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In the news...

16/10/06 €193 million to fight animal diseases in 2007
UE : 193 millions d´euros contre les maladies animales

The EU has approved a financial package of €193 million in order to support programmes to eradicate, control and monitor animal diseases in 2007.



Med-Vet-Net in the news

25/9/06 Improving public health surveillance for food-borne infections: a new European project
This week, Prague, a new project was launched to improve surveillance of food-borne infections throughout Europe. Scientists from public health, food, and veterinary institutes agreed a plan that will allow, for the first time, the magnitude of health problems from food-borne disease to be measured across Europe.

August 2006 - Pathogenesis of Verocytotoxin/Shiga Toxin–producing Escherichia coli Infection: Conference Summary (Food Safety)
March 2005 - Battling Diseases Transmitted by Animals (pdf) (Science and Public Affairs)
24/09/04 - Is there a vet in the house? (Europa)
14/09/04 - EU zoonosis network launched (The Scientist)
28/06/04 - EU project sees vets and doctors joining forces against zoonoses (Cordis)

 

Zoonosis news from around the world


21/08/06 - Bluetongue virus hits Dutch farm (BBC News)
The Netherlands bans exports of live sheep, cattle and goats after a farm tests positive for bluetongue virus.
25/07/06 - Bovine TB health risk ´very low´ (BBC News)
12/06/06 - Health risk from bad food hygiene (BBC News)
20/04/06 - EU ´must co-operate on bird flu´ (BBC News)
06/04/06 - UK awaits bird flu test results (BBC News)
05/04/06 - Trojan horses may hold key to Campylobacter in chicken farms (AlphaGalileo)
29/03/06 - Bird flu vaccine trial gives disappointing results (New Scientist)
23/03/06 - New tool for identifying Problem Badger Setts harbouring Bovine TB (AlphaGalileo)
23/03/06 - Clue to slow human bird flu jump (BBC News)
09/03/06 - Positive TB test for Devon calf (BBC News)
06/03/06 - Research, food : Food safety fears dropping on Europeans’ "worry list" (Europa)
20/02/06 - ´Faster emergence´ for diseases (BBC News)
10/01/06 - Turkey battles to stem bird flu (BBC News)
09/01/06 - Bird Flu team probes Turkey cases (BBC News)
06/01/06 - SfAM Press Briefing Success (SfAM)
22/12/05 - Bird Flu kills two in Indonesia (BBC News)
21/12/05 - Bird Flu virus ´resisting drug´ (BBC News)
15/12/05 - Progress made on bird flu vaccine (BBC News)
26/09/05 - E. coli inquiry ´should be public´ (BBC News)
26/09/05 - Indonesia bird flu toll increaes (BBC News)
25/08/05 - EU vets to hold bird flu summit (BBC News)
11/08/05 - Germany tightens rabies strategy (The Scientist)
01/08/05 - UK firm´s bird flu vaccine hope (BBC News)
01/08/05 - ‘Pig disease’ may be spreading between humans (New Scientist)
08/07/05 - Bird flu reaches the Philippines (BBC News)
06/06/05 - Ebola, Marburg vaccine ´success´ (BBC News)
13/06/05 - Imported animals disease threat (BBC News)
14/06/05 - Public warned of rabid bats (The Guardian)
04/05/05 - France slams Germany over rabies (The Scientist)
21/04/05 - Local heros - scientists who protect the world´s health (The Guardian)
13/04/05 - Labs told to destroy deadly virus (BBC News)
12/04/05 - EU mulls bird flu pandemic fund (Yahoo News)
05/04/05 - Marburg outbreak is deadliest on record (National Geographic)
14/03/05 - More goats to be tested for BSE (Countryside)
02/03/05 - E. coli cases see significant reduction (Food Quality News)
20/02/05 - Mapping the bird flu outbreak (BBC News)
27/02/05 - Trichinellosis risk in Latvia (Tropical Medicine Bureau)
07/12/04 - Is Asian Bird Flu the Next Pandemic? (National Geographic)
25/11/04 - Girl survives rabies without jab (BBC News)
18/10/04 - US breakthrough in Campylobacter detection (Food Production Daily)
21/09/04 - Sweden beats Salmonella (Food Navigator)
28/07/04 - New E. coli research offers safer meat processing (Food Production Daily)
04/06/04 - Danish Salmonella control working (Poultry News)

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