This catalogue gathers the research projects on infectious diseases of animals funded under the fifth framework research programme within key action 2 'Control of infectious diseases' of the quality of life programme. The abstracts contained in this catalogue have been extracted from the general...

Densely populated livestock areas are vulnerable to the introduction and spread of notifiable animal diseases such as classical swine fever and foot and mouth disease. The main objectives of this research project were to develop methods to identify densely populated livestock areas and to...

This volume contains an overview of the state of hypodermosis in Europe and describes some of the fundamental research on warble flies of cattle, goats and deer. This research was conducted over the last 6 years under the auspices of the European COST Action 811, which provided the framework for...

This was the final workshop in a series held by the Expert Odours Group of the Commission of the European Communities, COST 681 programme. Its objectives: to review the present state of knowledge concerning the measurement and control of ammonia and odours emissions from livestock production and...

Proceedings of a workshop held at Uppsala, Sweden 10-12 June 1987. This workshop was a follow-up to the workshop held at Silsoe in the United Kingdom in 1985 on 'Odour Prevention and Control of Organic Sludge and Livestock Farming'. The objective of this international workshop was to bring...

Public support is critical for the incorporation of farm animal welfare (FAW) standards into national food policies. Multiple pathways, e.g., market-based policies, political mandates, and donations to animal charities, exist for the public to influence these standards. The challenge often...