[...]U.S. Plans for New H5N1 Science Reviews Ruffle ResearchersNovember 30, 2012. Researchers are giving mixed reviews to a draft U.S. government plan to subject some grant requests for studies involving the H5N1 avian influenza virus to special reviews. [...]Anthrax worry at site of new reservoir in Cheddar, UKNovember 30, 2012. A possible anthrax site suspected to have animal carcasses carrying animal-to-human disease buried below has been flagged up on land earmarked for Cheddar Reservoir 2. [...]Badgers vaccinated against TB in WalesNovember 28, 2012. More than 1, 400 badgers have been vaccinated under trials to drive down bovine TB in Wales.Zimbabwe government misses anthrax vaccination targetNovember 27, 2012. Lack of funding is preventing the Zimbabwe government from vaccinating cattle against anthrax this year, according to officials. [...]Information on OIE Reference LaboratoriesNovember 27, 2012. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has a global network of 236 Reference Laboratories covering 112 diseases and/or scientific topics in 37 countries. [...]ANNOUNCEMENTSCall for Abstracts World Veterinary Congress 2013The Scientific Committee invites authors to submit abstracts to be considered for inclusion in the programme. Abstract submission deadline - March 31, 2013 [...]Call for Abstracts ECAWBMThe 3rd annual meeting of European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine will be conducted from 26th to 29th 2013 at Lisbon, Portugal. Deadline for submitting abstracts: 15th April 2013 [...] EVENTSJanuary 4-6, 2013. 17th FAVA Congress, Taiwan [...]February 15-18, 2013. International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance (IMED 2013), Vienna, Austria [...]February 18-22, 2013. International Sheep Veterinary Congress 2013, Rotorua, New Zealand [...]February 27-28, 2013. 2nd International Congress of Large Animal Practitioners (ICLAP 2013) at Tehran, Iran [...]March 7-8, 2013. 2nd International Symposium on Neglected Influenza Viruses, Dublin, Ireland [...]March 13-15, 2013. OIE Global Conference on the prudent use of antimicrobial agents for animals, Paris, France. [...]April 13-14, 2013. Global Health and Innovation Conference, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA [...]May 8-11, 2013. International Conference on Diseases of Zoo and Wild Animals, Vienna, Austria [...]August 25-29, 2013. AITVM 2013 International conference "The livestock-human-wildlife interfaceChallenges in urban livestock production and extensive farming/conservation systems[...]September 17-20, 2013. World Veterinary Congress, Prague, Czech Republic [...]September 25-28, 2013. 9th African Dairy Conference and Exhibition, Harare, Zimbabwe [...]September 2013. International Symposium on problems of Listeriosis, Goa, India[...]April 2-5, 2014. 16th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), Cape Town, South Africa [...] PUBLICATIONS1. AGA e-newsletter. To receive regular updates by email on all issues relating FAO's work on animal production and health, subscribe to the AGA e-newsletter. It contains information on upcoming events, publications, programme activities, articles and press releases [Click here to subscribe]2. FAOAIDEnews 84 [...]3. EMPRES Transboundary Animal Diseases Bulletin No. 40 2012 [...]4. EMPRES H5N1 HPAI Global Overview January March 2012 [...]5. FAO Statistical Year book 2012 [...] 6. FAO Animal Production and Health Division e-newsletter 54 [...]7. Sequencing and Phylogenetic Characterisation of a Fatal Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever case imported into the United Kingdom, October 2012 [...]8. WHO - Influenza at human-animal interface - Summary and assessment as of 5 November2012 [...]9. FAO China HPAI Highlights [...]10. One Health: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United