Animal health

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• General resources   top

Weekly Disease Information by OIE

Biological Risk Management by the Centre for Food Security and Public Health of the Iowa State University 

European Technology Platform for Global Animal Health - Vision 2015 

Guidelines for coordinated human and animal brucellosis surveillance, FAO Animal Production and Health Paper 156, 2003

Frequently asked questions about BSE tests, EU paper 2004

Animal Health Status Worldwide 2003, OIE

Animal health glossary by the Animal Health Institute

• Scientific publications   top

 Animal Health Policies, Evaluation of Veterinary Services and the Role of Livestock Breeders in the Surveillance of Animal Diseases.

Proceedings of OIE/AU-IBAR/FAO Regional Seminar (February 2006)

Animal production food safety challenges in global markets, Scientific and Technical Review, Volume 25 (2), August 2006

Opinion of the AHAW Panel related to Assessing the risk of Foot and Mouth Disease introduction into the EU from developing countries, Assessing the reduction of this risk through interventions in developing countries / regions aiming at controlling / eradicating the disease, and Tools for the control of a Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak: update on diagnostics and vaccines (European Food Safety Authority, Adopted 5 February 2006)

Electrolytes for Dairy Calves (2005) Sylvia Kehoe and Jud Heinrichs, Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University

T.W. Riebold, Anesthetic Management of Cattle  (Last Updated: 15-Feb-2001) In:  Recent Advances in Anesthetic Management of Large Domestic Animals, Steffey E.P. (Ed.)
International Veterinary Information Service, Ithaca NY (www.ivis.org), 2001; A0603.0201

Positive health: preventive measures and alternative strategies. Proceedings of the Fifth NAHWOA Workshop . Rřddinge, Denmark, 11-13 November 2001. Eds. M. Hovi and M. Vaarst

Breeding and feeding for animal health and welfare in organic livestock systems. Proceedings of the Fourth NAHWOA Workshop . Wageningen, 24-27 March 2001. Eds. M. Hovi and T. Baars

Diversity of livestock systems and definition of animal welfare. Proceedings of the Second NAHWOA Workshop. Cordoba, 8-11 January 2000. Eds. M. Hovi and R. Garcia Trujillo

Trypanotolerant livestock in the context of trypanosomiasis intervention strategies, FAO, PAAT Technical and Scientific Series 7, 2005

After BSE - A future for the European livestock sector edited by E.P. Cunningham and the European Association for Animal Production, 2003 

U. Braun, U. Kihm, N. Pusterla, M. Schönmann, Clinical examination of cattle with suspected bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), 1997, Clinic for Cattle, Sheep and Goats, University of Zurich

Terrestrial Animal Health Code 2004 - Bovine Diseases, OIE

Animal Health Abstracts of papers presented in eight international Workshops in the context of the Sustainable Animal Production Project, Mariensee, September 5, 2000

• Links    top

World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) 

World Animal Health Information Database (WAHID) Interface

Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics (IICAB)

FAO Animal Production and Health Division

SAVE Foundation - Animal Diseases

Animal Health Institute

Institute for Animal Health 

Animal Health Online (only in German)

Cattle Health Report by the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (USA)

Livestock Health by animal, by the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science (see also Cattle diseases)

Animal health by the UK Dept for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cattle Diseases by Cattle Today

Animal health in the EU by the EC - DG Health and Consumer Protection

EU approved establishments for foodstuff/animal products production (by country)

Publications on BSE by the Clinic for Cattle, Sheep and Goats, University of Zurich

Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas by FAO

European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, FAO