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| 10/07/09 |
One
hundred and thirty-seven outbreaks of H5N1 HPAI in poultry
were reported officially worldwide in April 2009 from five
countries: Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Indonesia and Viet Nam.
One case of H5N1 infection was confirmed in a wild bird in
Hong Kong SAR, China, during the same period. The number of
reported outbreaks/cases by country and their location are
illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, respectively.
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| 09/07/09 |
HPAI Situation Update 09/07/2009 - Issue No. 388
Please find the
weekly situation update for HPAI including summaries of suspected,
confirmed and denied HPAI outbreaks/cases in affected countries.
Since the last update, the following new items have been included:
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| 27/05/09 |
EMPRES
web updates - 22/05/2009
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...
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| 27/05/09 |
 Animal
welfare web portal launched
One-stop shop for policy-makers, farmers, scientists and
animal welfare organizations
A new internet portal has been launched today by FAO that
will serve as a one-stop-shop for individuals and organizations
searching for the latest information about the welfare of
livestock.
The Gateway to Farm Animal Welfare is designed to provide
a reliable information conduit on legislation and research
findings in the sector, as well as on animal welfare standards,
practices and policies. Expected users are farmers and government
officials, lawmakers, researchers, the livestock and food
industry and non-governmental organizations.
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27/04/09 |
FAO
brief on swine influenza (swine flu)–27 April 2009
The
influenza virus is in a class of viruses known as Orthomyoxoviruses,
with myxo referring to the fact that they infect mucus membranes.
The currently circulating Influenza viruses that cause human
disease are divided into two groups: A and B. Influenza
A has 2 subtypes which are important for humans: A(H3N2)
and A(H1N1), of which the former is currently associated
with most deaths (http://respiratory-lung.health-cares.net/influenza-virus.php).
Type A Influenza’s are named according to the H antigens
(16 possibilities) and N antigens (9 possibilities). All
H’s and N’s have been isolated from various
species of birds. Swine, equids, dogs, and other mammalian
species (including humans) have not this wide occurrence
of HxNx exposure. Infection with an Influenza virus may
not necessarily develop into illness or disease.
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31/12/08 |
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01/09/08 |
The
15th FAVA Congress of the Federation of Asian
Veterinary Associations.
FAVA-OIE Joint Symposium on Emerging Diseases. 27
- 30 October 2008,
Sofitel Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre, Bangkok,
Thailand
For more details, please visit: http://www.fava2008.com
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EMPRES
Transboundary Animal Diseases Bulletin |
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| 02/07/09 |
HPAI Situation Update 02/07/2009 - Issue No. 387
Please find the weekly situation update for HPAI including
summaries of suspected, confirmed and denied HPAI outbreaks/cases
in affected countries. Since the last update, the following
new items have been included:
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| 25/06/09 |
HPAI Situation Update 28/05/2009 - Issue No. 386
Please find the weekly situation update for HPAI including
summaries of suspected, confirmed and denied HPAI outbreaks/cases
in affected countries. Since the last update, the following
new items have been included:
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| 05/06/09 |
A
new version (v.1.5) of FAO EMPRES Global Animal Disease
Information System (EMPRES-i) website has been released
at http://empres-i.fao.org.
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| 28/05/09 |
HPAI
Situation Update 28/05/2009 - Issue No. 383
Please find the weekly situation update for HPAI including
summaries of suspected, confirmed and denied HPAI outbreaks/cases
in affected countries. Since the last update, the following
new items have been included:
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| 27/05/09 |
EMPRES
web updates - 22/05/2009
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...
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| 22/05/09 |
Please
find herewith attached the latest FAO
AIDE News No. 59 (Avian Influenza Disease Emergency
News) which contains the following information:
- Influenza
A/H1N1 in Humans and Swine
- The
fourth Regional Steering Committee of GF-TADs for Africa
- H5N1
HPAI Global Overview: October 2008
- At
a glance
- Summary
of confirmed HPAI outbreaks
For
more information on Avian Influenza please see the following
web sites:
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here
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| 02/03/09 |
Please
find herewith attached the latest FAO AIDE News
No. 57(Avian Influenza Disease Emergency
News)
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| 08/08/08 |
The EMPRES team is pleased to announce that the
EMPRES Transboundary animal Disease Bulletin No.31
is now available in English.
Download
the PDF version
of the bulletin (738 Kb, 48 pp)
Click here
to view previous issues from the EMPRES website.
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06/08/08 |
The
EMPRES team is pleased to announce that the
EMPRES
Transboundary Animal Disease Bulletin No.30
is now available in English,
French
and Spanish.
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Animal
Breeding Management Newsletter: |
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06/06/08 |
Please
find the May 2008 issue of the Animal Breeding Management
Newsletter (programme under the University of Sydney) for
your information. Please note that this programme is now opened
for applications for Semester 2, 2008 and have a limited number
of scholarships available. Click
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Smallholder
dairy development: Lessons learned in Asia.This
publication is part of a regional initiative undertaken
by the FAO Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia
and the Pacific (FAO-APHCA) in collaboration with the Common
Fund for Commodities (CFC) to provide guidance to stakeholders
in the Region and mobilize resources into a sector that
holds vibrant opportunities for poverty alleviation, nutrition
enhancement and broader economic development in rural areas.
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here to download the publication
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01/09/08 |
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| 16/06/08 |
Goat
- Undervalued Asset in Asia - a joint proceedings
of the APHCA-ILRI Regional Workshop on Goat Production
Systems and Markets, which was organized between
24 and 25 October 2006, in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, is
now available in hard and soft copies Click
here to download the publication.
This compact proceedings (63 pages) was an outcome of
the workshop with an aim to enable the 13 participating
countries namely: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan,
Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka and Thailand to share their
successes and failures and to increase awareness of the
considerable value of goats in their countries. It was
also aimed that both the workshop and its published proceedings
should draw attention to the range of expertise available
in this region for goat research and development and,
in particular, the relationship between goat production
and poverty alleviation.
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| 23/04/08 |
Manual on Meat Processing Technology for Small- to Medium-scale
Producers – this over 440-page publication is a
joint activity between the Animal Products Group of the
Animal Production Service (AGAP) of FAO Headquarters in
Rome, Italy and the Livestock Section of the FAO Regional
Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) in Bangkok, Thailand.
The manual was co-authored by Gunter Heinz and Peter Hautzinger,based
on training materials used in FAO-organized regional training
in meat processing technology for Asian countries. This
manual covers the whole range of detailed meat products
processing from raw meat to the various finishing products
available in markets. It also includes relevant chapters
on handling and maintenance of tools and core meat products
processing equipment, simple test methods for meat products,
meat processing hygiene, cleaning and sanitation in meat
plants, etc. Click
here to download the publication.
Abattoir Development – Options and Designs for Hygienic
Basis to Medium-sized Abattoirs – a joint publication
of the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP)
and the Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia
and the Pacific (APHCA). This handy(86-page) publication
was authored by Gunter Heinz, based on FAO-initiated technical
missions to five countries to gather updated information
and develop strategies to upgrade the abattoir sector, with
a focus on small- to medium-sized slaughter facilities.
This publication highlights the findings of these research
missions and provides recommendations on technical improvements
for simple and better quality slaughter facilities. In addition,
it presents examples of practical solutions such as advanced
line-slaughter systems, designs for booth slaughter, methods
of abattoir effluent treatment and the like, etc. Relevant
drawings and illustrations are included.
Click here to download the publication.
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The
15th Congress of the Federation of Asian Veterinary
Associations |
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02/04/08 |
(15th
FAVA Congress) and OIE Symposium under the theme: - Food
Safety; The Veterinary Roles for the World Kitchen will
be organized in Bangkok, Thailand, between 27 and 29 October
2008.
For more details, please visit: http://www.fava2008.com
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Emergency
Workshop on Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome
(PRRS) |
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17/09/07 |
Based on urgent requests by member
countries, an Emergency Workshop on Porcine Reproductive
and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) will be organized by the
Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the
Pacific of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO-APHCA) at the FAO Regional Office for
Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand, between 24 and
25 September 2007.
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New
bird flu outbreaks require strong vigilance |
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12/02/07 |
FAO-
Rome - Cats can become infected with the highly lethal H5N1
avian influenza virus, but at present there is no scientific
evidence to suggest that there has been sustained transmission
of the virus in cats or from cats to humans, FAO said in a
statement today.
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New
bird flu outbreaks require strong vigilance |
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31/01/07 |
Bangkok/Rome
- FAO today expressed concern about new flare-ups of avian
influenza in China, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Nigeria, South
Korea, Thailand and Viet Nam but stressed that the number
of outbreaks in the first weeks of 2007 has been significantly
lower than the epidemic waves of last year.
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