21/03/2018

Veterinary officers, animal health experts and scientists from 12 countries in the Asian region converged in Colombo to renew commitments and take action against any possible outbreak of the rinderpest,...

09/03/2018

The stakeholders workshop was organized by FAO and the Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Control Unit in Mali (CCLMT, Cellule de Coordination de Lutte contre les Mouches Tsé-tsé et les trypanosomoses animales,...

01/03/2018

During 2016, Georgia reported the first occurrences ever of two transboundary animal diseases: peste des petits rumiants (PPR) in small ruminants, and lumpy skin disease (LSD) in cattle. In addition,...

06/02/2018

FAO’s lumpy skin disease (LSD) field manual for veterinarians is now available in six languages to aid in the prevention and control of the cattle disease that has established a large foothold...

26/01/2018

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a vector-borne pox disease of cattle characterized by the appearance of skin nodules. Long restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, LSD has slowly invaded new territories over...