Regional Animal Health Bulletin SECOND EDITION

Welcome to the first edition of the IGAD Regional Animal Health Bulletin, a regional bulletin for animal health reports from IGAD Member States (MS). This is an initiative of the Standard Methods and Procedures in Animal Health (SMP-AH) Project, a collaborative project spearheaded by African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) in partnership with IGAD/IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD). This edition of the regional bulletin focuses mainly on the disease situation in IGAD Member States during 2013 as per reports submitted to the Animal Resources Information Systems (ARIS) from January to December.