OIE GUIDELINES

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OFFICE International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation, has published new standards agreed earlier this year on dealing with:

*Managing animal and human health risks from BSE - see http://www.oie.int/downld/SC/2005/bse_2005.pdf;

*Preventing the spread of bird flu - see http://www.oie.int/downld/SC/2005/avian_influenza_2005.pdf; and

*Animal welfare during just before and during their slaughter - see http://www.oie.int/downld/SC/2005/animal_welfare_2005.pdf.



Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.