Avian Influenza

The FAZD Center's portal to the best available web-based information on the threat of avian influenza to public heath and to agriculture.

The FAZD Center

Documents and presentations about AI from the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense

CAST (Council for Agricultural Science and Technology), http://www.cast-science.org

CAST assembles, interprets, and communicates credible, science-based information regionally, nationally, and internationally to legislators, regulators, policymakers, the media, the private sector, and the public. CAST is a nonprofit organization composed of scientific societies and many individual, student, company, nonprofit, and associate society members. CAST's Board of Directors is composed of representatives of the scientific societies and individual members, and an Executive Committee. CAST was established in 1972 as a result of a 1970 meeting sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council.

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) http://www.cdc.gov/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.

DHHS (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) www.dhhs.gov

The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.

OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) www.oie.int

Based in Paris, the OIE is an intergovernmental organization created by the International Agreement in 1924 and signed by 28 countries. Membership now totals 167 countries.

TAHC (Texas Animal Health Commission) http://www.tahc.state.tx.us/

The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has legislative authority to make and enforce regulations to prevent, control, and eradicate specific infectious animal diseases which endanger livestock.

USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) www.usda.gov

The USDA's mandate stretches well beyond supporting the nation's farmers and ranchers. Its current areas of interest include conservation, land stewardship, human nutrition, food marketing, anti-hunger efforts and rural development.

WHO (World Health Organization) www.who.int

The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. WHO's objective, as set out in its constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.

Additonal resources

Useful publications about AI from a variety of official sources.