Global eradication of Livestock Epidemic Diseases

Originally from: Mike
                        
Dr Roger Breeze, former USDA advisor on FMD and Agro-terrorism will present the Keynote presentation and public forum at the international FMD conference on 15th March 2006 in Manchester Town Hall.

His presentation is entitled:
"IF WE GIVE THEM THE TOOLS, THEY CAN FINISH THE JOB: A manifesto for global livestock epidemic disease eradication in our lifetime"

SYNOPSIS: Why exactly does society tolerate the deleterious effects of FMD, classical swine fever, Rinderpest and other major plagues of the world's livestock? It is not for lack of technology to eliminate them. The most important outcome of the 2001 FMD outbreak would be for members of the public who are not farmers to take up the cause of eliminating these diseases that are so important to pastoral and small farmers all over the world and among the root causes of poverty in societies that depend upon livestock in ways not appreciated in the developed world.

Dr Roger Breeze is a former USDA advisor on FMD and was President Clinton's lead advisor on agricultural research. A world expert on Agro-Terrorism, he is currently Chief Scientist to the US Defense Department's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).

Born in Manchester UK, Dr Breeze qualified as a veterinarian at the Glasgow, Scotland veterinary school and is a partner in the family dairy cattle farm near Heywood, Lancashire. Further details of the conference at: www.pighealth.com/diseases/FMD/news.htm
                        

Originally from: Mike
                        

Sounds to me like a proposal for the global eradication of wildlife.

It is certainly a point of concern, Bill.

Makes it even more important to get those vaccines flowing and stop the culture of mass culling. The acquiring of an FMD vaccine factory by Intervet shows that the pharmaceutical industry is gearing up to the opportunities, see www.pighealth.com/diseases/FMD/news.htm

For example, wildlife vaccines have been widely and successfully used to eliminate rabies from foxes in western Europe.

Mike
                        

Originally from: Bill
                        
Sounds to me like a proposal for the global eradication of wildlife.

Bill.