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Features the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) in Paris, France, which provides information on animal health. Discusses animal diseases, international standards and codes for animal health, and the objectives and structure of OIE. Contains databases and publications. Site information is available in French, Spanish, and English.
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Issued 1931- in two parts: Bulletin and Statistiques; in two volumes, one consisting of regular monthly numbers, the other the Compte rendu of the annual sessions of the Comité de l'office.
The increasing globalization of trade, travel and transport since the mid-19th century had unwelcome consequences – one of them was the spread of contagious animal diseases over greater distances in a shorter time than ever before. Borders and national control strategies proved to be insufficient to stop the pathogens. Not surprisingly, the issue of epizootics (epidemics of animals) was among the first topics to be addressed by international meetings from the 1860s onwards. Pathogens Crossing Borders explores the history of international efforts to contain and prevent the spread of animal diseases from the early 1860s to the years after the Second World War. As an innovative contribution t...