Mission and Vision
Through collaboration the STAR IDAZ community can speed up the delivery of disease control tools and strategies.
STAR IDAZ Scope
The scope of STAR IDAZ includes coordination of research relevant to emerging and major infectious diseases of livestock and aquatic animals, and those infections of animals that may carry the risk of disease threat to human health.
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News
United StatesStakeholder News
USDA Concludes $100 Million HPAI Research Funding Round
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has concluded its competitive funding round offering up to $100 million for projects focused on the prevention and control of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). This funding formed part of the USDA’s broader $1 billion strategy aimed at safeguarding…
Africa 
Kenya 
Nigeria TanzaniaStakeholder News
GALVmed Launches VITAL 2 to Boost Ruminant Vaccination in Africa
The Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed) has launched a new five-year programme, VITAL 2, aimed at improving ruminant vaccination rates in Kenya, Tanzania, and Nigeria. Building on the success of the original VITAL initiative, VITAL 2 will address persistently low vaccination coverage among…
Events
Global
22nd International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish
September 1st - 4th, 2025
Heraklion Cultural Conference Centre, Greece
Global
13th International Congress for Veterinary Virology (ESVV 2025): Including an EPIZONE Session
September 2nd - 5th, 2025
Grand Hotel Bernardin, Portorož, Slovenia
France Global
92nd General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates
May 25th - 29th, 2025
Maison de La Chimie, Paris, France.
Costa Rica Global
Costa Rica 2025 Brucellosis International Research Conference
November 4th - 7th, 2025
San José, Costa Rica
Europe Global
International Conference of Production Diseases in Farm Animals
July 8th - 11th, 2025
Leuven, Belgium
Brazil
30th Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology
August 17th - 21st, 2025
Curitiba, Brazil