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17 March 2022

Panama pursues review of US trade pact
Pork, poultry and milk need protecting, it says...

01 October 2015

BIOMIN Opens New Panama Plant
PANAMA - BIOMIN has further expanded its global production network with the opening of a production plant in Panama. The inauguration marks the latest milestone in the firm’s local presence that stretches back nearly two decades. The new plant will...

03 February 2014

Central American Brucellosis Programme Underway
COLUMBIA –Brucellosis workshops took place in Panama earlier this week as part of a multilateral veterinary programme....

18 October 2013

Mystery Brucellosis Outbreak Hits Panama
PANAMA – National Animal Health Officials are baffled as to the source of a Brucellosis outbreak centred on the western half of the country’s capital....

15 August 2013

OIE Reports Bovine TB Outbreak in Panama
PANAMA - The veterinary authorities in Panama have reported an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in at a dairy cattle farm in Cocle....

13 August 2013

Panama Tuberculosis Outbreak Confirmed in Nine Cattle
PANAMA – Testing results have confirmed the extent of the latest bovine tuberculosis outbreak in a herd in Anton....

09 August 2013

Testing Disproves Suspected Human Brucellosis Case
PANAMA – An alleged case of Brucellosis in humans has been quashed by the Ministry of Agricultural Development herd testing(MIDA)....

06 May 2013

Milk Self Sufficiency Goal Set For New Dairy Institute
PANAMA – Meetings between the government and the national bank have been held to formalise funding schemes for a research institute targeting meeting the national annual demand of 300 million litres. ...

23 May 2012

OIE: New Outbreak of New World Screwworm
PANAMA - A new outbreak of New World Screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) has been reported to the OIE by Dr Manuel Antonio González Cano, Panama, after an unexpected increase in morbidity and mortality....

28 August 2009

Coiba Cattle Headed for the Slaughterhouse
PANAMA - Time is running out for the cattle herd that have been wandering the former penal colony of Coiba Island for years. ...

01 May 2009

Cattle Starve in Panama
PANAMA - Officials have reported the first cattle deaths in the province of Los Santos, as a consequence of the strong drought currently plaguing Azuero. The dry lands are not yielding sufficient food for livestock, and many become weak and die....