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Foot-and-mouth disease rapid diagnostic kit gets license approval
2017-06-20 02:13:00| National Hog Farmer
This diagnostic kit provides animal health first responders with an important tool to mitigate the potentially catastrophic economic and animal welfare impacts of an FMD outbreak.
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MSD Animal Health Honors New Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research
2015-11-13 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
VIET NAM - MSD Animal Health (known as Merck Animal Health in the USA and Canada) is proud to announce the presentation of awards to four young scientists at the Global Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research Alliance (GFRA) 2015 Scientific Meeting held in Hanoi Vietnam, in honor of their research in disease-endemic areas.
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Zimbabwe: Foot-and-Mouth Disease Spreads
2015-07-06 10:12:19| Livestock - Topix.net
The livestock industry is under threat from the foot-and-mouth disease which has hit most parts of Masvingo, Midlands and spread to most parts of Matabeleland South and lower parts of Manicaland. Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development deputy minister responsible for Livestock Production, Cde Paddy Zhanda confirmed the outbreak on Thursday.
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NFU Extremely Disappointed With APHIS Decision to Allow Importation of Beef from Areas with Foot-and-Mouth Disease
2015-06-29 21:09:56| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (June 29, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson said today that he was extremely disappointed in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) decision to allow importation of fresh and chilled beef from some regions of
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Epidemiologist publishes model on the impact of a regional foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
2014-12-09 21:00:54| Livestock - Topix.net
A research project in the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine presents the largest model to date for evaluating the impact and control of a potential outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in livestock. Mike Sanderson, professor of epidemiology in the college's diagnostic medicine and pathobiology department, and Sara McReynolds, a former graduate student of Sanderson's, published the results of their research in the December issue of the journal Preventive Veterinary Medicine .
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