August 8^th, 2008
Three people have died, and 13 have been admitted to hospital with symptoms of bird flu in Indonesia, a nurse treating the patients said Wednesday [6 Aug 2008]. Officials and residents in Asahan district of North Sumatra province said villagers began showing symptoms of avian flu after a large number of chickens died suddenly last week.

July 4^th, 2008
Center for Indonesian Veterinary Analytical Studies (CIVAS) in collaboration with the Livestock Services Office of Sukabumi district had conducted rabies vaccination in four subdistricts in Sukabumi district. The program was divided into two phases. The first phase was carried out from July 20th to 23rd, 2008, in Pelabuhan Ratu and Cisolok subdistricts, and the second phase was from July 26th to 29th, 2008, in Purabaya and Nyalindung subdistricts. This program involved private veterinarians and veterinary students, intern veterinary students, and faculty members from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Bogor Agricultural University. This program was made because there are many dog bite cases in Sukabumi district. This year alone until June, there were 72 cases of dog bites in humans in Jampang Tengah, Jampang Kulon, Lengkong, Cidolong, Surade, Cimanggu, and Cikembar. There were also two cases of human death due to rabies in Cimanggu and Jampang Kulon.

Juli 31^st, 2008
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, together with the Centre for Coastal Health, Nanaimo, Canada and the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (CCWHC), Saskatoon, Canada, which is the OIE collaborating centre for wildlife health, conducted a Training Workshop on Wildlife Health Issues in Public Health, Agriculture and Environmental Conservation.  The workshop was conducted at the Institute of Continuing Education of the Department of Animal Production and Health on July 22nd-24th, 2008 at Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

July 23^rd, 2008
West Lampung,– After being captured eight months ago, two of five sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) were finally released in Dukuh Satu area of the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (TNBBS) in West Lampung on Tuesday (22/7) morning.
The three other tigers are still quarantined at the Rescue Center Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation (TWNC) managed by PT Adhiniaga Kreasinusa, a company from the Artha Graha Group.

Bogor, July 10^th, 2008
The distribution chain of poultry and poultry products in Indonesia has several critical points for Avian Influenza (AI) virus spread. One of the points is poultry slaughterhouses (PSHs). Most PSHs in Indonesia does not meet the minimum standards for a slaughterhouse. On the other hand, most people are not interested to build a slaughterhouse that meets the standards because they see it as very expensive and not profitable. Therefore Center for Indonesian Veterinary Analytical Studies (CIVAS) in collaboration with TROBOS magazine created a public dialogue themed “A Poultry Slaughterhouse that Meets the Required Standards and is Profitable, What is it Like?” to give a solution for this issue. The dialogue was held on July 2^nd, 2008, at the Jakarta Convention Center as part of the Indo Livestock Expo & Forum 2008.

Bogor, July 10^th, 2008
Livestock has become a very important commodity for the development of a nation. It has at least two important roles, first is its role in the economy and second is its role in nursing a healthy and intelligent nation through animal proteins. One way Indonesian farmers use to improve their animal husbandry is by creating events that socialize information related to animal husbandry to the public and share information among themselves. One of the international events is Indo Livestock Expo & Forum.
Indo Livestock Expo & Forum - Indonesia’s 4^th Biggest Feed & Livestock Industry was held on July 1st to 3^rd, 2008, at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC). The first Indo Livestock Expo & Forum was held in Bali and afterwards the second and third event was held in Jakarta. This event is held routinely every two years in Indonesia. It is supported by all involved in the livestock and feed sector, starting from the government, private sector, associations, and non-government organizations. It is an exhibition of technology and livestock products. Besides that, this event is also to introduce organizations/institutions moving in the animal husbandry field.

Bogor, July 10^th, 2008
As in the previous year of 2007, this year CIVAS has received another visit from students of the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph Canada. They were Melanie Youngs, Tiffany Trish Marchildon, and Leung Zee Dick from Global Vets 2008. Global Vets is a program at the Ontario Veterinary College which offers student veterinarians a unique opportunity to investigate animal health care in developing countries. The program was started in 1997 by two second year students, and is based on a program called Défi Vet-Monde at the Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire at the University of Montreal Canada. Melanie and friends were in Indonesia for two weeks, from June 22^nd to July 6^th, 2008.