
FAO lifts moratorium on using rinderpest for approved research
A moratorium on using live rinderpest virus for approved research has been lifted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Rinderpest outbreak More...

Kenya: Thousands of animals infected with Peste des petits ruminants
Public domain photo/Trisha M Shears via Wikimedia Commons An outbreak of the viral animal disease, peste des petits ruminants (PPR), has infected some 5,000 sheep and goats in Marakwet and Baringo Districts More...