Animal health

10/01/2020

Animal health is critical for access to food, and to sustain vulnerable livestock herders’ means of earning a living. However, contagious diseases are a constant threat.

10/01/2020

ake action in mitigating the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Know what you can do to help control AMR! This video was produced by FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific; World Animal Health Organisation (OIE)...

10/01/2020

Antimicrobials are essential for treating and preventing infections in humans, animals and plants, and for enabling fundamental and lifesaving medical interventions.

10/01/2020

This video showcases the first in a series of e-learning courses on rinderpest. The course provides an overview of rinderpest eradication and illustrates the consequences of a possible re-emergence.

10/01/2020

Taking a multisectoral, One Health approach is necessary to address complex health threats at the human-animal-environment interface. The Tripartite organizations launched the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide (TZG)...

10/01/2020

Prudent use of antimicrobials in animals to promote responsible use of antimicrobials through raising awareness of the AMR risks. Antimicrobials play a critical role in the treatment of diseases of farm animals and plants.

10/01/2020

Food and agriculture are at the heart of solutions for many of the challenges the world is currently facing.

10/01/2020

The video explains the risk of antibiotic resistance in livestock production, roles of veterinary drug store owners in mitigating the risk.

10/01/2020

Antimicrobials play a critical role in the treatment of diseases of farm animals (aquatic and terrestrial) and plants. Their use is essential to food safety and food security, animal and people’s well-being.

10/01/2020

This video explains what Peste des Petits Ruminants is, how it affects sheep and goats, its potential impact on farmers’ livelihoods and incomes, and what FAO and OIE are doing to combat and eradicate this disease.

10/01/2020

The video promotes benefits of using antibiotics wisely and good farming practices which can help farmers to protect their livestock health in the long run.

10/01/2019

Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) has severe negative socio-economic impacts on the income of livestock farmers and, in particular, the livelihoods and food security of the most vulnerable rural communities, especially of women.

10/01/2019

We are pleased to invite you to the celebrations at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok to participate in the formal opening of #2019WAAW celebrations in Asia and the Pacific.

10/01/2019

A paradigm shift has become urgent: we need to address animals as living beings to take care of and valorize, instead of a source of commodities to exploit. Xavier Manteca Vilanova, professor of animal behaviour and animal welfare...

10/01/2019

Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) has severe negative socio-economic impacts on the income of livestock farmers and, in particular, the livelihoods and food security of the most vulnerable...

10/01/2019

Pawin Padungtod, FAO ECTAD Senior Technical Coordinator, explains that the current rumours on fermented distiller’s grains can improve health of ASF infected pigs and probiotic can prevent ASF infection are not true.

10/01/2019

The video is directed mostly to cattle owners. It shows the basics of bluetongue and lumpy skin disease.

10/01/2018

Since the Indonesian economy suffered severe losses to its poultry production sector after it was exposed to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in 2003, the Government of Indonesia has been developing strategies to fight the influenza virus in poultry.

10/01/2018

Triangulated surveillance follows a One Health approach, which involves the monitoring of wildlife-livestock-human interfaces in order to detect viruses early that could become Emerging Infectious Diseases.

10/01/2018

Farmers need more help to feed the world in a safe and sustainable way. Antimicrobials are important to treat sick animals and keep pathogens off our plates, but their overuse and misuse in human medicine and agriculture...