Animal Production and Health
The Animal Production and Health Sub-programme contribute to the enhancement of global food security through the implementation of sustainable livestock production systems using nuclear and nuclear related techniques.
We assist Member States to improve livestock productivity through the efficient use of locally available feed resources, adequate management practices and breeding programmes for indigenous and upgraded animals, and diagnostic tools and prophylactic measures
for the control and prevention of animal and zoonotic diseases.
Support and guidance is provided in formulating and implementing activities that underpin Member States’ national, regional and global livestock development objectives in strategic, applied and adaptive research, technology transfer, capacity building, policy advice and information management.
[ Overview of Activities]
Highlights
Deadly cattle plague, once the bane of farmers, on its deathbed.
Arguably, rinderpest in the most dreaded cattle disease because of its epidemic history that caused massive depopulations of livestock and wildlife on three continents and because it has been responsible for several famines and the loss of draught animal power in agricultural
communities of the last three centuries. The Agency, in collaboration with a global effort, contributed towards the successful eradication campaign.
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Community-based Dairy Veterinary Services in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh has taken advantage of results from previous research conducted through IAEA CRP and TCP to develop a self-sustaining Community-based Dairy Veterinary Service. Full Story »
IAEA’s support to animal health services in Yemen (1995 - 2009).
Since Yemen became a Member State of the IAEA in 1995, collaboration between Yemen and the Agency through national and regional TCP in the field of animal health has allowed the national veterinary services to tremendously build capacity and modernize their disease diagnostic
facilities, build new level 2 and high security laboratories and to improve quality control, quality assurance and laboratory management practices. Full Story »
A successful history of cooperation between IAEA and Angola.
Since its admission as an IAEA Member State of in 1990, the Republic of Angola achieved a definitive peace in 2002, which allowed the establishment of a country programme framework, taking in account the sectors
of Education, Health and Agriculture as priority for industry and economic development.
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The Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme.
Status report on progress made to date in eradication of rinderpest: highlighting success story and action required till global declaration in 2010. [pdf] Full Story »
Nuclear Focus on Animal Production and Health.
An international symposium focusing on the use of nuclear and nuclear related technologies to enhance animal nutrition and reproduction and to detect and control diseases of animal origin that can be transmitted
to humans, such as Influenza-A (H1N1), commonly known as swine flu, and avian influenza, was recently concluded in Vienna. Full Story »
Key Topics
 Animal health |
 Reproduction and breeding |
 Animal nutrition |
 Sustainable production |
 Scientific training |