Management of animal health emergencies.

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Model framework and principles of emergency management -- Management of animal health emergencies: general principles and legal and international obligations -- The involvement of the agriculture industry and government in animal disease emergencies and the funding of compensation in Western Europe -- Managing animal health emergencies through prevention and preparedness in Oceania -- Animal health emergencies: prevention and preparedness in Asia -- Preventing and preparing for animal health emergencies in the Far East -- Dealing with animal disease emergencies in Africa: prevention and preparedness -- Disease prevention and preparedness in cases of animal health emergencies in the Middle East -- Management of animal health emergencies in North America: prevention, preparedness, response and recovery -- Preventing and dealing with emergencies in South America (Summary) -- Disease prevention and preparedness: the Food and Agriculture Organization Emergency Prevention System -- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Switzerland: the past and the present -- Case studies of emergency management of screwworm -- Rinderpest: a case study of animal health emergency management -- The circumstances surrounding the outbreak and spread of equine influenza in South Africa -- Managing an animal health emergency in Taipei China: foot and mouth disease -- Dealing with unexpected or unknown emergencies: examples of Australian approaches -- Successful aquatic animal disease emergency programmes -- Approaches to managing aquatic animal health in Australia -- The role of the veterinarian in the management of natural disasters (Summary) -- Emergency management of disasters involving livestock in developing countries