Tag Archives: OIE
Bad Acronym!
May 14, 2010 Some acronyms are downright ugly. GLEWS is shorthand for the Global Early Warning and Response System for Major Animal Diseases, Including Zoonoses. GLEWS supports information sharing on disease alerts being tracked by the Food and Agriculture Organization … Continue reading
Posted in Just My Thoughts, News Worthy Mentionables, One Health
Tagged FAO, FMD, GLEWS, OIE, WHO
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Confirmation of FMD in Japan
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) was confirmed in Japan on April 20, 2010. The OIE report offers a sobering reminder of the difficulty in rapidly detecting and properly diagnosing foreign animal diseases. According to the report, the herd veterinarian first reported a … Continue reading
