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A healthy food chain needs healthy animals and good animal welfare. Please from now on follow us on @efsa-animals.bsky.social !

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Animals EFSA@Animals_EFSA
13 Jan 2025
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EU One Health
@EU_Health
16 Jan 2025
📢Do you work in the food sector? We want to hear from you! Share your data, experiences, and views to help evaluate @EFSA_EU's work & ensure transparency & accountability. Deadline to give your feedback: 1 April 2025 🔗europa.eu/!8cd3mx #EUHaveYourSay
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To continue staying informed and connected with us, we invite you to join us on our Bluesky account: bsky.app/profile/efsa-animal… Thank you for your understanding and support!

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In beef cattle farming, mutilation practices like castration or disbudding are sometimes performed 🐮 Out new report describes the current practices in beef cattle across EU and EFTA countries. Check it out ➡️ ow.ly/qQEP50UsxSh #AnimalWelfare #BeefCattle #EFSA @EFSA_EU
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↗️ #HPAI outbreaks in areas with high poultry densities in 🇪🇺. The main species and production type affected were ducks 🦆 for foie gras. Check the latest #BirdFlu @EFSA_EU report (Sep–Dec 2024) 📑 tinyurl.com/3uhx67ks And follow the thread below for more info 🔽
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#HPAI A(H5N5) viruses expanded their geographical and host range: ➡️ Recent detections in 17 wild bird species in 5 countries. ➡️ Surge in detection of the virus and mortality events in Gulls and Crows.
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In wild birds, there has been a switch from colony-breeding seabirds to waterfowl: ➡️Mute swans 🦢 were particularly affected and found near waterbodies. #AnimalHealth #EUSafety
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Did you know? In turkey farming mutilation practices are sometimes performed, like beak and toe trimming Our new report gives an overview of the mutilations practiced in turkeys across EU and EFTA countries Read more 👉 ow.ly/G2ql50UsxMr #AnimalWelfare #Turkeys @EFSA_EU
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✔️Mission Accomplished! The SIGMA project on #DataCollection for #AnimalHealth is complete! Our findings will help @EFSA_EU drive progress in #DataAutomation and #DataAnalysis for better tracking of #AnimalDiseases. #Innovation #HealthTech #AnimalWelfare #DataForGood
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📢 Published #TSE report! Report on the #surveillance of transmissible spongiform #encephalopathies across EU Member States and non-EU countries in 2023 🐄🐑🐐🦌 Check it out! ➡️ europa.eu/!vb8ppt #AnimalHealth @EFSA_EU
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🗣️ Debate in progress We're following the high-level debate on #bacteriophages to combat #AntimicrobialResistance at #EU parliament in BXL Hosted by @PhageEU and MEP @woelken (Member of the @EP_PublicHealth and @EP_Environment)
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📑 Freshly published | Annual EU #OneHealth Zoonoses Report by @EFSA_EU and @ECDC_EU #Listeriosis cases hit highest levels since 2007 #Campylobacteriosis and #Salmonellosis were the most frequently reported zoonoses in EU Check it out ➡️ europa.eu/!Q9tykc @EU_Health
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Simulation exercise on emergency and response to #avianinfluenza running now in #Brussels. Public and animal health sectors together to test preparedness, real #OneHealth exercise!
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EFSA
@EFSA_EU
4 Dec 2024
🆕Report on risk & protective factors for #ASF in 🐖 & wild boar Fences & other measures can control virus spread Biosecurity & farm management are key, & more research is needed on wild boar density & the potential role of insects in virus transmission europa.eu/!TmFQfR
Wild boar's dirty snout behind metal mesh, close-up, blurred background

ALT Wild boar's dirty snout behind metal mesh, close-up, blurred background
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The practice of mutilations in turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo): exercise of the EFSA Networks on Animal Welfare - - 2024 - EFSA Supporting Publications - Wiley Online Library efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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The practice of mutilations in beef cattle: exercise of the EFSA Networks on Animal Welfare - - 2024 - EFSA Supporting Publications - Wiley Online Library efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…
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#BirdFlu poses a serious threat to poultry and wild birds. To address this, @EFSA_EU is expanding its early warning tool, the #BirdFluRadar, to evaluate the risk of spillover from wild birds to poultry 📡🐔 👇 Learn more about the new report ow.ly/KnLu50UhVZK
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The development of this expansion is possible thanks to EU Member States providing detailed poultry population data to @EFSA_EU . The tool was piloted for 🇮🇹 Italy and 🇫🇷 France, with first results now available. Dive into the details in the link above 🔝
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This new model incorporates temperature data 🌡️ and models transmission - not only from wild birds, but also from contaminated environments - to poultry. Stay tuned for future updates as we continue to enhance our understanding of #HPAI risks in 🇪🇺. #AnimalHealth #EUSafety
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Animals EFSA retweeted
EFSA
@EFSA_EU
19 Nov 2024
🚶‍♀️💬 Do you know what #AntimicrobialResistance is? We’ve asked people on the streets around our #EUAgencies (@ECDC_EU, @EMA_News, @EU_ECHA, @EU_ENV). 💊Want to know more about AMR? Click here ⤵️ europa.eu/!QH78JK #KeepAntibioticsWorking #AMR
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