World Organization for Animal Health

Last year, Thailand had suspended issue of import licences for five categories of shrimp, to prevent the spread of Infectious Myonecrosis, apparently on guidelines of the World Organization for Animal Health. “Thailand has been a traditional partner of Indian seafood. CP Aquaculture of Thailand was ...

The outbreak was localised in Heves county, in the country's north, not far from the border with Slovakia. The virus was confirmed in tissue from a wild boar carcass one day after its discovery on April 20. The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) was informed about it on April 23. Find out all there is to ...

In the latest avian flu outbreak developments, Finland and Mexico reported new highly pathogenic virus detections involving different strains, and France reported a lowpathogenic outbreak at a duck farm, according to updates from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Finland today said H5N6 ...

Biotechnology utilized in animal healthcare dates back to 19th century when the first vaccines were prepared for its use in animals. Considerable progress in the animal health biotechnology took place recently when biotechnology applications were utilized in both detecting and treating various infectious ...

Kazakhstan's veterinary services will be evaluated by the experts of the World Organization for Animal Health. Kazakhstan joined this international organization in 1993. Analysis of veterinary services' performance is held every five years. The experts commended Kazakhstan's positive experience in ...

Over the past week, four countries—China, South Africa, Taiwan, and Togo—have reported highly pathogenic avian influenza involving different strains, according to the latest notifications from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). China's outbreak involved H7N9, which struck a layer farm in ...

In addition, animal disease -- which, according to World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) estimates, reduces global food production by 20% -- costs farmers a significant proportion of their meat and dairy yield. “Considered a first line of defense against bacterial and viral diseases, vaccines play an ...

Veterinary officials in China yesterday reported a new highly pathogenic H7N9 avian flu outbreak in poultry, which struck a layer farm in Shanxi province in the northern part of the country, according to a report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The event began on Mar 27, killing 699 of ...

Furthermore, it emphasises the need for countries to accept World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) principles such as regionalisation, compartmentalisation and science-based surveillance programmes for safe trade in poultry and poultry products. Development and recognition of primary breeder ...

South Africa has reported more highly pathogenic H5N8 detections in ostriches, other captive birds, and a wild bird, and Cambodia reported another H5N1 outbreak in poultry, according to the latest avian flu reports from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). In South Africa, H5N8 turned up at ...

Hog-dense Denmark was reported to be considering building a fence along its border with Germany to prevent potentially infected feral hogs from entering the country. (According to the World Organization for Animal Health, ASFV has not yet been detected in Germany, but it has been detected in wild pigs ...

“This is a One Health issue, and both WHO and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) have joined forces and are calling on countries worldwide to take action against the rising threats from antibiotic-resistant bacteria,” said Cyril Gerard Gay, DVM, PhD, senior national program leader in Animal ...

Further analysis of H9N2 avian flu samples from Ghana, which raised concerns in February when the virus was originally reported to be highly pathogenic, is in fact low-pathogenic, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said in a Mar 23 clarification posted on ProMED Mail, the online reporting ...

Exports to Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, are in an ambiguous situation as its Food and Drug Authority recently ordered a temporary suspension of fish and shrimp imports from Vietnam, following a quarterly report published by the World Organization for Animal Health which shows that white spot ...

On Tuesday, the World Organization for Animal Health reported finding traces of H7N1 virus in a commercial feeder at a farm in Sulphur Springs, about 75 miles northeast of Dallas. The virus reportedly affected 24,000 birds on the farm. But is not dangerous to humans. On Thursday, Asian AgriBiz reported ...

The birds in the quarantine will not be destroyed however. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the birds will be "depopulated through controlled marketing" — a strategy that, according to the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, allows the infected ...

... Italy reported a highly pathogenic H5N8 outbreak at a commercial layer farm and Japan reported a H5N6 detection in a wild bird, according to notifications today from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Italy's outbreak began on Mar 2 at a facility on Lombardy region in the country's northwest.

Veterinary officials in the United States today reported a presumptive low-pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza outbreak at a commercial turkey farm in Missouri, according to a notification today from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

To celebrate the World Veterinary Day (WVD) that will take place globally on 28 th April 2018, the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) are organizing the World Veterinary Day Award to reward the most successful contribution by the veterinary profession ...

Elsewhere, the DRC reported five H5N8 outbreaks that occurred in village ducklings at different locations in Ituri province in the northeast of the country in November and December of 2017, according to a new report from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Taken together, the virus killed 4,307 ...

ISO's animal welfare technical specification was designed to evaluate if animal welfare programs meet international standards for animal care. ISO, an independent, international standards-setting body, has worked for several years with the World Organization for Animal Health to help farmers and animal ...

In Iraq, which has reported ongoing H5N8 activity since early January, authorities reported new outbreaks in Diyala and Baghdad province that began on Feb 13 and Feb 14, respectively, according to a report yesterday from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The investigation said the source ...

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) says LSD is endemic in most African countries and reports it has spread rapidly through the Middle East, south-east Europe, the Balkans, Caucasus, Russia, and Kazakhstan. It is caused by lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), a virus from the family Poxviridae, ...

In H5N8 developments elsewhere, Iraq yesterday reported two more outbreaks on poultry farms, one that began on Feb 11 in Diyala province and another that began on Feb 12 in Baghdad province, according to a notification from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Over the two locations, the ...

AMS will continue to work with interested industry partners to develop checklists for other species with established World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) animal welfare chapters. AMS has also determined that the National Dairy Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program meets the ...

... Systems Checklist, which is now available on the agency's website, allowing organizations with beef animal welfare programs to be assessed. AMS will continue to work with interested industry partners to develop checklists for other species with established World Organization for Animal Health animal welfare chapters.

... to prevent, detect, and respond to known and emerging threats. One Health is an international best practice endorsed by the World Health Organization, the World Organization for Animal Health, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Global Health Security Agenda partnership.

ISO's animal welfare technical specification was designed to evaluate if animal welfare programs meet international standards for animal care. ISO, an independent, international standards-setting body, has worked for several years with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to help farmers and ...

Roughly 24,000 birds at the farm were exposed, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reported. Meanwhile, Maryland remains under heightened alert for highly pathogenic avian influenza, the MDA said, and poultry owners should implement strict biosecurity measures to protect their flocks.

Two of South Korea's outbreaks were reported from Gyeonggi province, the area that surrounds Seoul, while the third struck birds in the province's neighbor to the south, South Chungcheong, according to separate notifications yesterday form the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The events ...

ISO's animal welfare technical specification was designed to evaluate if animal welfare programs meet international standards for animal care. ISO, an independent, international standards-setting body, has worked for several years with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to help farmers and ...

Furthermore, 8 out of 21 samples collected from animals tested positive for RVF at the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reference laboratory in South Africa. From 7 December 2017 to 9 March 2018, a total of 40 suspected human Rift Valley fever cases have been reported in the Eastern Lakes ...

The outbreak in Texas was detected during preslaughter testing in a broiler breeder flock in Hopkins County, located in the northeastern corner of the state, according to a Mar 9 notification from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Hopkins County is about 350 miles south of Missouri's Jasper ...

In addition, 8 of 12 samples collected in animals were positive for the virus in tests at the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reference lab in South Africa. A Mar 8 OIE report on the animal lab findings said a few cases of miscarriage in cattle herds occurred after heavy flooding in November 2017, ...

March 13th, 2018 – Veterinary officials in the United States have reported a presumptive low-pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza outbreak in Texas. The northeast Texas outbreak was detected in Hopkins County, according to a March 9, 2018, notification from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

“We are proposing this change to reflect the (World Organization for Animal Health's) established maximum incubation period for avian influenza of 21 days. This change would also make the H5/H7 Avian Influenza Monitored program for commercial table-egg layers consistent with the corresponding ...

The outbreak in Bangladesh is the country's second to be reported in 2018, according to a recent notification from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The latest detection occurred in layers at a farm at a military boarding school on the outskirts of Jhenaidah in the southwestern part of the country ...

... a prion researcher based in Alberta, Canada and head of a reference lab for mad cow disease for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the World Organization for Animal Health, flew 2,000 miles to Ottawa, Canada's capital, to deliver the results of her monkey research to representatives of various ...

Piglets huddle together in a nursery on Pillen Family Farms. Jeff Heinrich, director of Pillen Family Farms, thinks the USDA's decision is a good one. “Free trade benefits producers, consumers and the overall economy,” he said. “As ag producers continue to improve, fair trade relationships will only become ...

Merck Animal Health's flu vaccines now include this highly relevant clade 1 strain, as well as clade 2 protection – as recommended by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Expert Surveillance Panel on Equine Influenza and American Association of Equine Practitioners. Clade 1 strains of equine ...