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    Stats of fisheries and disease control in the Republic of North Macedonia in the erly 21th centery
    (Balkan Scientific Association of Agricultural Economists, 2022-07-30)
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    This review aims to show the current state of fisheries in the Republic of Northern Macedonia as well as the strategy for the prevention and control of World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) notifiable diseases in aquaculture in order to comply with European legislation. At the moment, Macedonia produces about 1,700 tons, which dominates the production of trout with 63% and carp with about 29% of the total production. This sector has had a constant. Positive growth in recent years, attracting new investors, especially in cold-water aquaculture. Although the consummation of 5 kg per capita of fish is modest, domestic production does not satisfy their needs, so the market is supplemented with fish imports. One of the conditions for this sector to continue to grow at such a pace is to limit losses in aquaculture production. The most serious limitation that serious producers deal with is the appearance of infectious diseases.
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    Risk based meat safety assurance system – An introduction to key concepts for future training of official veterinarians
    (Elsevier, 2022-12-08)
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    Ferri, Maurizio
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    Blagojevic Bojan
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    Maurer, Patric
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    Hengl, Brigita
    More than a decade ago, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) sparked a substantial modernisation effort in traditional meat safety systems in Europe by publishing a range of EFSA opinions that were followed, from 2014 to 2019, by amendments to relevant EU legislation. A novel, risk-based meat safety assurance system (RBMSAS) was proposed to address the latest, most relevant meat-borne hazards and protect human health as well as animal health and welfare. This new framework was thought to offer substantial advantages with regard to the combination and longitudinal integration of prevention and control measures along the meat production chain. Official veterinarians (OVs) are expected to take on a central role as risk managers in RB-MSAS and will benefit from the use of harmonised epidemiological indicators (HEIs) and food chain information (FCI). In this article, we aim to provide an introduction to the key concepts of RB-MSAS and elaborate on the potential training needs of OVs as key risk managers in this novel framework. To this end, we present an overview of the components of an RB-MSAS along with the main factors that may hamper its development vis-a-vis ` the current status of the European meat inspection system. We state key future challenges related to the conceptual and practical implementation of a RB-MSAS and give potential solutions. In addition, the technical description of the HEIs proposed by EFSA for different animal species and at specific stages of the food chain is provided, as is their use to categorise farms and abattoirs according to the risk and to conduct risk-based meat inspection. Finally, advanced training tools for OVs enabling them to effectively and efficiently operate as risk managers in the future RB-MSAS environment are outlined.
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    Characterization and Epidemiology of Pigeon Paramyxovirus Type-1 Viruses (PPMV-1) Isolated in Macedonia
    (American Association of Avian Pathologists, 2017-01-09)
    Aleksandar Dodovski
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    Iskra Cvetkovikj
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    Kiril Krstevski
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    Ivancho Naletoski
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    Vladimir Savić
    We have characterized in this study 10 PPMV-1 isolated from domestic pigeons and one PPMV-1 isolated from a feral pigeon in the period 2007–2012, using both classical methods (HI test and ICPI test) and molecular methods (RT-qPCR, RT-PCR, and nucleotide sequencing). Using phylogenetic analysis of partial fusion gene sequences, these viruses clustered with recent European PPMV-1 isolates (EU/re) within the genotype VIb/1. All isolates possessed virulent cleavage site motifs with variable morbidity and mortality in pigeons. The intracerebral pathogenecity indices of the five isolates ranged from 0.59 to 1.53. The repetitive isolation of PPMV-1 viruses for several consecutive years led toward establishing enzootic presence of the disease in pigeons. A high nucleotide sequence homology between the Macedonian isolates and EU/re isolates was shown. Co-circulation of different isolates in the same holdings was detected. This is the first study to extensively describe the molecular epidemiology of PPMV-1 isolated in Macedonia.