06/01/2010 22:27
(HNMO) - Days 1-6, at the Steering Committee meeting national bird flu prevention, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan said that many localities are still suspended in the room , swine against PRRS.
In about a half months, although only add Son La province (No. 16 provinces in the country PRRS), but worrying, in the provinces and cities have service, number of communes, wards arising outbreak renewed surge. Specifically 18-5 on the past, the country has only 289 communes of 52 districts of 15 provinces and cities have translated, with a total of 78,600 pigs infected children, but on 1-6, the country has a total of 518 communes of 75 districts of 16 provinces and cities occurs PRRS, pigs infected with approximately 150,000 children (in that, destruction of 66,000 children).
Mr. Diep Kinh Tan said that besides the provinces and implement combat service, stamping service zoned good results, yet the provinces are not really interested in the anti-epidemic, from which to translate disease arising increasingly complex ... At this, Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan asked to coordinate with the Department of Animal Health Animal Husbandry Department allowed some local temporary control of blue ear pig is transported in the area, to promote consumption, removing difficulties for farmers.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Egypt: Health announces the stability of the swine flu virus mutates
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
In conjunction with the timing of the emergence of swine flu virus, the annual, which falls this month in the world, Ministry of Health announced this afternoon a constant level of the evolution of influenza virus emerging ah1n1 known as swine flu, confirmed that so far there is no evidence that there is a mutation in the virus or Mqhumich to Tamiflu of the viruses that were isolated from patients in Egypt.
Dr. Nasr El Sayed, Assistant Minister of Health for Preventive Medicine, that there is continued cooperation with reference laboratories and research bodies in order to pursue the development of influenza virus and infectious and the laboratory to monitor any changes in the characteristics of the virus or severity of the disease caused him, even now there was no evidence that there is a mutation in the virus or resistance to Tamiflu, and there is no new types of otherwise conventional seasonal influenza or laboratory evidence on potential new wave of the disease at this time.
Mr, it is the follow-up the global situation of influenza emerging swine flu, as the number of countries infected with the disease so far 214 countries around the world and the number of deaths confirmed experimentally 18 114 cases, indicating a decline in the prevalence of disease, the continent of Africa and the tropics.
And the epidemic situation in Egypt, he pointed out that the total confirmed cases to the laboratory were 16 356 cases, pointing out that the increase in the number of detected cases of the disease began in the months of November and December 2009 and January 2010, they ranged between 2226 cases and 8064 state and then receded disease with the beginning of February 2010, reaching 284 cases to have decreased proliferation and say the numbers dramatically, with cases ranging between 56 to 93 cases during the months of March and April and May 2010.
The Assistant to the Minister that the number of deaths from the disease reached 280 and 115 of them in the month of December alone, and the rest 112 cases in January 2010 and then declining number to 12 cases in February, and three cases in each of the months of March and April and May 2010 and found that 79% of the deaths have chronic diseases and risk factors for global diseases such as heart and blood vessels, chest, kidneys, liver, diabetes and obesity, in addition to pregnancy.
For his part, said Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health, the ministry is continuing in the activities and efforts to follow up the disease for early detection of any increase in the prevalence rates or any changes through the surveillance of avian influenza and seasonal influenza and pneumonia cases and cases of acute severe respiratory, and that of all hospitals nationwide.
Shaheen explained, it is confirmed experimentally in all cases, as is supported with five laboratories regional governorates of Alexandria and Minya, Aswan, Western and Sinai the southern and contribute with the central laboratory in the Laboratory confirmation of cases, referring to the screening laboratory to the number 44551 sample during the period from May 2009 to April 2010, in addition to the permit to 20 special laboratories are diagnosing the disease, according to regulations and specific criteria.
Shaheen told the availability of Tamiflu, the anti-disease, in sufficient quantities, either capsules or drink, pointing to the presence of 5 Mlaethein dose strategic stockpile were distributed, and a number 1.890000 dose to all hospitals that deal with cases on the level of the Republic, referring to the continuing process of vaccination against the disease especially for people with chronic diseases and travelers to perform Umrah, which were vaccinated more than 700 thousand people from all groups.
He noted the continued activity of the hotline services 105 full lines with 60 line, where the replies to all inquiries of citizens regarding the disease and prevention methods, amounting to 15 thousand calls a day with a total of nearly 2 million and a half call so far.
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In conjunction with the timing of the emergence of swine flu virus, the annual, which falls this month in the world, Ministry of Health announced this afternoon a constant level of the evolution of influenza virus emerging ah1n1 known as swine flu, confirmed that so far there is no evidence that there is a mutation in the virus or Mqhumich to Tamiflu of the viruses that were isolated from patients in Egypt.
Dr. Nasr El Sayed, Assistant Minister of Health for Preventive Medicine, that there is continued cooperation with reference laboratories and research bodies in order to pursue the development of influenza virus and infectious and the laboratory to monitor any changes in the characteristics of the virus or severity of the disease caused him, even now there was no evidence that there is a mutation in the virus or resistance to Tamiflu, and there is no new types of otherwise conventional seasonal influenza or laboratory evidence on potential new wave of the disease at this time.
Mr, it is the follow-up the global situation of influenza emerging swine flu, as the number of countries infected with the disease so far 214 countries around the world and the number of deaths confirmed experimentally 18 114 cases, indicating a decline in the prevalence of disease, the continent of Africa and the tropics.
And the epidemic situation in Egypt, he pointed out that the total confirmed cases to the laboratory were 16 356 cases, pointing out that the increase in the number of detected cases of the disease began in the months of November and December 2009 and January 2010, they ranged between 2226 cases and 8064 state and then receded disease with the beginning of February 2010, reaching 284 cases to have decreased proliferation and say the numbers dramatically, with cases ranging between 56 to 93 cases during the months of March and April and May 2010.
The Assistant to the Minister that the number of deaths from the disease reached 280 and 115 of them in the month of December alone, and the rest 112 cases in January 2010 and then declining number to 12 cases in February, and three cases in each of the months of March and April and May 2010 and found that 79% of the deaths have chronic diseases and risk factors for global diseases such as heart and blood vessels, chest, kidneys, liver, diabetes and obesity, in addition to pregnancy.
For his part, said Dr. Abdel Rahman Shahin, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health, the ministry is continuing in the activities and efforts to follow up the disease for early detection of any increase in the prevalence rates or any changes through the surveillance of avian influenza and seasonal influenza and pneumonia cases and cases of acute severe respiratory, and that of all hospitals nationwide.
Shaheen explained, it is confirmed experimentally in all cases, as is supported with five laboratories regional governorates of Alexandria and Minya, Aswan, Western and Sinai the southern and contribute with the central laboratory in the Laboratory confirmation of cases, referring to the screening laboratory to the number 44551 sample during the period from May 2009 to April 2010, in addition to the permit to 20 special laboratories are diagnosing the disease, according to regulations and specific criteria.
Shaheen told the availability of Tamiflu, the anti-disease, in sufficient quantities, either capsules or drink, pointing to the presence of 5 Mlaethein dose strategic stockpile were distributed, and a number 1.890000 dose to all hospitals that deal with cases on the level of the Republic, referring to the continuing process of vaccination against the disease especially for people with chronic diseases and travelers to perform Umrah, which were vaccinated more than 700 thousand people from all groups.
He noted the continued activity of the hotline services 105 full lines with 60 line, where the replies to all inquiries of citizens regarding the disease and prevention methods, amounting to 15 thousand calls a day with a total of nearly 2 million and a half call so far.
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Epidemic kills 12,000 critically endangered antelopes
Jun 1, 2010 06:10 PM
By John Platt
At least 12,000 critically endangered saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica) have been found dead in Kazakhstan in the past two weeks, victims of a mysterious epidemic. The deaths represent about 15 percent of the species' worldwide population.
Saiga antelopes used to number above one million, but the breakup of the Soviet Union led to rampant poaching throughout the species' range and 95 percent of the animals were killed off. Just 81,000 of the antelopes remained in five isolated populations in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. Until this outbreak, the Kazakh population numbered 26,000 animals, almost half of which have now died.
So what caused the outbreak? According to tests by the Kazakh government, the antelopes died of pasteurellosis, an infection that afflicts the lungs. According to a release by the IUCN, "Pasteurellosis is caused by a bacterium that lives naturally in healthy individuals, but can cause acute illness and rapid death if the animal's immune system is compromised, either by another infection, poisoning, stress or malnutrition."
Olga Pereladova, director of the World Wildlife Fund's Central Asia Program, told the Daily Telegraph that the animals might have been malnourished following an unusually cold winter and by an overly hot spring, which may have contributed to the spread of the disease.
Serik Imanukulov, a Kazakh official who heads the department of sanitary and epidemiology in the area, told the AFP news service that the infection may have now passed, and predicts that no more deaths will occur.
"We can say the outbreak of the infection has passed and come to a close," Imanukulov said. "I do not think there will be new cases of mass deaths among the saiga at present."
A spokesperson for the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry told the Telegraph that the dead saiga are being burned to prevent further spread of the disease.
By John Platt
At least 12,000 critically endangered saiga antelopes (Saiga tatarica) have been found dead in Kazakhstan in the past two weeks, victims of a mysterious epidemic. The deaths represent about 15 percent of the species' worldwide population.
Saiga antelopes used to number above one million, but the breakup of the Soviet Union led to rampant poaching throughout the species' range and 95 percent of the animals were killed off. Just 81,000 of the antelopes remained in five isolated populations in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. Until this outbreak, the Kazakh population numbered 26,000 animals, almost half of which have now died.
So what caused the outbreak? According to tests by the Kazakh government, the antelopes died of pasteurellosis, an infection that afflicts the lungs. According to a release by the IUCN, "Pasteurellosis is caused by a bacterium that lives naturally in healthy individuals, but can cause acute illness and rapid death if the animal's immune system is compromised, either by another infection, poisoning, stress or malnutrition."
Olga Pereladova, director of the World Wildlife Fund's Central Asia Program, told the Daily Telegraph that the animals might have been malnourished following an unusually cold winter and by an overly hot spring, which may have contributed to the spread of the disease.
Serik Imanukulov, a Kazakh official who heads the department of sanitary and epidemiology in the area, told the AFP news service that the infection may have now passed, and predicts that no more deaths will occur.
"We can say the outbreak of the infection has passed and come to a close," Imanukulov said. "I do not think there will be new cases of mass deaths among the saiga at present."A spokesperson for the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry told the Telegraph that the dead saiga are being burned to prevent further spread of the disease.
Out-of-Town Pigs Increase PRRS Risk in HCM City
VIET NAM - A lot of sick pigs are being brought into Ho Chi Minh City every day, adding to the risk of the blue ear disease spreading here, health officials say.
The HCMC Animal Health Department says that half of the immigrant pigs and pork of dubious origin have tested positive for blue ear virus or PRRS.
More than 2,000 pigs are brought every day to the city from nearby provinces such as Dong Nai, Long An, and Tay Ninh, and even from the north.
The department also found 12.5 per cent of weaned piglets in the city infected with the virus, reports ThanhNien News.com. The animals have been destroyed. According to the department, the number of mature pigs brought to the city has increased by 280-300 a day over the last year.
“Many processed piglets are brought to the city with the whole viscera, so it’s hard for officials to check and contain the disease,” said Phan Xuan Thao, head of HCMC Animal Health Department.
Mr Thao said the virus sooner or later will affect the city given the climatic conditions with heat and high humidity.
As the city needs around 7,000 pigs a day and nearly 70 per cent of them are brought from outside, Thao said the department has asked sellers and slaughterhouses not to take pigs from infected areas. If they do, their entire shipment will be destroyed, he said.
Since blue ear recurred in April, pork consumption in the northern region has dropped 30-40 per cent and pork prices are down 15-24 per cent, Nguyen Thanh Son, an animal health official from the Ministry of Health told a press conference Thursday.
The HCMC Animal Health Department says that half of the immigrant pigs and pork of dubious origin have tested positive for blue ear virus or PRRS.
More than 2,000 pigs are brought every day to the city from nearby provinces such as Dong Nai, Long An, and Tay Ninh, and even from the north.
The department also found 12.5 per cent of weaned piglets in the city infected with the virus, reports ThanhNien News.com. The animals have been destroyed. According to the department, the number of mature pigs brought to the city has increased by 280-300 a day over the last year.
“Many processed piglets are brought to the city with the whole viscera, so it’s hard for officials to check and contain the disease,” said Phan Xuan Thao, head of HCMC Animal Health Department.
Mr Thao said the virus sooner or later will affect the city given the climatic conditions with heat and high humidity.
As the city needs around 7,000 pigs a day and nearly 70 per cent of them are brought from outside, Thao said the department has asked sellers and slaughterhouses not to take pigs from infected areas. If they do, their entire shipment will be destroyed, he said.
Since blue ear recurred in April, pork consumption in the northern region has dropped 30-40 per cent and pork prices are down 15-24 per cent, Nguyen Thanh Son, an animal health official from the Ministry of Health told a press conference Thursday.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Vietnam: Watch The Open Wound around infected Pigs
[A few excerpts from an article I thought were interesting]
31/05/2010
Typically on 5/25/2010, 2 hospital cases are receiving direct or indirect contact with pigs.
The first case is a female patient, 55 years old, Duc Thang commune, Tien Lu District, Hung Yen province hospital in a state of shock, severe infections, dark purple body, the notes appear from the top of the head necrosis to heel, lowering blood pressure. Patient's family, said the family's pig breeding ill two days ago, the first three days, a sick family member.
Case 2 was a male patient in Ung Hoa District, Ha Noi City, was hospitalized in a state of high fever, struggle, diarrhea, mood instability and signs of meningitis result of pus ... Epidemiological investigations showed that patients eat more soup or pork and eat well before admission blood pudding.
Ha also recommended doctors, people should pay attention, when sick pigs should declare and determine the origin and destruction. Those who destroy pigs should wear gloves, masks. Those who live pig slaughter, when the wound absolutely should not do. For housewives, the purchase of pork meat purchased fresh note, when processing must be done wearing gloves and wash hands clean. Especially should and should not eat cooked pig blood pudding.
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31/05/2010
Typically on 5/25/2010, 2 hospital cases are receiving direct or indirect contact with pigs.
The first case is a female patient, 55 years old, Duc Thang commune, Tien Lu District, Hung Yen province hospital in a state of shock, severe infections, dark purple body, the notes appear from the top of the head necrosis to heel, lowering blood pressure. Patient's family, said the family's pig breeding ill two days ago, the first three days, a sick family member.
Case 2 was a male patient in Ung Hoa District, Ha Noi City, was hospitalized in a state of high fever, struggle, diarrhea, mood instability and signs of meningitis result of pus ... Epidemiological investigations showed that patients eat more soup or pork and eat well before admission blood pudding.
Ha also recommended doctors, people should pay attention, when sick pigs should declare and determine the origin and destruction. Those who destroy pigs should wear gloves, masks. Those who live pig slaughter, when the wound absolutely should not do. For housewives, the purchase of pork meat purchased fresh note, when processing must be done wearing gloves and wash hands clean. Especially should and should not eat cooked pig blood pudding.
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Vietnam: Recommend Health Ministry announced cholera in Ben Tre
[Only problem with this article is that Mo Cay is one district in Ben Tre, not two]
Districts in Ben Tre:
31/05/2010
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Districts in Ben Tre:
31/05/2010
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Chiều 30/5, bác sĩ Nguyễn Văn Thắng, phó giám đốc Sở Y tế Bến Tre, cho biết UBND tỉnh đã có văn bản đề nghị Bộ Y tế quyết định công bố dịch tả tại hai huyện Mỏ Cày Bắc và Mỏ Cày Nam do số người mắc bệnh ở hai huyện này đã lên đến 14 người và chưa có dấu hiệu dừng lại.
Afternoon 30 / 5, doctor Nguyen Van Thang, deputy director of Ben Tre Department of Health, said the province had written request to the Health Ministry announced the decision cholera in two northern districts of Mo Cay and South Cay by Mo number of people infected in the two districts have up to 14 people and no stop signs.
Theo bác sĩ Thắng, nhiều ngày qua trung bình mỗi ngày có mười bệnh nhân tiêu chảy cấp (nghi tả) ở hai huyện Mỏ Cày Bắc và Mỏ Cày Nam nhập viện điều trị.
Dr. Thang, many days on average per day with ten patients of acute diarrhea (suspected cholera) in two districts of North and Mo Mo Cay South Cay hospital treatment.
Trong vòng 24 giờ kể từ ngày 29 đến 30/5 có tới 17 bệnh nhân nhập viện.
Within 24 hours from 29 to 30/5 to 17 patients are hospitalized.
Đến nay ngành y tế vẫn chưa xác định được nguồn lây nhiễm phẩy khuẩn tả, “nghi can” lớn nhất là nguồn nước sông Thom dọc đường vào Bệnh viện Đa khoa khu vực Cù Lao Minh (Tuổi trẻ 31/5).
Until now the health sector has not yet determined the source of cholera infection, "suspect" is the largest water sources along the river Thom Hospital Cu Lao Minh City area (Youth 31 / 5).
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Vietnam: Raising pigs in Dong Nai: Hold 'time bomb'
31/05/2010
While Dong Nai authorities have not confirmed the disease in local green ear, many pig farm owners say people are living with the epidemic.
"For years people here live pigs with blue ear disease. Now find a farm fresh green ear disease in new Dong Nai is strange," said C., owner of a pig farm in the province, said .
Vaccine-styled "poor children"
According to Mr. C., up to 90% of the total herd in Dong Nai blue ear disease. "For as I have herd of up to 100% of blue ear disease. When detecting blue ear disease in both camps, the mean green ear herd carrier and then, by infectious diseases, including inhalation," he said.
For years, for patients living with green ears, pig farms usually vaccinated or "vaccine" made from pig blood serum or illness. According to Mr. C., an injection "vaccine" is a method of restraint, "the poor", but slightly less loss of money, help reduce the loss of herd infection from 20-40% to 50-10% so few farms in Dong Nai are applied.
When the herd started blue ear disease, for farm owners to take blood or serum of the pig disease vaccine for the whole flock to help them create antibodies. "I picked out a number of children from 80 to 100kg to take blood. After that, blood will be mixed with anticoagulants and antibiotics and injections for children from 7 to 40 kg. Each 10cc of blood. In the period long-term stability, I also take blood contaminated injecting blue ear pig for the whole flock to actively create antibodies for now, "said C. said.
As a veterinary staff of Dong Nai province, the U.S. documents mentioned methods of creating "vaccines" self-made with less expensive to purchase vaccines. "Where performance is not clear but some farm owners are considering this application and the method of" fire fighting "to save money," the vets said.
Meanwhile, the majority of pig farms in Dong Nai selection method for vaccine herd. This way, loss of green ears infected herd down to 10 -15%. "A child must be vaccinated sows five nasal vaccines a year. Each nose copper price is now 45,000. With a 1000 sow farm all the money green ear vaccine each year to well over 200 million" , Mr. K., the owner of a farm in the province, said.
"Bomb" will explode?
Mr. K. worry, there are signs that this year will be a difficult year for the pig sector in Dong Nai: the weather is too hot, PRRS outbreaks in many localities ... "The pig must actively room service, cleaning cages, control and expand the herd density, increase resistance to pig, biosafety implementation, the program must have a specific vaccine. If done well without this step I think blue ear disease pressure will peak and will explode, "he said.
A staff of Agriculture Extension Center in Trang Bom district (local pig herd is the second largest with 180,000 children in Dong Nai Province), said that blue ear "explosion" in Dong Nai will be a disaster for the livestock industry provinces with more than a million pigs. In 2009, authorities detected an outbreak of blue ear in eight villages, Thanh Son commune, Dinh Quan district.
According to Dong Nai Department of Animal Health, the province has antiseptic, disinfection of the slaughter of cattle and intensify the inspection of cattle for sale, deployment vaccinated animals ... If PRRS occurs throughout the Nations, the province will arrange additional checkpoints: Mr. Don Bridge Gia Huynh, Tan Phu, Tan Gia ...[Ông Đồn, cầu Gia Huynh, Tân Phú, Gia Tân]
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While Dong Nai authorities have not confirmed the disease in local green ear, many pig farm owners say people are living with the epidemic.
"For years people here live pigs with blue ear disease. Now find a farm fresh green ear disease in new Dong Nai is strange," said C., owner of a pig farm in the province, said .
Vaccine-styled "poor children"
According to Mr. C., up to 90% of the total herd in Dong Nai blue ear disease. "For as I have herd of up to 100% of blue ear disease. When detecting blue ear disease in both camps, the mean green ear herd carrier and then, by infectious diseases, including inhalation," he said.
For years, for patients living with green ears, pig farms usually vaccinated or "vaccine" made from pig blood serum or illness. According to Mr. C., an injection "vaccine" is a method of restraint, "the poor", but slightly less loss of money, help reduce the loss of herd infection from 20-40% to 50-10% so few farms in Dong Nai are applied.
When the herd started blue ear disease, for farm owners to take blood or serum of the pig disease vaccine for the whole flock to help them create antibodies. "I picked out a number of children from 80 to 100kg to take blood. After that, blood will be mixed with anticoagulants and antibiotics and injections for children from 7 to 40 kg. Each 10cc of blood. In the period long-term stability, I also take blood contaminated injecting blue ear pig for the whole flock to actively create antibodies for now, "said C. said.
As a veterinary staff of Dong Nai province, the U.S. documents mentioned methods of creating "vaccines" self-made with less expensive to purchase vaccines. "Where performance is not clear but some farm owners are considering this application and the method of" fire fighting "to save money," the vets said.
Meanwhile, the majority of pig farms in Dong Nai selection method for vaccine herd. This way, loss of green ears infected herd down to 10 -15%. "A child must be vaccinated sows five nasal vaccines a year. Each nose copper price is now 45,000. With a 1000 sow farm all the money green ear vaccine each year to well over 200 million" , Mr. K., the owner of a farm in the province, said.
"Bomb" will explode?
Mr. K. worry, there are signs that this year will be a difficult year for the pig sector in Dong Nai: the weather is too hot, PRRS outbreaks in many localities ... "The pig must actively room service, cleaning cages, control and expand the herd density, increase resistance to pig, biosafety implementation, the program must have a specific vaccine. If done well without this step I think blue ear disease pressure will peak and will explode, "he said.
A staff of Agriculture Extension Center in Trang Bom district (local pig herd is the second largest with 180,000 children in Dong Nai Province), said that blue ear "explosion" in Dong Nai will be a disaster for the livestock industry provinces with more than a million pigs. In 2009, authorities detected an outbreak of blue ear in eight villages, Thanh Son commune, Dinh Quan district.
According to Dong Nai Department of Animal Health, the province has antiseptic, disinfection of the slaughter of cattle and intensify the inspection of cattle for sale, deployment vaccinated animals ... If PRRS occurs throughout the Nations, the province will arrange additional checkpoints: Mr. Don Bridge Gia Huynh, Tan Phu, Tan Gia ...[Ông Đồn, cầu Gia Huynh, Tân Phú, Gia Tân]
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The Mekong delta provinces face dengue fever are unusual
31.05.2010
By the middle of May, in Tien Giang province, has more than 800 cases of dengue fever, including one deaths;
in Dong Thap Province, about 800 cases of dengue fever, including 90 cases of severe disease and there were two deaths;
in An Giang Province, has more than 858 cases have SXH and three deaths.
According to emergency department resuscitation Hue Central Hospital, 4 and 5 in two months, this department has received 28 patients suspected swine streptococcus infection in the central provinces to treatment. So far, in the Central has had four patients died due to infected swine streptococcus.
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By the middle of May, in Tien Giang province, has more than 800 cases of dengue fever, including one deaths;
in Dong Thap Province, about 800 cases of dengue fever, including 90 cases of severe disease and there were two deaths;
in An Giang Province, has more than 858 cases have SXH and three deaths.
According to emergency department resuscitation Hue Central Hospital, 4 and 5 in two months, this department has received 28 patients suspected swine streptococcus infection in the central provinces to treatment. So far, in the Central has had four patients died due to infected swine streptococcus.
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Vietnam: Bac Kan Officially Announces End of Avian Flu
[This is an update on Bac Kan. They are officially announcing the end of Avian Flu. I looked over my notes, and the were "successfully cured after one treatment" as the eight people were admitted on 4/11, and discharged on 4/13. Interesting that they mentioned the 700 doses of Tamiflu]
31/05/2010
After over a month since the first detection of patients have tested positive for influenza A (H5N1) and discovered two outbreaks of avian influenza A (H5N1) in poultry in Yen Dinh commune As it is, and (Cho Moi ), dated 05.14.2010 PPC has officially announced the end of avian influenza in the locality on the date 05.12.2010. Looking back at work for prevention of influenza A (H5N1) in New Market that time to the effort, concentration of all levels and sectors in the work of prevention services.
Timeliness examination and treatment for patients
Immediately after the patient Chu Van H. Na Tao village (as) has tested positive for influenza A (H5N1), local governments, departments and branches gathered for prevention services. Specifically, the district has directed the district health center district inspection organization, to the list of people who have had contact with patients and poultry, aquatic birds sick. Simultaneous deployment of medical examination and treatment in time for the cases show signs of fever, cough, shortness of breath at the medical center district or commune health stations under the Ministry of Health protocol.
With over 700 dosesof Taminflu, equipment, human resources fully, Cho Moi was quick to inspect, receive and treat patients following a positive result for influenza A ( H5N1) as well as other cases the presence of influenza A (H5N1). Because proactive and timely in the work of examination, treatment, health status of the patient to stabilize, do not appear more cases have expressed doubts.
From day 02 / 4 to 11/4/2010, Cho Moi district has 02 cases have tested positive for influenza A (H5N1) and 11 cases have expressed doubts as: fever, cough, shortness of breath and diarrhea. Then, when avian influenza outbreak in rural Total Stock (Yen Ting) outbreak, health center districts continue to receive more patients with a doubtful expression. Because the treatment is conducted promptly and efficiently so alone on 12 / 4 had 08 patients from the hospital, Nguyen Thi Thanh T. patients (2 patients had tested positive for Influenza A (H5N1) - have also cured after one treatment period, patients remaining stable health and gradually discharge a few days later.
Along with the examination and treatment for patients, with the support of all levels and branches of preventive medicine team in Cho Moi district held spray disinfection in the outbreak: Na Tao (As fixed), total stock, Vietnam (Yen Ting) and propagate to push people, to reduce the risk of pandemic spread. Simultaneously Medical Center also directed the district health stations of communes, villages, nursing supervision, monitoring closely the situation in local disease detection, transfer of patients to routes on time. All these factors have contributed to quickly stamp out avian influenza A (H5N1) in the locality.
Quick handling outbreaks of avian influenza A (H5N1) in poultry
In parallel with the centralized examination and treatment for patients with a positive test result, patients have expressed doubts with influenza A (H5N1), Cho Moi district also quickly set up four checkpoints at the commune Try for Yen Dinh Nhu and inspecting, preventing the transport of poultry and poultry products hydro timely handling of violations according to regulations and spray disinfection of vehicles from the area service. Next, the district has conducted destroy all poultry, aquatic birds, held spray disinfection in the outbreak and vaccination for poultry and aquatic birds in the area were threatened epidemic buffer .
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31/05/2010
After over a month since the first detection of patients have tested positive for influenza A (H5N1) and discovered two outbreaks of avian influenza A (H5N1) in poultry in Yen Dinh commune As it is, and (Cho Moi ), dated 05.14.2010 PPC has officially announced the end of avian influenza in the locality on the date 05.12.2010. Looking back at work for prevention of influenza A (H5N1) in New Market that time to the effort, concentration of all levels and sectors in the work of prevention services.
Timeliness examination and treatment for patients
Immediately after the patient Chu Van H. Na Tao village (as) has tested positive for influenza A (H5N1), local governments, departments and branches gathered for prevention services. Specifically, the district has directed the district health center district inspection organization, to the list of people who have had contact with patients and poultry, aquatic birds sick. Simultaneous deployment of medical examination and treatment in time for the cases show signs of fever, cough, shortness of breath at the medical center district or commune health stations under the Ministry of Health protocol.
With over 700 dosesof Taminflu, equipment, human resources fully, Cho Moi was quick to inspect, receive and treat patients following a positive result for influenza A ( H5N1) as well as other cases the presence of influenza A (H5N1). Because proactive and timely in the work of examination, treatment, health status of the patient to stabilize, do not appear more cases have expressed doubts.
From day 02 / 4 to 11/4/2010, Cho Moi district has 02 cases have tested positive for influenza A (H5N1) and 11 cases have expressed doubts as: fever, cough, shortness of breath and diarrhea. Then, when avian influenza outbreak in rural Total Stock (Yen Ting) outbreak, health center districts continue to receive more patients with a doubtful expression. Because the treatment is conducted promptly and efficiently so alone on 12 / 4 had 08 patients from the hospital, Nguyen Thi Thanh T. patients (2 patients had tested positive for Influenza A (H5N1) - have also cured after one treatment period, patients remaining stable health and gradually discharge a few days later.
Along with the examination and treatment for patients, with the support of all levels and branches of preventive medicine team in Cho Moi district held spray disinfection in the outbreak: Na Tao (As fixed), total stock, Vietnam (Yen Ting) and propagate to push people, to reduce the risk of pandemic spread. Simultaneously Medical Center also directed the district health stations of communes, villages, nursing supervision, monitoring closely the situation in local disease detection, transfer of patients to routes on time. All these factors have contributed to quickly stamp out avian influenza A (H5N1) in the locality.
Quick handling outbreaks of avian influenza A (H5N1) in poultry
In parallel with the centralized examination and treatment for patients with a positive test result, patients have expressed doubts with influenza A (H5N1), Cho Moi district also quickly set up four checkpoints at the commune Try for Yen Dinh Nhu and inspecting, preventing the transport of poultry and poultry products hydro timely handling of violations according to regulations and spray disinfection of vehicles from the area service. Next, the district has conducted destroy all poultry, aquatic birds, held spray disinfection in the outbreak and vaccination for poultry and aquatic birds in the area were threatened epidemic buffer .
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
Experts find compound to fight bird, seasonal flu
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a chemical compound that can stop the H5N1 bird flu virus as well as seasonal human flu viruses from replicating.
Finding new flu drugs is essential as flu viruses mutate and are adept at evading the limited array of antiviral drugs.
In a paper published in Nature Biotechnology, scientists from Hong Kong and Canada said they had found a chemical "nucleozin," which fought off both seasonal flu viruses and the H5N1 in mice as well as in cell culture.
"We have now brand-new weapons to combat influenza virus resistant to ... (antiviral drugs like) oseltamivir and zanamivir," said microbiologist Richard Yao at the University of Hong Kong, who led the study.
Nearly all of the seasonal H1N1 viruses circulating in the United States in the 2008-2009 flu season were resistant to Roche AG and Gilead Sciences Inc's Tamiflu, known generically as oseltamivir, according to the paper.
Adamantanes, an older class of drugs, was also powerless against seasonal H3N2 flu viruses in the United States during that same period.
Zanamivir is the generic name for Relenza, GlaxoSmithKline and Biota Inc's flu drug
Nucleozin targeted a protein in flu viruses, called nucleoprotein, that was responsible for virus replication, Yao said in reply to questions from Reuters.
Yao said they selected nucleozin from a chemical library with more than 50,000 compounds, the same library which experts here used to study the SARS virus.
"Nucleozin is highly potent in cell culture and also in mice infected with the highly pathogenic influenza virus H5N1 ... (it can) stop the virus from replicating," Yao said.
The compound was effective against H1N1, H3N2, and H5N1 viruses and researchers can now target nucleoprotein to fight flu, Yao said.
"Scientists could now use nucleoprotein as a target to develop antiviral therapeutics for the treatment of influenza infection," he said.
A cousin of the new H1N1 swine flu virus, the seasonal H1N1, has been circulating widely for a long time. SARS surfaced in southern China in 2003, killing about 800 people world-wide.
The H5N1, although mainly a disease in birds, has a mortality rate of 60 percent on the rare occasions when it infects people. It was first discovered in people in 1997.
(Reporting by Tan Ee Lyn; Editing by Ron Popeski)
Blue ear pig has spread to 16 provinces
RFA 30.05.2010
The province of Son La is a new service, while new outbreaks are still arising more towns in 15 provinces have translated previously.
Specifically, the new Son La province has more than 100 pig diseases, 48 children died, while Thai Nguyen is a new outbreak, a total pig disease over 3 thousand 400 children, of which more than two thousand dead and 200 targets cancellation.
Most provinces have both pig disease in the north, and one in north-central province of Nghe An is.
The province of Son La is a new service, while new outbreaks are still arising more towns in 15 provinces have translated previously.
Specifically, the new Son La province has more than 100 pig diseases, 48 children died, while Thai Nguyen is a new outbreak, a total pig disease over 3 thousand 400 children, of which more than two thousand dead and 200 targets cancellation.
Most provinces have both pig disease in the north, and one in north-central province of Nghe An is.
Vietnam: PPRS raging, pork slump
5/29
While authorities advised, blue ear pig disease is not contagious to humans and consumers can rest assured full use of pork products cooked but recent developments in the markets, super- Marketing found that consumption of pork declined. Meanwhile, demand for foods from poultry, aquatic - marine products increased ...
Pork with "estrangement"
Previously, pork is always the number one choice of housewives, but since PRRS raging in many provinces in the north, most consumers are disturbed not knowing when purchasing PRRS can infect humans and whether they have when purchasing pork disease control, quarantine still loose. And to be sure, many housewives find the food items to replace.
This has made their prices of foods such as poultry, seafood - seafood. In the markets in Hanoi, the price of beef tenderloin with 150,000 VND / kg, beef buttock 140,000 VND / kg, veal 120,000 VND per kg, chicken lives 100,000 VND / kg, Whole chicken available 130,000 VND / kg. Aquatic and marine resources is the best selling items. Success in the market, price carp from 45,000 to 48,000 VND per kg, tilapia 35,000 VND / kg, hundreds of VND 40,000 / kg, fish 85 000 Results per kg, 240,000 prawns per kg, 120,000 barrier shrimp per kg .. . As reflected by consumer prices inched up items are 50-10% compared to before.
Mental health of consumers far made pork fall slump. Remains the most disadvantaged farmers and small business sales. A crucial problem posed is how to prevent zoning and definitely blue ear epidemic.
After almost two month outbreak, to date, PRRS has spread wide in many places in 15 provinces and cities in the North. Total number of pigs infected up to tens of thousands of children.
For weeks now, the owners in a market in Hanoi is always complaining about the lack customers, although humid pork in most major markets have been quarantined. Many small businesses forced to lower prices to attract buyers but has not changed the situation. Pork prices drop in recent days from 10,000 to 15,000 VND per kg. Accordingly, the pork loin down to 60,000 VND / kg, three meat only 50,000 VND / kg, lean pork shoulder and buttocks rumors 55,000 / kg ... In particular, very difficult to consume pork and traders were forced prices sharply, from 35,000 VND / kg reduced from 25,000 to 28,000 VND / kg (not in translation), 22,000 VND / kg (in the service area access.)
Need to stabilize market
Previous rate spread and evolution of complex diseases, said Hoang Van Nam, Director of Animal Health authorities (the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said the blue ear virus in pigs and no humans such as avian influenza should consumers choose to complete peace of mind when buying and using fresh meat. Simply cooked, do not eat more soup, spring rolls Hello, ... The Department has instructed localities to continue performing the same set of measures to prevent and put out the service at the same time, a policy supported by the breeding ground for common ...
According to experts of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment (Ministry of Health), consumers turn away from meat as a precaution for the health. Because in fact, blue ear pig disease does not infect humans but only swine streptococcus disease spread to new people. But when has a green ear disease of pigs resistant and very weak, more likely to be infected with other diseases are very high, including streptococcus disease (a disease transmitted from pigs to humans with high mortality risk.)
To ensure the health of consumers and stabilize markets, the authorities have strengthened inspection and control of the transport, slaughtering and trading of pork. Force veterinary import pigs only allow the source, selling pork is full of paper quarantine
Things to do now is put alongside the services needed to promote the propagation of blue ear to people not too confused, anxious and have mechanisms to support farmers to restore herds after translation.
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While authorities advised, blue ear pig disease is not contagious to humans and consumers can rest assured full use of pork products cooked but recent developments in the markets, super- Marketing found that consumption of pork declined. Meanwhile, demand for foods from poultry, aquatic - marine products increased ...
Pork with "estrangement"
Previously, pork is always the number one choice of housewives, but since PRRS raging in many provinces in the north, most consumers are disturbed not knowing when purchasing PRRS can infect humans and whether they have when purchasing pork disease control, quarantine still loose. And to be sure, many housewives find the food items to replace.
This has made their prices of foods such as poultry, seafood - seafood. In the markets in Hanoi, the price of beef tenderloin with 150,000 VND / kg, beef buttock 140,000 VND / kg, veal 120,000 VND per kg, chicken lives 100,000 VND / kg, Whole chicken available 130,000 VND / kg. Aquatic and marine resources is the best selling items. Success in the market, price carp from 45,000 to 48,000 VND per kg, tilapia 35,000 VND / kg, hundreds of VND 40,000 / kg, fish 85 000 Results per kg, 240,000 prawns per kg, 120,000 barrier shrimp per kg .. . As reflected by consumer prices inched up items are 50-10% compared to before.
Mental health of consumers far made pork fall slump. Remains the most disadvantaged farmers and small business sales. A crucial problem posed is how to prevent zoning and definitely blue ear epidemic.
After almost two month outbreak, to date, PRRS has spread wide in many places in 15 provinces and cities in the North. Total number of pigs infected up to tens of thousands of children.
For weeks now, the owners in a market in Hanoi is always complaining about the lack customers, although humid pork in most major markets have been quarantined. Many small businesses forced to lower prices to attract buyers but has not changed the situation. Pork prices drop in recent days from 10,000 to 15,000 VND per kg. Accordingly, the pork loin down to 60,000 VND / kg, three meat only 50,000 VND / kg, lean pork shoulder and buttocks rumors 55,000 / kg ... In particular, very difficult to consume pork and traders were forced prices sharply, from 35,000 VND / kg reduced from 25,000 to 28,000 VND / kg (not in translation), 22,000 VND / kg (in the service area access.)
Need to stabilize market
Previous rate spread and evolution of complex diseases, said Hoang Van Nam, Director of Animal Health authorities (the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said the blue ear virus in pigs and no humans such as avian influenza should consumers choose to complete peace of mind when buying and using fresh meat. Simply cooked, do not eat more soup, spring rolls Hello, ... The Department has instructed localities to continue performing the same set of measures to prevent and put out the service at the same time, a policy supported by the breeding ground for common ...
According to experts of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment (Ministry of Health), consumers turn away from meat as a precaution for the health. Because in fact, blue ear pig disease does not infect humans but only swine streptococcus disease spread to new people. But when has a green ear disease of pigs resistant and very weak, more likely to be infected with other diseases are very high, including streptococcus disease (a disease transmitted from pigs to humans with high mortality risk.)
To ensure the health of consumers and stabilize markets, the authorities have strengthened inspection and control of the transport, slaughtering and trading of pork. Force veterinary import pigs only allow the source, selling pork is full of paper quarantine
Things to do now is put alongside the services needed to promote the propagation of blue ear to people not too confused, anxious and have mechanisms to support farmers to restore herds after translation.
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Qld to stockpile Hendra virus treatment
PETRINA BERRY
May 30, 2010 - 10:09AM
AAP
Health authorities are negotiating to have stockpiles of an experimental Hendra virus antiserum available in Queensland as soon as possible.
Queensland Health is negotiating with a US medical research facility for the intellectual rights to fast-track production of the potentially lifesaving antiserum.
Trials on ferrets have proven successful but it's not yet proven in humans.
Rebecca Day and her daughter Mollie, 12, on Thursday took their first infusion of the experimental treatment, developed in the US and Australia, after Mollie's horse Cash was put down with the virus at their Tewantin property on May 17.
A Queensland Health spokeswoman told AAP they were still doing well after being discharged from hospital on Saturday morning.
She said Queensland Health were hoping to get stockpiles of the antiserum in case more Hendra cases occurred throughout the year.
"We're hoping to get a stockpile as soon as possible," she said.
The majority of Hendra outbreaks since the first known case in 1994 have occurred during June, July and August.
Four out of the seven people to contract the virus have died.
Ms Day and her daughter will be monitored by their local Sunshine Coast hospital.
Another 10 people who came into contact with Mollie's infected horse are not considered at high risk but will continue to undergo tests over 42 days.
Bats, the natural host of Hendra, are believed to transmit the virus to horses through bodily secretions.
There have only been horse to human transmissions - no human to human transmissions or bat to human transmissions of Hendra.
Vietnam: Update on 37 years old, resident Quang Ngai City
05/29/2010
Excerpt:
Dr. Duong Van birth-Dean-Emergency Hue Central Hospital said: "We, Hue Central Hospital has received written confirmation request causes of mortality of patients with N. and BV is an official letter is a formal reply BN N. streptococcus swine die. " According to BS Biology, although BN N. have negative test results because the grassroots level in the previous Patients already taking antibiotics.
BS confirmed births, BN N. certainly infected swine streptococcus. Besides based on the results of blood cultures, this result may be determined by epidemiological factors (patients eat pork), clinical signs of disease consistent with symptoms of swine streptococcus, in addition the BN also suffered multiple organ meats. Moreover, in many cases results can not grow crops but streptococcus swine infected patients and still present a number of cases being treated in hospital. The medical records of patients N. also stated that there are many spots body hemorrhage, deep black skin, purple lips, the dark eye conjunctivitis, abdominal pain shady forest ...
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Of the five patients with native TT-Hue central hospital treatment in Hue, after taking a specific list on 28-5, the authorities were coordinating Cloramin B injection in the area of the living patients . Of these 5 patients, 3 patients had the pig but the Animal Health Department inspection, the pigs remain healthy and far, on TT-Hue province has not yet happened blue ear pig. "
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Dr. Duong Van Sinh-Dean Emergency Recovery Hue Central Hospital, said this time last year each month only 1-2 patients hospitalized swine streptococcus, but in time more than a month back This number of patients hospitalized with this disease increased about 5 times over the same period and some patients died of streptococcus swine higher proportion than ever.
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Dr. Duong Van birth-Dean-Emergency Hue Central Hospital said: "We, Hue Central Hospital has received written confirmation request causes of mortality of patients with N. and BV is an official letter is a formal reply BN N. streptococcus swine die. " According to BS Biology, although BN N. have negative test results because the grassroots level in the previous Patients already taking antibiotics.
BS confirmed births, BN N. certainly infected swine streptococcus. Besides based on the results of blood cultures, this result may be determined by epidemiological factors (patients eat pork), clinical signs of disease consistent with symptoms of swine streptococcus, in addition the BN also suffered multiple organ meats. Moreover, in many cases results can not grow crops but streptococcus swine infected patients and still present a number of cases being treated in hospital. The medical records of patients N. also stated that there are many spots body hemorrhage, deep black skin, purple lips, the dark eye conjunctivitis, abdominal pain shady forest ...
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Of the five patients with native TT-Hue central hospital treatment in Hue, after taking a specific list on 28-5, the authorities were coordinating Cloramin B injection in the area of the living patients . Of these 5 patients, 3 patients had the pig but the Animal Health Department inspection, the pigs remain healthy and far, on TT-Hue province has not yet happened blue ear pig. "
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Dr. Duong Van Sinh-Dean Emergency Recovery Hue Central Hospital, said this time last year each month only 1-2 patients hospitalized swine streptococcus, but in time more than a month back This number of patients hospitalized with this disease increased about 5 times over the same period and some patients died of streptococcus swine higher proportion than ever.
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Yes or no disease in swine streptococcus bacteria will spread to people? Problem to be understood
25/05/2010
Currently, with the appearance of disease in the streptococcus bacteria make people confused, worried because everyone thought that blue ear pig disease, the disease can spread to the streptococcus bacteria. Scientists think that this is not the correct way for blue ear pig disease and swine Streptococcus disease are two completely different diseases. Not every blue ear pig disease are infected with streptococcus bacteria and infect humans.
To understand this problem, need to distinguish between disease and blue ear disease Streptococcus:
Blue ear disease: This disease is caused by a virus disease in pigs as pigs have high mortality and disease spread in nature with symptoms of redness and fever, particularly heavy bleeding can cause bleeding in the ear edges turn green, in fact this is the disorders reproductive respiratory (PRRS). Point to note is the blue ear pig disease in pigs and only cause infection for pigs, not able to infect humans.
Streptococcus disease in the pig:
It is caused by bacteria called Streptococus suis causes. Patients can usually meningitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, arthritis, bleeding in the skin, causing miscarriage pig ears and killing of bacteria is usually present in the nose and throat of the pig does not usually cause disease. But while meeting some conditions (such as blue ear pig disease, for example), they can cause disease herd. Streptococcus suis is also found in wild boar, horses, goats, cattle dogs and cats and even birds.
Streptococcus pig disease could infect humans through scratches on the skin, on mucous membranes. When transmitted to humans, patients show signs of fever, hemorrhage, meningitis is exponential, high fever, coma.
Relationship between Streptococcus disease in pigs and disease occur in humans.
Previously, sporadic disease occurs in people (not in translation) in several parts of Asia, particularly in 2005 the World Health Organization official notification of these diseases are rampant in China. However, if considering the degree of danger of causing disease, the disease will not easily spread as the disease caused by a virus. Because pathogens are bacteria should be easy to put out more services and can be treated effectively with antibiotics. And now this disease is also confirmed no signs of spread from person to person.
Road transmission: the bacteria can enter the body through open wounds and the wounds by building in and through ingestion.
Do not get confused between the disease and blue ear disease Streptococcus:
Pursuant to the characteristics of mechanisms of transmission lines, pathogens showed disease in swine Streptococcus completely different from blue ear disease. Essentially this is two diseases separately. Two patients only relevance is the blue ear pig disease will be infected and sick if Streptococcus bacteria are available in the surrounding environment and animals susceptible to opportunistic infections such as human being HIV infection. When the blue ear pig disease, the animal's resistance to major multiples are more likely to develop infections accounting for different types of bacteria which can infect both bacteria Streptococus suis.
According to scientific reports, then in 1993-1994, 90% of pigs infected with the virus of Japan and 10% have clinical symptoms blue ear disease, in 2000, in Canada 80% of infected pig ears green. But in these countries do not have shift Streptococcus infection in humans at that time.
That is not any blue ear pig disease that will Streptococcus infection.
People with risk:
Based on transmission lines, these subjects are at risk of infectious people in direct contact with pigs and pork products from undercooked pork, such as the farmers , veterinary staff, who slaughter, carriage trade, the processing of pork products infected. The eating of pork products cooked disease did not spread the disease. According to the results verify the latest working group on disease Streptococcus in swine to infect humans (MARD), the majority of people with this disease are caused by eating more soup (a dish made from blood pig alive , not cooked), and those who live in slaughter pigs
Prevention: Prevention is for people who depend on the disease control on herd. It is necessary to strictly control the movement and slaughter pigs as to ensure pork supply sources are clean sources of disease.
To prevent their own initiative, people absolutely not dead pig slaughtering sick pigs; not do, eat pork processing and disease. While making and food processing from pork meat not handle life on their hands if there are any scratches (since the tape and gloves were not waterproof), which keep food clean and wash hands with soap after handling raw meat every time. Do not share equipment between raw meat and processed meat cooked to avoid infection between raw meat and cooked meat, the meat must be cooked to destroy the bacteria.
Regarding the cases of patients infected with swine streptococcus bacteria in hospital treatment. Experts said that these patients were from the local epidemic is on the pig. Patients with these manifestations: Meningitis latex alone, sepsis alone or in combination of both types. Cases Streptococcus pig disease can cause meningitis coordination between latex and septicemia, the patients expressed very serious, can lead to shock, bleeding under the skin of each major segment, leading to rapid coagulation, multiple organ failure and possibly death.
The signs that, when infected with streptococcus bacteria, the disease has manifested high fever, can get to 40-41 degrees C, accompanied by gastrointestinal manifestations are diarrhea, or more expression encephalitis syndrome, syndrome respiration, especially with the large array of bleeding under the skin necrosis. When there are signs on, the patient needs to hospital immediately for medical treatment in time. People with this disease is by eating the blue ear pig disease or undercooked food contaminated with Streptococcus in processing and preservation.
According to the Ministry of Health, this is not a new illness, previously seen and reported. But at the time of blue ear pig disease outbreak is severe, the infection of Streptococcus and there can be release to occur. To prevent this disease, it is best to make people drink boiled cooked, not absolute slaughter and consumption of pork has expressed sick, sick ..
How to recognize infected pork "blue ear" and Streptococcus
Identifying infected swine Streptococcus difficult to determine with the naked eye, right through to the laboratory diagnostic microbiology. However, people can rely on the symptoms of red skin, red meat than usual and organs should also avoid eating red meat whether any disease is a disease what. Consumers should also buy pork at reputable stores, has Quarantine paper and thoroughly cooked before eating.
Currently, with the appearance of disease in the streptococcus bacteria make people confused, worried because everyone thought that blue ear pig disease, the disease can spread to the streptococcus bacteria. Scientists think that this is not the correct way for blue ear pig disease and swine Streptococcus disease are two completely different diseases. Not every blue ear pig disease are infected with streptococcus bacteria and infect humans.
To understand this problem, need to distinguish between disease and blue ear disease Streptococcus:
Blue ear disease: This disease is caused by a virus disease in pigs as pigs have high mortality and disease spread in nature with symptoms of redness and fever, particularly heavy bleeding can cause bleeding in the ear edges turn green, in fact this is the disorders reproductive respiratory (PRRS). Point to note is the blue ear pig disease in pigs and only cause infection for pigs, not able to infect humans.
Streptococcus disease in the pig:
It is caused by bacteria called Streptococus suis causes. Patients can usually meningitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, arthritis, bleeding in the skin, causing miscarriage pig ears and killing of bacteria is usually present in the nose and throat of the pig does not usually cause disease. But while meeting some conditions (such as blue ear pig disease, for example), they can cause disease herd. Streptococcus suis is also found in wild boar, horses, goats, cattle dogs and cats and even birds.
Streptococcus pig disease could infect humans through scratches on the skin, on mucous membranes. When transmitted to humans, patients show signs of fever, hemorrhage, meningitis is exponential, high fever, coma.
Relationship between Streptococcus disease in pigs and disease occur in humans.
Previously, sporadic disease occurs in people (not in translation) in several parts of Asia, particularly in 2005 the World Health Organization official notification of these diseases are rampant in China. However, if considering the degree of danger of causing disease, the disease will not easily spread as the disease caused by a virus. Because pathogens are bacteria should be easy to put out more services and can be treated effectively with antibiotics. And now this disease is also confirmed no signs of spread from person to person.
Road transmission: the bacteria can enter the body through open wounds and the wounds by building in and through ingestion.
Do not get confused between the disease and blue ear disease Streptococcus:
Pursuant to the characteristics of mechanisms of transmission lines, pathogens showed disease in swine Streptococcus completely different from blue ear disease. Essentially this is two diseases separately. Two patients only relevance is the blue ear pig disease will be infected and sick if Streptococcus bacteria are available in the surrounding environment and animals susceptible to opportunistic infections such as human being HIV infection. When the blue ear pig disease, the animal's resistance to major multiples are more likely to develop infections accounting for different types of bacteria which can infect both bacteria Streptococus suis.
According to scientific reports, then in 1993-1994, 90% of pigs infected with the virus of Japan and 10% have clinical symptoms blue ear disease, in 2000, in Canada 80% of infected pig ears green. But in these countries do not have shift Streptococcus infection in humans at that time.
That is not any blue ear pig disease that will Streptococcus infection.
People with risk:
Based on transmission lines, these subjects are at risk of infectious people in direct contact with pigs and pork products from undercooked pork, such as the farmers , veterinary staff, who slaughter, carriage trade, the processing of pork products infected. The eating of pork products cooked disease did not spread the disease. According to the results verify the latest working group on disease Streptococcus in swine to infect humans (MARD), the majority of people with this disease are caused by eating more soup (a dish made from blood pig alive , not cooked), and those who live in slaughter pigs
Prevention: Prevention is for people who depend on the disease control on herd. It is necessary to strictly control the movement and slaughter pigs as to ensure pork supply sources are clean sources of disease.
To prevent their own initiative, people absolutely not dead pig slaughtering sick pigs; not do, eat pork processing and disease. While making and food processing from pork meat not handle life on their hands if there are any scratches (since the tape and gloves were not waterproof), which keep food clean and wash hands with soap after handling raw meat every time. Do not share equipment between raw meat and processed meat cooked to avoid infection between raw meat and cooked meat, the meat must be cooked to destroy the bacteria.
Regarding the cases of patients infected with swine streptococcus bacteria in hospital treatment. Experts said that these patients were from the local epidemic is on the pig. Patients with these manifestations: Meningitis latex alone, sepsis alone or in combination of both types. Cases Streptococcus pig disease can cause meningitis coordination between latex and septicemia, the patients expressed very serious, can lead to shock, bleeding under the skin of each major segment, leading to rapid coagulation, multiple organ failure and possibly death.
The signs that, when infected with streptococcus bacteria, the disease has manifested high fever, can get to 40-41 degrees C, accompanied by gastrointestinal manifestations are diarrhea, or more expression encephalitis syndrome, syndrome respiration, especially with the large array of bleeding under the skin necrosis. When there are signs on, the patient needs to hospital immediately for medical treatment in time. People with this disease is by eating the blue ear pig disease or undercooked food contaminated with Streptococcus in processing and preservation.
According to the Ministry of Health, this is not a new illness, previously seen and reported. But at the time of blue ear pig disease outbreak is severe, the infection of Streptococcus and there can be release to occur. To prevent this disease, it is best to make people drink boiled cooked, not absolute slaughter and consumption of pork has expressed sick, sick ..
How to recognize infected pork "blue ear" and Streptococcus
Identifying infected swine Streptococcus difficult to determine with the naked eye, right through to the laboratory diagnostic microbiology. However, people can rely on the symptoms of red skin, red meat than usual and organs should also avoid eating red meat whether any disease is a disease what. Consumers should also buy pork at reputable stores, has Quarantine paper and thoroughly cooked before eating.
Phoenix-area hospitals fight highly toxic 'supergerm'
May. 29, 2010
Maricopa County health officials have confirmed that a relatively new, extremely toxic strain of bacteria has been found in hospitals and other health-care facilities in the Valley.
The germ, known as Clostridium difficile, has long plagued the medical profession and is blamed for an increasing amount of illness in patients.
But this is the first time the new strain, known in medical circles as "NAP1," is believed to have been linked to patient illness and deaths in Arizona, health officials said. It carries at least 20 times as much toxin as the original strain.
According to the county, at least 10 patients have fallen severely ill from this new type of C. diff since early March. Two of those who were infected have died, though the germ has not been named conclusively as the cause of death. All the patients were elderly and suffered from health problems.
"Assuming this continues to evolve, it is going to be a real pain for our health-care communities," said Dr. Bob England, director of the Maricopa County Department of Public Health.
Like other "supergerms," all strains of C. diff are resistant to powerful antibiotics, and the infection is difficult and expensive to treat. The germ causes pronounced diarrhea and, in severe cases, can lead to inflammation of the colon, which can be fatal.
Healthy and younger people usually don't get C. diff. Most cases occur in health-care facilities, and those represent only a small fraction of the tens of millions of admissions to U.S. hospitals and nursing homes every year. But the number of cases has risen sharply over the past decade, to nearly 500,000 in 2007, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Arizona Republic first learned of an ongoing C. diff outbreak last month after filing a state Public Records Law request to obtain a health alert issued by the Arizona Department of Health Services.
The alert contained no information about how the outbreak started, which hospitals were involved or how many patients were affected. County officials maintained that they were not obligated to provide that information.
This week, officials with the county Public Health Department and Banner Health, a non-profit group, met with a reporter and an editor from The Republic. Banner revealed that Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa had identified the strain after seeing some patients become very ill.
The hospital alerted the county to the problem in early March.
"If there's a cluster, an outbreak, we want to report that," said Dr. John Hensing, executive vice president and chief medical officer at Banner Health, a Phoenix-based non-profit health-care group.
Banner officials say they believe that most, if not all, patients came to Banner Baywood with an active C. diff infection, rather than contracting it at the facility. Some arrived from long-term-care facilities and nursing homes or went to the emergency room after falling sick at home.
The patients were elderly, suffered from other health problems and had been on extensive antibiotics. Prolonged antibiotic use can heighten a patient's susceptibility to C. diff because the drugs can kill off the body's "good" bacteria, allowing it to flourish.
Arizona, like many other states, does not track incidences of C. diff.
But a Republic analysis of hospital-discharge records shows that from Jan. 1, 2008, to Dec. 31, 2009, patients at Arizona hospitals were identified as having a C. diff infections more than 15,400 times.
The bug is becoming a major problem for hospitals because it spreads easily. Traditional cleansers and hand sanitizers fail to neutralize its spores, which are often spread through fecal-oral contact. The best ways to deter C. diff is with bleach and aggressive hand-washing.
Banner said officials at Baywood took immediate steps to control the outbreak, including isolating patients who exhibited symptoms of illness.
They also sanitized surfaces and equipment throughout the hospital with bleach and instituted new hand-washing protocols for all patients, including those too sick to get out of bed.
Nurses now bring them bottles of water so they can scrub their hands with soap without getting up, officials said.
They believe they have the outbreak under control.
This is not the first time Banner Baywood has dealt with a spike in germ-related infections.
In April 2008, hospital officials noticed a spike among post-surgical patients. Nineteen cases involved a supergerm known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. Seven infections were tied to the E. coli bacterium, and about a dozen others were caused by various other bacteria, according to the hospital. The facility implemented a series of aggressive procedures over several months to eliminate the problem.
County public-health officials say it's likely that this strain will continue to crop up in community and health-care facilities.
Officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agree. The CDC said Tuesday that the NAP1 C. diff strain has been spreading rapidly since it was first identified in health-care settings in six states from 2000 to 2003.
It has now been officially identified in 39 states, although it's likely throughout the country, CDC officials said.
"Do I think it just got here? No. But this is the first time it was reported to public health," said Dr. Rebecca Sunenshine, medical epidemiologist for the county's Public Health Department. "So, I would start operating under the assumption that every strain we see is this new strain."
Deal at stake hospital bacteria
Previously posted here
06/05/2010 10:00 (GMT +7)
excerpt:
Disease "dual"
After a first week of treatment at the hospital, I N.D.T, 6 years old, born in Bac Giang, latex with meningitis had signs of recovery. Suddenly the second week, her appearance of symptoms accompanied by fever, cough, vomiting of all foods. After the diagnosis, the doctor pediatric hospital, confirmed the central, more children are suffering from pneumonia patients. According to the treating physician, patients hospitalized in a state of high fever, convulsions, consciousness disturbances, visual, can be the situation very thin, weak and susceptible to bacterial attack hospital.
The disease usually begins suddenly and immediately critical, serious disease events, high mortality (20-30%).
Some earlier cases may have some symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea or other flu-like illness after a fever, rash ... but in typical cases, common with young febrile convulsions the whole body; the attack occurred consecutively, and then went into a coma, the majority of deep coma.
06/05/2010 10:00 (GMT +7)
excerpt:
Disease "dual"
After a first week of treatment at the hospital, I N.D.T, 6 years old, born in Bac Giang, latex with meningitis had signs of recovery. Suddenly the second week, her appearance of symptoms accompanied by fever, cough, vomiting of all foods. After the diagnosis, the doctor pediatric hospital, confirmed the central, more children are suffering from pneumonia patients. According to the treating physician, patients hospitalized in a state of high fever, convulsions, consciousness disturbances, visual, can be the situation very thin, weak and susceptible to bacterial attack hospital.
Vietnam: Disease Begins Suddenly & Immediately Critical - Mortality: 20-30%
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Saturday, 05/29/2010 | 8:43:54 Morning
Heat waves intermingled with those made on oi [oi = hot and oppressive; sultry] concentration of hospitalized children increased sharply, most of those cases are severe. The causes are different but have the same clinical disease situation.
The disease usually begins suddenly and immediately critical, serious disease events, high mortality (20-30%).
Some earlier cases may have some symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea or other flu-like illness after a fever, rash ... but in typical cases, common with young febrile convulsions the whole body; the attack occurred consecutively, and then went into a coma, the majority of deep coma.
Children with cardiac arrhythmias or visit circuit, irregular breathing, but no signs of paralysis (or fallen paralyzed the nerves).
Due to sudden weather changes, no time to adapt children, plus environmental pollution should be the number of children infected with respiratory tract, dermatitis also increased markedly. The rate of respiratory tract infections caused by viruses (viral) is quite high, often manifested by symptoms of sore throat, sore nose - throat (fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat) and pneumonia. Many severe pneumonia but her parents thought was the only nose-throat infections common, self-medication for children, when very ill for a sick child, it was late.
Sunny summer weather erratic rainfall, air temperature fluctuations, high humidity environment ... has an opportunity for bacteria, viruses and pathogenic development. To actively prevent the above diseases, the family, parents should pay attention to well implement the following measures:
- Important to ensure adequate nutrition for children. Food is cooked, hot drink, not eat rancid stale, do not eat green fruits and vegetables, drinking enough water, use clean water in living and hygiene when preparing milk for babies, the food processing ;
- Note thoughtful care: personal hygiene, wearing masks when the road; daily to eye drops, nose drops for children (some three times daily) with 0.9% solution of sodium chlorite to clean the nose, eyes;
- Never let children play with the sun, when the sun or go to school hat, broad-brimmed hats; have enough drinking water for children both at home and while in school.
- Housing must be clean, airy and light enough. When using electric fans, fan should be placed toward the wall or screen for cooling, fans not to flush straight into the wind, especially young children. In urban areas, if using air conditioning, so to room temperature lower than ambient temperature outside is about 8-10oC or maintain the room temperature around 28 degrees Celsius, remember to drink enough water to children from dry throat, especially when sitting for long periods in room air conditioners, to prevent children (and adults) from stuffy nose, sore throat, headache, dizziness to the room should be a basin of water or occasionally wipe the floor home with a moist cloth to maintain humidity in the room. When the cold outside the room slowly opened, wait 2-3 minutes to leave the room (to give your body time to adjust to outside air).
- Adequate preventive vaccine.
- Make sure children wear long pants, long-sleeved clothing to avoid mosquito bites, bed nets, including the child's sleep during the day, clearing underbrush, the block drains, remove where mosquitoes lay (a pool of stagnant water, cans of beer , coconut shells, pieces of standing rain water bottles), fish-tailed flag on the tank some food jars to kill the weak throw.
- When you see kids should closely monitor a fever, if the child fever from 38.5 ° C or higher should fever baby clothes by extension, put a warm towel chuom on the forehead, armpits, groin, fever medication ( paracetamol), then putting her to the doctor immediately.
Saturday, 05/29/2010 | 8:43:54 Morning
Heat waves intermingled with those made on oi [oi = hot and oppressive; sultry] concentration of hospitalized children increased sharply, most of those cases are severe. The causes are different but have the same clinical disease situation.
The disease usually begins suddenly and immediately critical, serious disease events, high mortality (20-30%).
Some earlier cases may have some symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea or other flu-like illness after a fever, rash ... but in typical cases, common with young febrile convulsions the whole body; the attack occurred consecutively, and then went into a coma, the majority of deep coma.
Children with cardiac arrhythmias or visit circuit, irregular breathing, but no signs of paralysis (or fallen paralyzed the nerves).
Due to sudden weather changes, no time to adapt children, plus environmental pollution should be the number of children infected with respiratory tract, dermatitis also increased markedly. The rate of respiratory tract infections caused by viruses (viral) is quite high, often manifested by symptoms of sore throat, sore nose - throat (fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat) and pneumonia. Many severe pneumonia but her parents thought was the only nose-throat infections common, self-medication for children, when very ill for a sick child, it was late.
Sunny summer weather erratic rainfall, air temperature fluctuations, high humidity environment ... has an opportunity for bacteria, viruses and pathogenic development. To actively prevent the above diseases, the family, parents should pay attention to well implement the following measures:
- Important to ensure adequate nutrition for children. Food is cooked, hot drink, not eat rancid stale, do not eat green fruits and vegetables, drinking enough water, use clean water in living and hygiene when preparing milk for babies, the food processing ;
- Note thoughtful care: personal hygiene, wearing masks when the road; daily to eye drops, nose drops for children (some three times daily) with 0.9% solution of sodium chlorite to clean the nose, eyes;
- Never let children play with the sun, when the sun or go to school hat, broad-brimmed hats; have enough drinking water for children both at home and while in school.
- Housing must be clean, airy and light enough. When using electric fans, fan should be placed toward the wall or screen for cooling, fans not to flush straight into the wind, especially young children. In urban areas, if using air conditioning, so to room temperature lower than ambient temperature outside is about 8-10oC or maintain the room temperature around 28 degrees Celsius, remember to drink enough water to children from dry throat, especially when sitting for long periods in room air conditioners, to prevent children (and adults) from stuffy nose, sore throat, headache, dizziness to the room should be a basin of water or occasionally wipe the floor home with a moist cloth to maintain humidity in the room. When the cold outside the room slowly opened, wait 2-3 minutes to leave the room (to give your body time to adjust to outside air).
- Adequate preventive vaccine.
- Make sure children wear long pants, long-sleeved clothing to avoid mosquito bites, bed nets, including the child's sleep during the day, clearing underbrush, the block drains, remove where mosquitoes lay (a pool of stagnant water, cans of beer , coconut shells, pieces of standing rain water bottles), fish-tailed flag on the tank some food jars to kill the weak throw.
- When you see kids should closely monitor a fever, if the child fever from 38.5 ° C or higher should fever baby clothes by extension, put a warm towel chuom on the forehead, armpits, groin, fever medication ( paracetamol), then putting her to the doctor immediately.
Blue ear pig frightening. Alarms patients swine streptococcus surge
05.29.2010, 09:45
(24h) - In the last few days, some mass media reported patients N. death due to streptococcus swine, affecting people and the psychological community.
In just over a month (late April to May), Hue Central Hospital received 28 patients (BN) in the Central provinces like Quang Ngai, TT-Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Binh ... streptococcus infected pigs in which there are many patients with positive blood cultures and some suspected. Up to date have been 28-5 five patients died due to streptococcus swine and 7 patients were treated at the Faculty of Science-Emergency and spread the Hue Central Hospital.
Patients die in Quang Ngai streptococcus swine?
The patient died of swine streptococcus latest in Hue Central Hospital as he Bui Van N. (37 years old, resident P. Lo District, Quang Ngai City.) Patients hospitalized in light condition 21-5 high fever, pneumonia and multiple organs failure after eating pig blood pudding, to dawn, the death 22-5.
N. In addition patients with 4 patients (including TT-Hue has 2 cases) have died of swine streptococcus. Although the conclusions of BV T. Hue, the patient Ư N. death is due to streptococcus swine, but 26-5 pm, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Men, deputy director of Quang Ngai Department of Health said that the past few days, some mass media reported patients N. death due to streptococcus swine, affecting people and the psychological community.
According to BS Passion infect swine streptococcus disease from pigs to humans by contact or eating undercooked pork, pigs eat more soup. The clinical manifestations of this disease is sepsis, bleeding under the skin throughout the body and form for the necrosis, leading to multiple organs failure and death. Previously, on 24-5, Quang Ngai Department of Health has sent an official letter T. BV Hue Ư mention this problem.
receiving the written request certifying causes of death of BN N. and BV is an official letter is a formal reply BN N. streptococcus swine die. " According to BS Biology, although BN N. have negative test results because the grassroots level in the previous Patients already taking antibiotics.
BS confirmed births, N. patients certainly infected swine streptococcus. Besides based on the results of blood cultures, this result may be determined by epidemiological factors (patients eat pork), clinical signs of disease consistent with symptoms of swine streptococcus, in addition patients also suffered multiple organ meats.
Moreover, in many cases the results of blood cultures grew streptococcus swine but not the patient is still infected and some cases being treated in hospital. The medical records of patients N. clearly also have more notes than full haemorrhage, deep black skin, purple lips, the dark eye conjunctivitis, abdominal pain shady forest ...
People should not be subjective
Although doctors have been advised not to eat pig blood pudding, pig hearts before swine streptococcus status is up, but the observation of PV, quite a subjective and people still did not exclude food "blocks export "outside the menu that morning.
According to Dr. Duong Van Sinh, the symptoms of swine streptococcus infections similar to food poisoning such as vomiting, diarrhea loose stools, fatigue, severe shock, multiple organ failure ... However, some cases occur these signs are as food poisoning, so do not come immediately to hospital visits, and a number of cases to hospital too late when it is very difficult to treat.
Mr. Hoang Huu Nam, deputy director of TT-Hue Department of Health said: "Afternoon 27-5, the Department has collaborated with the Center for Preventive Medicine and Department of Health profession monitor the situation the positive and suspected cases streptococcus infection in swine BV T. Ư Hue. Of the 5 patients with TT-Hue countryside was being treated at Hue Central Hospital, after taking a specific list on 28-5, the authorities were coordinating Chloramin B injection in the BN area that students live. Of these 5 patients, 3 patients but when the pigs of Animal Health Department inspection, the pigs remain healthy and far, on TT-Hue province has not yet happened blue ear pig. "
Situation of swine streptococcus infection increased sharply in the Central, TT-Hue Department of Health to step up propaganda activities. For those cases had positive test results, the Department set up teams to carry out sanitation in areas where patients live.
Dr. Duong Van Sinh warns that people should not use processed food from pork of unknown origin, not cooked, when processed to bring gloves, absolutely not eat pig blood pudding. Bacterial transmission from pigs to humans, so when people exposed to pigs should be protected belongings. Immediately after suspected exposure to germs to wash hands thoroughly.
Especially when people 40-41 degrees high fever, diarrhea, with patches of hemorrhagic necrosis of the skin, stiff neck ... just need basic medical examination and treatment. The functional need urgently to strengthen quarantine and strict prohibition of circulation of cattle diseases by province.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Appears diseases in pigs Luong Thuong
10:46 '05/27/2010 (GMT +7)
Within 20 days back, in the commune compensation (Na Ri) has over 50 pigs were sick with a fever epidemic, stop eating, in which 6 pigs of his household and Agriculture Thiem Brown, Pan Discharge village were killed.
His herd of Agriculture Thiem Brown household and village Pan Discharge infected diseases.
It is known that pigs are not vaccinated when vaccine and detect signs of disease, most children are her own against the service, do not follow the guidance of professional bodies, should lead to disease outbreaks on pigs in the commune. Immediately after capture the situation, Na Ri district Veterinary Station area has to examine and take samples for testing. As originally defined by the district veterinary service stations appear on pigs in the Upper Luong in time may be due to infections caused blood disease. We continue to authorities determine the cause of the spread of swine diseases Luong in Shanghai to take measures against the epidemic spread. /
Within 20 days back, in the commune compensation (Na Ri) has over 50 pigs were sick with a fever epidemic, stop eating, in which 6 pigs of his household and Agriculture Thiem Brown, Pan Discharge village were killed.
His herd of Agriculture Thiem Brown household and village Pan Discharge infected diseases.
It is known that pigs are not vaccinated when vaccine and detect signs of disease, most children are her own against the service, do not follow the guidance of professional bodies, should lead to disease outbreaks on pigs in the commune. Immediately after capture the situation, Na Ri district Veterinary Station area has to examine and take samples for testing. As originally defined by the district veterinary service stations appear on pigs in the Upper Luong in time may be due to infections caused blood disease. We continue to authorities determine the cause of the spread of swine diseases Luong in Shanghai to take measures against the epidemic spread. /
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