
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD)
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)
Haemorrhagic Septicaemia
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (VAI) (Fowl plague)
Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR)
Lassa Fever
Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)
Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF)
Nairobi Sheep Disease
Newcastle Disease (NCD)
Nipah Virus Infection
Pasteurellosis
Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR)
Porcine Dermatitis/Nephropathy Syndrome (PDNS)
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)
Rift Valley fever (RVF)
Rinderpest
Sheep pox
Swine Vesicular Disease (SVD)
Tuberculosis (TB)
West Nile Fever (WNF)

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