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World Organization for Animal Health delegates agreed to launch a global initiative to control the spread of African swine fever and reduce its devastating economic impacts.

North American ASF campaign gains key support from OIE and FAO

A Pan-Canadian action plan is under development, says Canada’s CVO

By Alex Binkley June 25, 2019

The North American campaign to stop the spread of African swine fever just got a big boost from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), according to Canada’s chief veterinary officer. ASF “is now everyone’s problem,” said Jaspinder Komal, Canada’s CVO. At its recent general assembly meeting in Paris, OIE delegates agreed to launch a

Livestock

Disease Threats To Canadian Livestock Persist

By Alex Binkley June 9, 2011

Despite a recent triumph in the battle against serious animal diseases, Canada must remain vigilant against new and old threats to its livestock industries, says the chief food safety officer. Climate change and global trade patterns are helping spread new viruses from Africa to Europe and other countries, Brian Evans, vice-president of the Canadian Food

Livestock

Animal Welfare Is Of Global Importance

By Alexis Kienlen February 10, 2011

Animal welfare is increasingly on consumers’ radar screens, and is now starting to be seen as a standard of good business, says a University of Calgary animal-welfare specialist. Animal-care standards are being used to differentiate between products and are creating favourable trading opportunities for countries with the best ones, Dr. Ed Pajor told the recent

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

Hogs, Livestock

Pork Exports To China Back On Track

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 11, 2010

Canadian pork products will be back on Chinese grocery store shelves after Canada secured the first certification agreement to allow pork imports to China, based on significant negotiations recognizing OIE standards, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says. In spring of 2009, China banned pork imports from H1N1-affected countries. That ban was lifted in December after Prime

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Other

Sask. cow turns up with anaplasmosis: OIE

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 6, 2008

Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials plan to test a south-central Saskatchewan cattle herd and neighbouring herds for anaplasmosis after one cow turned up positive for the disease. According to the website of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), CFIA confirmed the disease Oct. 10 in a beef cow from an 89-cow herd in the

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North American ASF campaign gains key support from OIE and FAO

Disease Threats To Canadian Livestock Persist

Animal Welfare Is Of Global Importance

FMD Outbreaks Under Control

Pork Exports To China Back On Track

Sask. cow turns up with anaplasmosis: OIE

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