Links to Informational Sites on Foreign Animal Diseases
If
you want to learn more about the
Foreign Animal Diseases that are putting the livestock industry
at risk
world-wide, here are a list of educational links to sites where
you can learn
more. Just hit back when
finished
looking at a site to return to this page to continue to
navigate.
FAD
Links
BSE,
CJD, nvCJD Information Resource, National Cattlemen's Beef
Association
www.bseinfo.org
North
Carolina
Department of Agriculture State Veterinarian's Website links
to Disease Alerts and Frequently
Asked
Questions about BSE.
Effective FMD
Disinfectants
http://www.n
cagr.com/vet/FMDDisinfectants.htm
United
States
Department of Agriculture, APHIS Veterinary Service Site links to
BSE and FMD
Animal & Plant Health
Inspection Service - pictures of
symptoms www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ep/fad_training/VESVOL7/
vesindex.htm
British watchdog group monitoring the FAD
outbreak in
Britian and Europe www.guardian.co.uk/
footandmouth Great Britian's Ministry of Agriculture
Fisheries and Food
(links to specific pdf files below) How to
Protect Your
Farm www.maff.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/fmd/leaflets/factsht2.pd
f Advice
on
Precautions for Organized Events www.maff.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/fmd/leaflets/factsht4.pd
f Precautions to be
Exercised By People Working in the Countryside
www.maff.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/fmd/leaflets/factsht6.pd
f The AVIS Consortium consisting of a working
partnership
between the Institute for Animal Health, UK; The Food and
Agriculture
Organisation, Rome; L’Office International des Epizooties, Paris
and Telos
ALEFF Ltd., UK. BBC page on latest news from Britian on Foot
and Mouth
Disease http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/uk/2001/foot_an
d_mouth/
(photos may not be suitable for small children)