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Surge in Animal Diseases Necessitates New Approach to Health
2013-12-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Population growth, agricultural expansion, and the rise of globe-spanning food supply chains have dramatically altered how diseases emerge, jump species boundaries, and spread, according to an FAO report.
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Zeroing in on Deadly Swine Diseases
2013-12-16 15:41:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are stepping up their efforts to help fight deadly swine viruses that are prevalent in other countries and pose a threat to the United States. read more
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EU Plans Major Effort to Battle Animal Diseases
2013-12-09 16:31:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: eFeedLink According to eFeedLink, the European Union has committed over EUR 160 million (US$217.4 million) to support eradication and monitoring programs, which aim to eliminate animal diseases and zoonoses while strengthening the protection of human and animal health. read more
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Cuts to Farm Animal Health Surveillance Could Risk New Diseases
2013-12-09 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - The Royal College of Pathologists warns today (5 December 2013) that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra) plan to down-size its network of laboratories and reduce animal post-mortems puts at risk the health of livestock, including cattle, sheep and pigs, and means new and re-merging infections could be missed.
Climate change spreading diseases to new areas
2013-12-05 16:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Climate change might be spreading multiple diseases to new regions across the nation, USA Today reports. Valley Fever, which is growing in California's Central Valley, is one of the diseases experts say are spreading, in part due to climate change. USA Today will write a yearlong series that takes a look at the regions and ways climate change affects the nation's population.
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