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Towards a strategy for the control of Peste des Petits Ruminants in the Arabian Peninsula
26/04/2013
FAO Sub-Regional Office for the Gulf Cooperation Council States and Yemen (SNG), the Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (RNE), the Animal Production and Health Division, and...

FAO moving forward on prevention and control of PPR and other diseases affecting small ruminants
02/04/2013
Livestock production forms an integral part of any survival strategy. In several countries, pastoralists and agro-pastoralists depend on livestock to meet their household nutritional and income requirements, with major income...

FAO and partners develop joint strategies for PPR control in East Africa
24/10/2012
FAO recently organized two workshops in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to work with development partners in East Africa to map out strategies to curb the economic damage caused by the deadly...

Vaccines boosting defenses against deadly livestock disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
21/09/2012
Vaccination teams have fanned out across Masi-Manimba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to vaccinate goats and sheep against peste des petits ruminants. As increasing numbers of animals are...

Livestock epidemic causing havoc in Democratic Republic of the Congo
26/06/2012
FAO is mobilizing emergency support for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to counter the rapid spread of peste des petits ruminants, a virulent livestock disease of goats and...