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Photo: ©FAO/.Hoang Dinh Nam
Bird Flu rears its head again

Increased preparedness and surveillance urged against variant strain

29-08-2011
Photo: ©FAO/J. Thompson
Celebration honours success against cattle disease

FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf lauds international cooperation

25-06-2011
Photo: ©FAO/Yasuyoshi Chiba
New locust threat in Madagascar

Funds, material urgently needed for new campaign

21-06-2011
Photo: ©FAO/A. K. Kimoto
FAO and Max Planck Institute take on species-swapping diseases

Focus on interactions between wild animals, livestock, and human populations to reduce risks, strengthen responses

30-05-2011
Photo: ©AFP/RIA Novosti/Maksim Bogodvid
Concerted international effort urged on African Swine Fever

African pig disease spreading in Eurasia seen as global threat

26-05-2011
Photo: ©FAO/Tony Karumba
No more deaths from rinderpest

OIE’s recognition pathway paved way for global declaration of eradication by FAO member countries in June

25-05-2011
Photo ©Courtesy: Sarah Brunel, EPPO.
Iraq and Syria under attack from devastating alien weed

Silverleaf nightshade takes root in Lebanon and Jordan too

24-05-2011
Photo: ©FAO/Annie Monard
Anti-locust programme in Central Asia and Caucasus

Locusts threaten food security of 20 million

19-05-2011
Photo: ©FAO/Hoang Dinh Nam
Stamping out H5N1 avian influenza could take decades

Long-term commitments required to eliminate virus in countries where it persists

21-04-2011
Photo: ©FAO/...
North Korea: FAO says urgent vaccine and equipment needed to contain Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Capacity of national veterinary services to manage animal disease must also be strengthened

24-03-2011

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