Reading Time: < 1 minute Turkey said on Wednesday it will shut down all livestock marketplaces to control the spread of highly contagious foot and mouth disease.
Turkey shuts livestock markets to control foot and mouth disease
CFIA awards contract for long-awaited foot-and-mouth vaccine bank
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government has awarded contracts to vaccine makers in a step toward the creation of a long-awaited foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank.
Changing spread, prevalence of animal diseases causes new challenges for food, agriculture
World Organization for Animal Health releases State of World’s Animal Health report ahead of general session
Reading Time: 4 minutes Animal health is a critical component of public health, food security and economic stability in an increasingly interconnected world, says the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in its inaugural report.
Germany relaxes more foot-and-mouth restrictions, hopes disease contained
Reading Time: 2 minutes Germany is relaxing some of the restrictions imposed following a case of foot-and-mouth disease and believes measures taken to contain the outbreak are working, the country’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.
Germany seeks aid for farmers after foot-and-mouth disease case
Reading Time: < 1 minute Germany's agriculture minister will seek financial aid for farmers hit by the impact of a case of foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in east Germany, the ministry said.
China bans livestock product imports from numerous countries on disease worries
Reading Time: < 1 minute China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due to outbreaks of livestock diseases such as sheep pox, goat pox and foot-and-mouth-disease.
Germany has no new foot-and-mouth disease cases, minister says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Germany has no new cases of the livestock illness foot-and-mouth disease with a suspect case on Thursday not confirmed, German agriculture minister Cem Oezdemir said on Friday.
German authorities say no more foot-and-mouth disease cases found
Britain halts imports of German pork, other meat and dairy products in effort to stop spread
Reading Time: 2 minutes German authorities said on Tuesday they had found no new cases of the livestock illness foot-and-mouth disease following intensive testing around the area where the first case was confirmed last week. Britain has banned imports of German pork and other products.
Federal government opens bids for foot and mouth vaccine bank providers
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian government opens bids for foot and mouth vaccine bank providers.
Feds announce $1.7 million for foreign animal disease prevention
Cash boosts Animal Health Canada's efforts to prevent and prepare for ASF, FMD
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government has pledged up to $1.7 million toward foreign animal disease prevention, the federal agriculture minister announced today.
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