TheBeefSite Newsletter - 30 March 2011

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Wednesday 30th March 2011

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Editorial: FMD Spreads Mercilessly

The South Korean government has declared the nation's worst foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak as over. It is estimated the disease has cost the country US$3.42 billion.

The government announced a new measure to tighten its oversight of the livestock industry, requiring farmers to apply for permits to operate cattle and pig farms starting next year.

However, the situation is not yet under control in North Korea, where it is estimated that around a million dollars of equipment and vaccines are urgently required to help stem outbreak of the deadly FMD.

A joint FAO and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) mission travelled to the country in early March. The visit concluded that North Korea's capacity and that of it's veterinary services to detect and contain FMD outbreaks need significant strengthening.

Meanwhile, cases of FMD have also been reported in Botswana, Bulgaria, China, Israel, Myanmar, Russia, South Africa and Taiwan.

Charlotte Johnston

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This Week's Feature Articles

We have 3 new features this week:

Protecting UK Livestock From The Threat Of Viral Disease
The successes in disease control and future challenges were discussed at a meeting organised by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Institute for Animal Health (IAH) in London on 17 March, writes Jackie Linden, Senior Editor of TheCattleSite.

Grasses For The Future
Dr Michael Casler, United States Department of Agriculture?s Agriculture Research Service, summarises the main points from the international conference ?Perennial ryegrasses: current and future genetic potential?, which took place last October, at Teagasc, Ireland.

Canadian Cattle Herd Decreases
Cattle inventories fell despite an improvement in prices during 2010. Canadian cattle farmers had just under 12.5 million cattle on their farms as of January 1, 2011, down 3.4 per cent from the same date a year earlier.