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Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly infectious viral disease that affects cloven-hooved animals, including cattle, sheep and pigs.
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an OIE-listed notifiable disease caused by the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV). It affects cattle and water buffalo, damaging animal…
Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Annual Conference 2021
The annual SVEPM conference 2021 will be held online from March 24th to 26th. The draft SVEPM 2021 programme includes workshops and talks on a variety of transboundary and emerging diseases.…
Co-hosted by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Penn State’s Center for Security Research and Education, the event will be held on May 24-26,…
Following recent outbreaks in a number of countries across Asia, the EuFMD has made available a new ‘taster’ training module on lumpy skin disease (LSD) in cattle. The availability of…
Conferences in a Digital World: EuFMD Open Session 2020 Moves Online
The EuFMD Open Session (OS) takes place every 2 years and is one of the most important conferences on foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the calendar. The 2020 edition of the…
Following recent outbreaks in a number of countries across Asia, the EuFMD has made available a new ‘taster’ training module on lumpy skin disease (LSD) in cattle. The availability of…
Conferences in a Digital World: EuFMD Open Session 2020 Moves Online
The EuFMD Open Session (OS) takes place every 2 years and is one of the most important conferences on foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the calendar. The 2020 edition of the…
It’s ONE HEALTH DAY and on the newest episode of the emergence podcast Dr. Alasdair King talks to: Drs Tiziana Lembo and Divine Ekwem from Glasgow University about their project…
‘Pink Peony’ Painting on Auction for ‘Rabies 360 Challenge’ – Supporting Rabies Elimination
To support rabies elimination efforts Linda Gotlieb Art from South Africa engaged in the ‘Rabies 360 Challenge’ by creating a 360-degree (round) painting called “Pink Peony”. Get this painting now!…
Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Annual Conference 2021
The annual SVEPM conference 2021 will be held online from March 24th to 26th. The draft SVEPM 2021 programme includes workshops and talks on a variety of transboundary and emerging diseases.…
Co-hosted by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Penn State’s Center for Security Research and Education, the event will be held on May 24-26,…
Global African Swine Fever 2021 Scientific Meeting
The GARA 2021 Scientific Meeting will take place August 24th – 26th, 2021 in Kampala, Uganda. The event will take place at Kampala Serena HotelKintu Road, P. O. Box 7814,…
WBC 2022 (World Buiatrics Congress) will take place in Madrid, Spain on September 4 – 8, 2022. The WBC congress is held in a different part of the world every…
Organized by the the Spanish Association for Sheep and Goat Production (SEOC), the 10th International Sheep Veterinary Congress (ISVC) will take place in 2022 from 19th to 23rd September, in Seville. Additional…