Report of the thirty-seventh session of the Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA), Thimphu, Bhutan, 22-26 September 2013
2013
This publication reports the proceedings of the thirty-sixth session of the Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA) convened from 22 to 26 September 2013 in Thimphu, Bhutan. The session emphasized that 70 percent of the world's poor livestock keepers and 40 percent of the global livestock population reside in Asia-Pacific. Main themes considered were: smallholder dairy development; infectious diseases of animals and their long-term threat to livestock production; formation of an expert working group on veterinary antimicrobial resistance risk management; formation of an Asia-Pacific animal feed network to establish a common approach for feed resource assessment across interested countries; the need to strengthen national capacity of livestock sector policy formulation, among others. Country reports, key developments of concern to the Commission and main recommendations are included in the report.
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