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Press Release - April 20, 2013

CARIBVET FACES NEW CHALLENGES IN ANIMAL HEALTH

The Caribbean Animal Health Network, CaribVET, convenes its 8th Steering Committee in St. Lucia on 22nd - 23rd April at the Coco Palm Hotel, Rodney Bay. This meeting will officially close the IV Interreg Caribbean project that helped build a sustainable network, today recognized for its exemplary operation.

Recognized throughout the Caribbean, the United States and internationally, the regional animal health network comprises the heads of veterinary...

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By Dr Karla Georges, Lecturer, Veterinary Public Health, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad. The 27th Biennial Caribbean Veterinary Association Conference was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad from November 6 – 9, 2012. This conference...
The conference was held in Barbados from 26 to 29 November 2012 and was hosted by the Government of Barbados, in particular the Ministry of Agriculture and Dr. Mark Trotman, Chief Veterinary Officer. Organized for the second time in the Caribbean,...
The increasing importance of surveillance for disease prevention influenced the decision of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics to hold the first International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS) in 2011...
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  CaribVET Avian Diseases Working Group, Puerto Rico, July 25th 2012: In June 2012, the animal health authority of Mexico (SENASICA/SAGARPA) reported a major outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H7N3 in the western state of...

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The Regional Animal Welfare Strategy for the Americas was adopted at the last meeting of the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas...

The DAAF (Direction de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation et de la Forêt) of French Guyana is looking for a veterinary officer to work in...

The increasing importance of surveillance for disease prevention influenced the decision of the International Society for Veterinary...