Strengthening Indonesia's Biosecurity
18/08/2025
Biosecurity is critical to protecting Indonesia’s livestock, food supply, and economy. Collaboration is the key to building a robust biosecurity system. Through the TCP/INS/3906 project - Improving Biosecurity System, FAO...
Sustainable tick control and acaricide resistance management in livestock
12/08/2025
Ticks, mosquitoes, biting midges and tsetse flies pose serious threats to the health of both animals and humans and lead to productivity losses that impact economies and livelihoods.
Strengthening animal health systems for a resilient future: FAO ECTAD’s impact in Asia-Pacific
24/02/2025
FAO’s Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) plays a critical role in advancing animal health and global health security in Asia and the Pacific...
Safeguarding Bhutan’s livelihoods: The fight against African Swine fever
11/02/2025
First detected in Bhutan in May 2021, African swine fever outbreaks have affected pig farmers across multiple districts, especially in the south. With over 60 percent of Bhutan’s population relying on agriculture and pig farming on the rise, ASF...
FAO training for Veterinary Paraprofessionals. The experience in Nigeria
27/11/2024
In the video, Ayoade Azeezat Adeola, Amir Umar Aliyu and Mary Mayomi Ogunsusi describe their experience participating in a training program tailored for Veterinary Paraprofessionals (VPP) in Oyo and Kaduna states, Nigeria...
Sampling of dead pigs to rule out African swine fever
04/10/2024
This is one of four videos showing how to conduct a series of routine field activities related to African swine fever (ASF) surveillance. Addressed to field veterinarians, the video shows how to package and label a sample taken from an animal...
Voices of EMPRES: 30 years in action
03/10/2024
Established in 1994, EMPRES began its mission to eradicate rinderpest, and in the following years, its role expanded to build global capacities for monitoring and preventing animal diseases...
Celebrating 30 years of EMPRES
26/09/2024
The Emergency Prevention System (EMPRES) was established by FAO in as special programme 1994 to combat transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases. For 30 years, EMPRES has been key in safeguarding global food security...
FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD): Protecting animal and human health
25/09/2024
Since 2004, FAO ECTAD has been supporting national governments to reduce the risk of animal health threats that can devastate livelihoods and threaten food safety. By building Member Nations’ capacities to prevent, detect and...
Why protecting animal health is protecting the health of our planet
20/09/2024
Infectious animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) still pose significant threats to farms, carrying devastating economic and public health risks....
FAO Reference Centres: The fight against animal diseases
20/09/2024
Animal diseases threaten both food security and human health worldwide. FAO’s global network of Reference Centres plays a crucial role in combating these diseases by providing technical expertise, supporting early detection, and enhancing disease control measures...
International visions in advancing animal health
20/09/2024
With the world's population continuing to grow, the demand for animal products like meat, milk and eggs is expected to increase by 20 percent by 2050. But how can we meet this demand sustainably? Animal health is the crucial factor...
The power of vaccines in animal health
20/09/2024
Vaccines are game changers in animal health, essential for ensuring global food security. Infectious animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) still pose significant threats to farms, carrying devastating economic and public health risks....
Clinical examination of live domestic pigs for African swine fever
05/08/2024
This is one of four videos showing how to conduct a series of routine field activities related to African swine fever (ASF) surveillance. Addressed to field veterinarians, the video shows how to perform a systematic clinical examination of a live pig...
Sampling of live domestic pigs to rule out African swine fever
05/08/2024
This is one of four videos showing how to conduct a series of routine field activities related to African swine fever (ASF) surveillance. Addressed to field veterinarians, the video shows how to take a blood sample...
Packaging of suspected African swine fever virus samples
05/08/2024
This is one of four videos showing how to conduct a series of routine field activities related to African swine fever (ASF) surveillance. Addressed to field veterinarians, the video shows how to package and label a sample taken from an animal suspected...
Impact of the ISAVET training: Disease detection and response skills to save lives and livelihoods
03/06/2024
The Frontline In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) programme was launched across 14 countries of West, Central and Eastern Africa in 2018. In an effort to address endemic, emerging infectious and transboundary animal diseases, it targets veterinarians and para-veterinary professionals at the local level.
COVID Response in Bangladesh – A One Health Approach
10/01/2023
In response to COVID-19 in Bangladesh, the United Nations initiated an intervention, under the leadership of the Directorate General of Health Services, to improve community-level case detection and risk mitigation.
Practice biosecurity to save your pigs; including clean and disinfection procedures
10/01/2023
ASF is a highly fatal infectious disease in domestic and wild pigs of all breeds and ages. Although the virus does not infect humans, it has significant implications for food security and farmer livelihoods.
What you need to know about foot and mouth disease in an endemic country
27/10/2022
This video was produced by the European Commission for the control of Foot-and-Mouth disease (EuFMD) to raise awareness amongst farmers living in areas which are FMD endemic.