Workshop to deliver epidemiology and laboratory training for HPAI diagnostic network [PDF]
, 2005 Suite à la menace croissante du virus H5N1 de la grippe aviaire qui a entraîné à ce jour l'élimination de plus de 140 millions de poulets en Asie, la FAO a mis en place une série de trois projets du Programme de Coopération Technique (TCP/RAS/3008, TCP ...
Desvaux, Stéphanie +2 more
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CLIMATE CHANGE INFLUENCES ON THE RISK OF AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS AND ASSOCIATED ECONOMIC LOSS [PDF]
This paper examines the effect that climate has on Avian Influenza outbreak probability. The statistical analysis shows across a broad region the probability of an outbreak declines by 0.22% when the temperature rises 1 Celsius degree and increases by 0 ...
Gan, Li +3 more
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Emerging Microbes and InfectionsHigh pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) virus H5N1 first emerged in Bangladesh in 2007. Despite the use of vaccines in chickens since 2012 to control HPAI, HPAI H5Nx viruses have continued to infect poultry, and wild birds, resulting in notable mass ...
Ariful Islam +8 more
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The impact of avian influenza on small and medium scale poultry producers in South East Asia (preliminary findings). [PDF]
Preliminary findings of the economic impact of avian influenza on poultry farmers in South East Asia is reported. Total economic losses in Indonesia are estimated at more than US$387 million; in Vietnam direct economic losses are estimated at more than ...
Benigno, Carolyn +2 more
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Assessing potential impact of avian influenza on poultry in West Africa: a spatial equilibrium model analysis [PDF]
"In this paper, the authors analyze the potential economic impacts of avian influenza (AI) in West Africa, taking Nigeria as an example. They find that, depending on the size of the affected areas, the direct impact of the spread of AI along the two ...
Diao, Xinshen, You, Liangzhi
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FAO Training Workshop on "Epidemiology, surveillance, outbreaks investigation and training engineering in epidemiological field", U Choice Hotel, Lunming - China, 29th june-9th july 2009 : Mission report [PDF]
, 2009 Cet atelier a été organisé par la FAO en collaboration avec le CIRAD et les services vétérinaires chinois. La formation a été divisée en deux parties distinctes: la première avait pour objectif de renforcer les capacités des agents des services ...
Desvaux, Stéphanie +2 more
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RNA extraction from milk for HPAI surveillance v1
This is an RNA extraction method that isolates HPAI RNA segments from commercially-available milk samples. The protocol involves processing with a MagMax RNA extraction kit on a Kingfisher instrument. Then, the samples are concentrated using a Zymo Clean and Concentrate kit. The total RNA yields should be suitable for performing qPCR.
Andrew Lail +3 more
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Consumer Purchasing Behavior in Response to Media Coverage of Avian Influenza [PDF]
Understanding consumer response to food safety information is important for quantifying consumer response to food safety events, predicting market impacts, and developing appropriate risk communication strategies.
Beach, Robert H., Zhen, Chen
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The management of highly pathogenic influenza h5n1 virus with possible interhuman transmission
Zdravniški Vestnik, 2005 Background: Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by A strain of the influenza virus. Some strains are highly contagious causing rapidly a fatal disease in poultry.
Maja Sočan +2 more
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Farm households' preference for cash-based compensation versus livelihood-enhancing programs: A choice experiment to inform avian flu compensation policy in Nigeria [PDF]
In this paper we attempt to bridge the resilience school of thought and incentive compatibility in livestock disease control policies through a pilot choice experiment study conducted on 104 farm households in the Nasarawa state of Nigeria.
Birol, Ekin, Oparinde, Adewale
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