A conference titled “Natural Disasters and One Health : Are We Prepared to Respond?”, organized by the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE), was held in Brussels on April...
05/07/2015One Health & Zoonoses
At the request of Brussels, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) assessed the incidence of canine leishmaniasis* in the European Union through a review of the literature an...
05/04/2015Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), and his counterpart Tom Frieden of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) anno...
03/09/2015Some 55,000 people die each year from rabies, a figure that is likely lower than the actual number, given the shortcomings in case reporting procedures in some countries. These...
08/22/2011It’s summer, with its waves of tourists, wildfires, drought (yes, really!), breaks in the cold chain for food products, a rise in counterfeit goods, and generally illegal import...
08/12/2011When is an animal considered to be validly vaccinated? In France, to be recognized as validly vaccinated against rabies, the vaccination and its certificate must comply with the...
08/12/2011