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Photo: J.M. Garg, via WIkimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bar-headed_Geese-_Bharatpur_I_IMG_8337.jpg
On the trail of avian influenza

International task force concerned over declining support for H5N1 monitoring, despite disease persistence and spread

23-03-2010
Photo: ©FAO/0.Argenti
Bananas resist economic crisis

More global action needed to curb diseases affecting bananas

07-12-2009
Photo: ©FAO/F. Paladini
Deadly cattle plague, once the bane of farmers, on its deathbed

Sometime soon, rinderpest will officially be declared extinct, marking the first time mankind has ever eradicated an animal disease

30-11-2009
Photo: ©FAO/Giampero Diana
Locust infestation in Mauritania

Country teams and FAO bring situation under control

26-10-2009
Photo: ©FAO/Ami Vitale
H1N1 flu in turkeys may spread

Poultry connection strengthens global H1N1 pandemic

27-08-2009
Photo: ©FAO/Alberto Conti
The lurking menace of weeds

Farmers' enemy No. 1

11-08-2009
Photo: ©FAO/Giusseppe Bizzarri
Major drive launched against FMD

Aims to bring disease under progressive global control

23-07-2009
Photo: ©FAO/R. Subasinghe
Zambezi hit by killer fish disease

Risks spreading to other parts of Africa

21-07-2009
Photo: ©FAO/R.Messori
Regional plan for FMD control approved

Middle East outbreaks spread as far as Libya

08-05-2009
Photo: ©FAO
FAO monitors A/H1N1 situation around the clock

FAO states that the new A/H1N1 virus has not been detected in pigs

30-04-2009

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