Animal Diseases

Sale of 40 tonnes of diseased pork sparks police inquiry

6 May 2013

Police in Nanjing county, Zhangzhou, detained a 44-year-old woman surnamed Lin and a 33-year-old man, busting an illegal operation in which 40 tonnes of pork was allegedly sold in three months,...

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World experts back plans for city veterinarian school

27 Jan 2013

The facility would address the shortage of veterinarians in the city and help combat the mounting threat that animal-related diseases pose to people in the region.

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Veterinary surgeon shortage 'poses threat to public health'

27 Dec 2012

A "shameful" shortage of care experts on farms due to Hong Kong's lack of training schools may lead to a rise in animal-related diseases, experts say.

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Animal epidemics escalating

10 Jun 2012

The weak and ill-managed quarantine network is to blame for a rise in animal epidemics, particularly those that can be transmitted to humans, veterinary experts warn.

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Botched goat tests leave 27 students ill

6 Sep 2011

Northeast Agricultural University in Harbin, Heilongjiang has apologised for botched laboratory tests on goats that led to 27 students and one teacher contracting Bang's disease, an infectious...

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Beijing foot-and-mouth confirmed

28 May 2005

A top mainland veterinary official yesterday confirmed that foot-and-mouth disease had broken out near Beijing and in two other locations, and said more than 4,000 cattle had been slaughtered to...

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Opinion

Hari Kumar

Workers pay the price for our bargains

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Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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Reasons to be fearful

NOSEBLEED WAS TO be Jackie Chan's biggest movie to date. Instead, it never happened, because the fictional events in its screenplay became terrible reality on September 11, 2001.

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Disinfectant line is village's defence

Wuxue, Hubei

A bucket of disinfectant, a plastic scoop and a handful of policemen are the only defences between a confirmed bird flu outbreak in Zhangling village and the rest of...

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Without A Trace

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Pig farmers say they have lost thousands to foot-and-mouth

As the poultry trade battles to come to grips with bird flu, pig farmers say they have been hit hard by foot-and-mouth disease.

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Global disease

Television images of burning animal carcasses show the extent of the foot-and-mouth emergency in British farming. The virtual shut-down of rural Europe illustrates the efforts to try to hold the...

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