Animal health

10/01/2011

"Come protect yourself, right now, against this rabies, a killer disease, a killer disease". The chorus from a popular song in Sierra Leone booms from loudspeakers, as crowds gather to mark World Rabies Day 2010.

10/01/2011

A fully restored animal health diagnostic laboratory in Aleppo city, Syria, is set to play a major part in strengthening Syria’s animal production and disease control/prevention capacity.

10/01/2011

FAO as launched a Media Fellowship Project to document the evolution and impact of Avian Influenza (AI) in Viet Nam.

10/01/2011

Maasai elders in Kenya are among those who have seen, first-hand, the devastation caused by rinderpest, or cattle plague. For millennia, the virus was a threat to animal health and human livelihoods...

10/01/2011

FAO has launched a Media Fellowship Project to document the evolution and impact of Avian Influenza in Viet Nam.

10/01/2011

"Come protect yourself, right now, against this rabies, a killer disease, a killer disease". The chorus from a popular song in Sierra Leone booms from loudspeakers, as crowds gather to mark World Rabies Day 2010.

10/01/2011

Keith Sumption , FAO FMD Expert and Secretary, European Commission for Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease speaks to Gavin Wall, FAO, India Representative about the long-term challenges in eradicating Foot-and-Mouth disease.

10/01/2010

For millennia, rinderpest, or cattle plague, was a threat to animal health and human livelihoods, primarily in Asia and Europe, and more recently, in Africa. This video shows how early attempts to tackle rinderpest...

10/01/2010

FAO is supporting an initiative in Sierra Leone to prevent rabies. The initiative empowers and utilizes the commitment of teachers, students and children to create awareness on rabies prevention.