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STRENGTHENING EARLY WARNING OF ANIMAL DISEASE THREATS

Launch of the new Global Animal Disease Information System EMPRES

The COVID-19 pandemic has high- tal sectors. This will help users to eas-
lighted the importance of faster and ily access data from other sectors, and
smarter disease early warning, pre- use information they need for further
paredness and response. The Food analysis.
and Agriculture Organization of the (ii) advanced data analytics for users
United Nations (FAO) is launching a to easily identify disease events and
new Global Animal Disease Informa- trends. This will also help countries to
tion System, EMPRES-i+ to answer this plan their disease control approaches
need through a One Health approach, and target interventions.
linking the health of animals, humans (iii) forecasting and early warning
and the environment. regional and global disease information functions to allow countries to monitor
Timely and reliable disease informa- and analysis. disease spreading and the risk of new
tion enhances early action on animal outbreaks. From this function, countries
and zoonotic diseases which can cross Its previous version, EMPRES-i, was will be able to prepare for possible dis-
borders and spread around the world first released in 2004 in response to a ease outbreaks early in advance.
in a matter of days. The disease infor- growing demand for a global system
mation collected and analyzed by the for animal health information gathering One Health solidarity
new EMPRES-i+ and its associated tool and sharing. Since then, it has been The launch will include statements by:
the Event Mobile Application-EMA-I, used by 100s of stakeholders, from
will improve decision support to better local to global communities and de- - QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General
prevent and respond to food and health velopment partners, to better monitor - Maria-Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy
security threats. and forecast animal disease outbreaks. Director-General
The upgraded EMPRES-i+ platform’s - Maximo Torero Cullen, FAO Chief
New features of EMPRES-i+ features include: Economist
EMPRES-i+ is a web-based secure (i) cloud-based platform with ability to - Keith Sumption, FAO Chief Veterinary
information system that supports coun- link to other data platforms from public Officer
tries and the global community through health, animal health, and environmen-
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SINGLE TRAY LOADER SL125 BE OF

GREAT BENEFIT FOR EGG PRODUCERS

The world’s leading producer of loader synchronizes its speed with the The single tray loader can be posi-
high-quality integrated systems for the infeed resulting in a gentle release of tioned in multiple configurations cre-
grading, packaging and processing of con- the eggs onto the rollers. This way of ating the ultimate fit for any packing
sumption eggs, introduces a high-end single handling the eggs is unique in the egg station. The side configuration where
tray loader SL125. The SL125 is available for industry and proves to be the gentles the loader is positioned on one side
6-row wide systems with a capacity of up to way to release eggs while loading. of the infeed or the more traditional
125 cases/hour. Not only does the loader The loader follows the high cleanabil- “U-layout”, where the loader is placed
gently place a tray onto the infeed with a ity standard set by the industry. It can perpendicular to the infeed.
minimal impact on the eggs but it also meets be foamed and rinsed using low-pres- Beside the orientation toward the
the high hygiene standards. sure cleaning systems. It has an open grader, the loader itself can be config-
The new single tray loader reduces construction design which makes it ured left- or right-handed, meaning that
the impact on the eggs due to Moba’s easier and more effective to clean the the direction in which the trays move
common speed loading technique. The loader and reduces cleaning time. is reversed.
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CREATES NOVEL EFFERVESCENT TABLETS

biotic Bacillus licheniformis DSM 28710 ing necrotic enteritis, lameness due to
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