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Carcass management for small and medium scale livestock farms

Practical considerations

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 10p.

Author Miller, L. (contrib.) Flory, G. (contrib.)

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title EMPRES Focus On

Series number No. 13/2018

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Given the spread of different transboundary animal diseases (TADs) such as African Swine fever (ASF), Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), it is pertinent that FAO will provide assistance to countries in a way of practical knowledge on how to deal with animal carcasses. This is particularly important considering the One Health approach as carcasses mismanagement can have a huge impact not only on animal health buy also on the environmental and human health .

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​Lori Miller, Gary Flory. 2018. Carcass management for small- and medium-scale livestock farms - Practical considerations. FOCUS ON, No. 13, October 2018. Rome. FAO.


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