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NFU letter regarding National Farmed Animal Health Strategy

 April 9, 2009
  Livestock,Protecting the Commons Beef, Dairy, Eggs, Hogs, Lamb, Livestock, Local Food, Poultry, Public Consultation
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The Canadian Animal Health Coalition (CAHC) states in its 2007-2008 annual report that: “75% of emerging human diseases are zoonotic in origin” and acknowledges that the implications of “animal health” cannot be confined strictly to animal agriculture.

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