MAF Biosecurity Endorses UK Animal Health Officials
UK - UK animal health officials have received a ringing endorsement from Barry O'Neil, deputy director general of MAF Biosecurity New Zealand and president of the World Organisation for Animal Health OIE.

USFoot-and-Mouth Plan Used Flawed Study
WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators were cited as concluding in findings obtained by The Associated Press that the Bush administration relied on a flawed study to conclude that research on a highly infectious animal disease could safely be moved...

Fight Goes on for FMD Pay-Outs
UK - The legal battle for compensation following last year’s foot-and-mouth outbreak is actively continuing behind the scenes, the NFU’s chief legal adviser has reassured farmers.

New On-Farm Quick Test for Foot-and-Mouth
UK - A rapid on-farm test has been developed to detect the foot-and-mouth disease.

Suspect Brazilian Beef May Have Been Sold in UK
EU - Meat from foot-and-mouth infected areas of Brazil could have been sold in British supermarkets last year, according to an EU report.

Accidents at U.S. Disease Lab Acknowledged
US - The Homeland Security this week announced that the only ever US laboratory to test the highly-contagious Foot and Mouth disease had experienced several accidents and near outbreaks.

Mozambique FMD Outbreak Yet to Be Identified
MOZAMBIQUE - The Mozambican livestock authorities are yet to identify the source of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease that was diagnosed in Nhamavila and Manjacaze, in the southern province of Gaza, in late March, according to a report on Mozambican...

FMD Research Unit May Move to Mainland Livestock Area
WASHINGTON, US - The Bush administration is likely to move its research on one of the most contagious animal diseases from an isolated island laboratory to the U.S. mainland near herds of livestock, raising concerns about a catastrophic outbreak.

Foot and Mouth in Mozambique
MOZAMBIQUE - The dreaded Foot and mouth disease has been detected in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, reports Thursday's issue of the Ma p uto daily "Noticias".

A New Vaccine for Foot and Mouth Disease
WASHINGTON, US - Scientists believe they have found a new weapon in the ongoing fight against Foot and Mouth disease.

Actions taken to protect U.S. from FMD outbreak
US - What's being done to prevent it from entering the United States?

Phat Maintains Fight Against FMD
VIETNAM - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat told a World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)’s meeting in Hanoi that the drastic efforts they have implemented to bring Foot and Mouth Disease under control will continue.

South African FMD Analysis Under Way
WASHINGTON, US - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) seeks public comment on a risk analysis related to the importation of ruminants and ruminant products from the Republic of South Africa.

Cyprus Declared Free of Foot and Mouth Disease
CYPRUS - has been reinstated as a state free of foot and mouth disease (FMD), having eradicated the disease from its territory, after successfully dealing with the outbreaks recorded in 2007.

Foot-and-Mouth Fears Shut Down Danish Slaughterhouse
DENMARK - Danish veterinary authorities on Wednesday said they had temporarily closed a slaughterhouse near Copenhagen over fears that a pig due to be killed was infected with foot-and-mouth disease.

FMD Free Status Puts UK Back on Tracks
UK - News the UK is now officially free of foot and mouth disease has been greeted with delight by both the British Pig Executive (BPEX) and the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX).

FMD Compensation Petition Delivered to Downing St
UK - NFU Scotland will this afternoon be delivering a petition to the door of number 10 Downing Street calling for full compensation for all those in rural Scotland affected by last year's foot and mouth outbreak.

Canada Commits C$660,000 to FMD Prevention
CANADA - Ted Menzies, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Macleod, Alberta, at a meeting with senior Argentinean agriculture officials, announced the 24 January that the Government of Canada is committing $660,000...

Kendall Says Government FMD response was ‘disproportionate’
UK - NFU President Peter Kendall has told the Anderson Inquiry into the handling of last year’s foot-and-mouth outbreak that the Government’s response was ‘disproportionate’.

FMD Has Far-Reaching Effects Beyond the Animal Itself
US - In November, a suspicious leaking package found in a rural West Virginia dump known to be frequented by wild swine was thought to be a bioterrorist threat to the U.S. livestock industry. The package contained a dead fawn from Liberia, a country which...