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Animal Health Management
Managing animal health for trade
Author: Dr Mary-Louise Penrith.
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Chapter 2.1 Import risk analysis
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Chapter 3.1 Veterinary services
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Chapter 3.2 Evaluation of veterinary services
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Chapter 3.3 Communication
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Chapter 4.1 General principles on identification and traceability of live animals
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Chapter 4.2 Design and implementation of identification systems to achieve animal
traceability
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Chapter 4.3 Zoning and compartmentalisation
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Chapter 4.4 Application of compartmentalisation
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Chapter 5.1 General obligations related to certification
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Chapter 5.2 Certification procedures
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Chapter 5.3 OIE procedures relevant to the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization
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Chapter 6.1 The role of veterinary services in food safety
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Chapter 6.2 Control of biological hazards of animal health and public health importance
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Chapter 6.9 Responsible and prudent use of antimicrobial agents in veterinary medicine
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Chapter 8.5 Foot and mouth disease
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Websites
OIE
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FAO
www.fao.org
FAO EMPRES
http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres.html
FAO GEMP
http://www.fao.org/AG/AGAInfo/programmes/en/empres/gemp.html
WTO
www.wto.org
EU
http://ec.europa.eu/trade/
COMESA
www.comesa.int
SADC
www.sadc.int
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