EMPRES Transboundary Animal Diseases Bulletin 35
The EMPRES Transboundary Animal Diseases Bulletin provides information on the effective prevention and progressive control of high impact transboundary animal diseases (TADs), analysing animal disease risks to countries and reporting on progress in the control of such diseases in affected countries. The latest edition (number 35) of the bulletin is now available including, among others, a report on the results of a proficiency test co-organized by FAO and the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie to evaluate the overall and individual technical capacities of national veterinary laboratories in Africa and the Near East to diagnose avian influenza and Newcastle disease by serology and/or molecular tests. See the bulletin at
http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1648e/i1648e00.htm (in English, French and Spanish) or contact
[email protected] for more information. The Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases (EMPRES) was established by the FAO Director-General in 1994.
