A recent issue, 27(1), of the Scientific and Technical Review, published by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), focuses on `Changing trends in managing aquatic animal disease emergencies`. The main purpose of the 16-paper issue is to provide a state-of-the-art compilation and assessment of aquatic animal disease emergency management strategies, covering policies as well as operational tools, from international to farm level. Two of the 16 papers are about biotechnology, namely "Biotechnology and DNA vaccines for aquatic animals" by G. Kurath and "Recent applications of biotechnology to novel diagnostics for aquatic animals" by A. Adams and K.D. Thompson. See the issue (in English, French and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for more information.

02/01/2009