Global Rinderpest eradication: an important success in combating ... Strategic preparedness, rapid diagnosis and early response are important means and tools to address or even prevent outbreaks, and ...

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared rinderpest, one of the deadliest diseases of cattle and of several other animal species, eradicated from the surface of the earth.

Kazuaki Miyagishima, virus-containing materials with insufficient levels of bio-security The UN's food agency FAO and the OIE (Animal health organization) called on countries on to comply with a ...