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On The Lookout For FMD

By Cfia Release July 15, 2010

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is reminding veterinarians across Canada to consider serious animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in their list of differential diagnoses. The recent outbreaks of FMD in Japan and other Asian countries are strong reminders of the importance of spotting the disease early, and practising sound biosecurity when visiting

Hogs, Livestock

Northwestern Ont. Packer Honoured

July 1, 2010

An abattoir in Ontario’s Lake of the Woods region has been named to receive one of that province’s Premier’s Awards for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence. The Rainy River District Regional Abattoir at Emo, Ont., about 150 km east of Sprague, Man., is one of 55 regional award winners named this year, each receiving a $5,000 prize.

Livestock

FMD Outbreaks Under Control

By Gus Trompiz June 3, 2010

Japan and South Korea are controlling outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in animals and there is no particular risk of an international crisis, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said. OIE director general Bernard Vallat said both countries had applied appropriate measures to control the outbreaks and OIE did not see

Livestock, News

Livestock Tracking Gets $2 Million Federal Boost

By Ron Friesen May 20, 2010

“What it will do is give us a huge step forward in determining whether one-half of Canada is still clean.” – BETTY GREEN A program to monitor livestock shipments between Eastern and Western Canada is a step closer toward operating around the clock. Ottawa last week announced up to $2 million to help track animal

News

Tractors Moving Faster In Brazil With Cheap Loans

By Roberto Samora May 13, 2010

Farm machinery sales in Brazil should recover in 2010 from a crisis-driven slump, as producers take advantage of state-subsidized loans to renew equipment or mechanize for the first time. The government of the South American agricultural powerhouse introduced subsidized loans for the purchase of machines like tractors and harvesters in an effort to staunch an

News

FAO On Disease Alert

May 6, 2010

The global threat from the animal sickness foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has increased after recent outbreaks in Japan and South Korea, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said April 28. “We … have to ask ourselves if we aren’t facing a possible replay of the disastrous 2001 FMD transcontinental epidemic which spread to South

Hogs, Livestock, News, Other livestock

New Program To Combat Animal Disease

By Kate Kelland February 18, 2010

Animal diseases like African swine fever and goat plague are jeopardizing the livelihoods of millions in poor nations and could take hold in Europe unless the fight against them is stepped up, scientists said Feb. 15. Researchers from the Britain’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) said deadly and debilitating animal diseases are rampant

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Tag Archives Foot-and-mouth disease

On The Lookout For FMD

Northwestern Ont. Packer Honoured

FMD Outbreaks Under Control

Livestock Tracking Gets $2 Million Federal Boost

Tractors Moving Faster In Brazil With Cheap Loans

FAO On Disease Alert

New Program To Combat Animal Disease

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