EU ZOONOSES FIGHT PROPOSAL
June 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released plans to spend Euro 4.8 million over the next six years on actions specifically dedicated to fighting certain animal or food-based diseases (zoonoses). The budget would be split into Euro 800,000 per year and would be focused on a set list of 20 diseases. These WOULD include bird flu, campylobacteriosis, listeriosis, salmonellosis, verotoxigenic e coli, rabies, anthrax, bluetongue, swine fever, bovine tuberculosis and TSEs, amongst other dangerous zoonoses.
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THE EUROPEAN Commission has released plans to spend Euro 4.8 million over the next six years on actions specifically dedicated to fighting certain animal or food-based diseases (zoonoses). The budget would be split into Euro 800,000 per year and would be focused on a set list of 20 diseases. These WOULD include bird flu, campylobacteriosis, listeriosis, salmonellosis, verotoxigenic e coli, rabies, anthrax, bluetongue, swine fever, bovine tuberculosis and TSEs, amongst other dangerous zoonoses.
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