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Bird flu threatens countries already in crisis
The deadly H5N1 virus claims its first victim in Iraq while Africa girds itself for a battle against a new pandemic. Live guinea fowl and eggs for sale in a market outside Kano, NigeriaAt the end of...
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Assessing the full costs of livestock disease: The case of the 2007 outbreak...
Livestock market in Garissa, in northeastern Kenya. Closure of the cattle market and disruption of cross-border cattle trade with Somalia due to outbreaks of livestock disease can worsen food...
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Amid soaring meat costs, officials from East Africa and Middle East seek plan...
New approach to Rift Valley fever outbreaks aims to ensure food safety as region boosts livestock imports from Africa (photo credit: ILRI/Dolan) With increased trade in livestock products offering a...
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As a new round of bird flu hits China, livestock scientist advises to ‘panic...
At the chicken market in Xining, Lanzhou Province, China (photo on Flickr by Padmanaba01). By Matthew Davis The initial news reports were slim on details but the reaction was swift. There were at...
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Alliance meeting this week to battle global ‘goat plague’
The PPR virus, commonly known as goat plague, swept across southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya in 2008; Mohammed Noor lost 20 goats in the just one week and wondered how he would provide for his...
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