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Zoonoses – From Panic to Planning
Over two thirds of all human infectious diseases have their origins in animals. The rate at which these zoonotic diseases have appeared in people has increased over the past 40 years, with at least 43 newly identified outbreaks since 2004. In 2012, outbreaks included Ebola in Uganda, yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rift Valley fever (RVF) in Mauritania. Zoonotic diseases have a huge impact – and a disproportionate one on the poorest people in the poorest countries. In low-income countries, 20% of human sickness and death is due to zoonoses. Poor people suffer further when development implications are not factored into disease planning and response strategies. A new, integrated ‘One Health’ approach to zoonoses that moves away from top-down disease-focused intervention is urgently needed. [...]
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Fore-CAN Report: Healthy Animals | Healthy Future 2025
From foresight to insight to action > applying foresight to Animal Health Emergency Management in Canada. Report published in September 2011 by Fore-CAN: Foresight for Canadian Animal Health.
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Juan Lubroth on animal disease risk
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Juan Lubroth, looks at the threat of animal disease outbreaks and human pandemics, and explains why investing in prevention makes economic sense. [Source: FAO]
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DairyCo joins with other European countries to tackle dairy farming’s biggest challenges
DairyCo has joined forces with other European levy funded organisations to collaborate more closely on dairy research, development and knowledge exchange. Dairy levy bodies in six European countries have signed up to the European Cattle Innovation Partnership (ECIP), the culmination of an initiative by dairy farmer and former Farmers Club chairman Richard Holland. Mr Holland saw an opportunity for levy organisations across Europe to better co-ordinate efforts to tackle priority issues, and make the most of existing research available from other countries. “Many of the issues facing dairy farming are common across several countries’’ explains Mr Holland. By forming a partnership, we now have a recognised platform where we can share our research and knowledge, to address those issues in a much more efficient way.” The group has [...]
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10th IVIS, Milan
The 10th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium will take place in Milan, Italy from 28th August – 1st September, 2013. For further information please visit http://www.ivis2013.org/
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MedVetNet Conference – One health, one medicine: sharing challenges for combating zoonoses
MedVetNet 2013 is for human and animal health researchers working in the field of food-borne zoonoses using the One Health – One Medicine approach. Much of the work done through this approach has been cross-disciplinary – including a variety of sectors – and its implications reach beyond the study & removal of zoonoses. The meeting aims to present the broad range of disciplines relevant to the One Health approach, as well as keynotes dedicated to combining these disciplines to faciliate economic development in the zoonotically plagued regions. The meeting offers three key-note speakers addressing the One Health approach for development, epidemiology, and economics. Several other presenters will delve into the details of 4 main disciplines within zoonoses; for more information, please see the tentative programme. Note that all [...]
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Does big mean bad? Looking at the science behind large-scale livestock production
Large–scale intensive livestock production is currently a hot topic in the UK. There’s a lot of confusion over the advantages or disadvantages of such units. This conference is about the science behind running large successful units. What do we know and what do we need to find out? The primary focus will be on systems for pig, poultry and dairy production and the conference will draw on relevant industrial experience and views both from the UK and other countries where large units are already operating successfully. Visit the conference website to: – Access the programme and register – Find out about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities – Submit a poster – there are opportunities to present a poster with a short oral presentation, see the “Summary Guidelines” section on [...]
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IADG Background and 14th Annual Meeting
Inter-Agency Donor Group (IADG) on pro-poor livestock research and development. Founding Principles: At present, there is no formal global mechanism by which donors who support work on livestock research and development can communicate or coordinate their efforts, although many share common goals and outputs in their separate programmes. To address this deficiency, livestock advisers and managers from public and private sector donor and major implementing agencies, known collectively as the ‘inter-Agency Donor Group’, have met informally on an annual basis for the past 13 years in order to; i) share intelligence on contemporary issues facing livestock development ; ii) promote innovative and collaborative approaches to pro-poor livestock research ( new technologies, policies, practices) in the fields of animal health, animal production and public health; and iii) facilitate a [...]
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International PRRS Symposium, 2013
The International Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Symposium for 2013 will be held in Beijing. Please visit http://www.prrssymposium.org/ for more information.
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EFSA Scientific Colloquium XVIII on Towards holistic approaches to the risk assessment of multiple stressors in bees
Bees play an important role in the ecosystem and the food chain through pollination, plant biodiversity maintenance and the provision of food and derived-hive products for human uses and therefore their protection is essential. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) which improves EU food safety and ensures a high level of consumer protection also need to protect bees and the ecosystem services they provide to humans. This task is currently undertaken by the Pesticides Risk Assessment (PRAS), Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW), Plant Health (PLH), Genetically and Modified Organisms (GMO), Scientific Assessment and Support (SAS) and the Emerging Risks (EMRISK) Units. Given the consensus reached among scientists about the multifactorial origin of bee colony losses and the increasing body of scientific evidence showing the way stressors in bees [...]
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