Tag: Dr. Bernard Vallat

• Thursday, July 7th 2011 - 18:36 UTC

  FMD, PPR, brucellosis and rabies, next FAO-OIE disease elimination targets

  

  Foot and mouth disease, FMD, brucellosis, rabies and Pest des Petites Rumiants (PPR) are the next disease-elimination targets for FAO and OIE following success over rinderpest. The FAO conference officially recognized last week global freedom from the deadly cattle virus.

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 02:00 UTC

  OIE declares the world free of rinderpest, one of the deadliest cattle diseases

  

  The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared rinderpest, one of the deadliest diseases of cattle and of several other animal species, eradicated from the surface of the earth.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 16:25 UTC

  Argentina recovers free of FMD status along the “border belt”

  

  Argentina recovered the status of free of foot and mouth disease with vaccination in the “high vigilance” area along the so called “border belt” which limits with Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.

• Friday, February 4th 2011 - 23:13 UTC

  Paraguay recovers full status of free of foot and mouth disease with vaccination

  

  Paraguay recovered full status of “country free of foot and mouth disease with vaccination” following the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) decision to lift the “high vigilance zone” over 1.2 million cattle.