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Published Date: 2011-11-07 19:51:11
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed zoonosis, caprine - Burundi ex Tanzania: susp. RFI
Archive Number: 20111107.3319 UNDIAGNOSED ZOONOSIS, CAPRINE - BURUNDI ex TANZANIA: SUSPECTED,
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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A ProMED-mail post
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Date: Wed 26 Oct 2011
Source: IWACU - The voice of Burundi [in French, trans. communicator
RK, summarised, edited]
http://www.iwacu-burundi.org/spip.php?article1171
Since last September [2011], goat meat has not been consumed in the municipality of Giharo [map at http://healthmap.org/r/1pFd]. A viral disease has been indicated; over 300 goats have been slaughtered. Health officials say that slaughter is the only solution.
The Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Livestock [DPAE, Direction provinciale d'agriculture et de l'elevage] in Rutana has banned the consumption of meat from goats and sheep due to a viral disease. According to Hermenegilde Butunagu, head of livestock in DPAE, the ban is of particular significance to the population along Tanzania's borders, beyond which the disease is claimed to originate. "This disease can be transmitted to humans if contaminated meat is eaten," he stressed.
Some people claim that the disease appeared with goats from Tanzania and was distributed to the population by [an NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation), name omitted]. This version of the events was confirmed by Hermenegilde Butunagu. The suspicion of a viral infection is supported by the fact that the NGO did not treat the animals with antibiotics. "The DPAE recommended the systematic elimination of all infected goats and sheep to protect those who are still healthy. In all, 325 goats were burned and buried."
According to the administrator of the municipality of Giharo, Gilbert Nyandwi, the slaughtered animals were burnt to prevent their consumption. He said that awareness meetings had been organized for the public: "The farmers were asked not to bring goats from Tanzania."
It is hoped that these measures will be effective and that within a few weeks, the situation will return to normal.
[Byline: Christian Bigirimana]
-- Communicated by: Ronan Kelly for FluTrackers.com <RONANKELLY@COMCAST.NET>
[Though the newswire raises the suspicion of a zoonotic disease, data to support this suspicion are not included.
In case this is indeed a public-health issue, main suspect viral zoonotic diseases which can be transmitted by small ruminants are Rift Valley fever (RVF) and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). The most recent outbreak of RVF in Tanzania was recorded in 2007.
The little and blurred information included does not allow further speculation, though if a foodborne infection is at play, bacterial diseases deserve consideration as well, with special reference to _Brucella melitensis_.
Earlier this year [2011], an undiagnosed epizootic in goats was unofficially reported from north Burundi; ProMED-mail posted an RFI (20110917.2830).
More and detailed information on both events are requested. - Mod.AS]
See Also
Undiagnosed disease, caprine - Burundi: goat pox susp., RFI
20110917.2830
2007
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Rift Valley fever, East Africa (33): Burundi (Muyinga) 20070519.1592]
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Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed zoonosis, caprine - Burundi ex Tanzania: susp. RFI
Archive Number: 20111107.3319 UNDIAGNOSED ZOONOSIS, CAPRINE - BURUNDI ex TANZANIA: SUSPECTED,
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
************************************************** *************************************
A ProMED-mail post
http://www.promedmail.org
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
http://www.isid.org
Date: Wed 26 Oct 2011
Source: IWACU - The voice of Burundi [in French, trans. communicator
RK, summarised, edited]
http://www.iwacu-burundi.org/spip.php?article1171
Since last September [2011], goat meat has not been consumed in the municipality of Giharo [map at http://healthmap.org/r/1pFd]. A viral disease has been indicated; over 300 goats have been slaughtered. Health officials say that slaughter is the only solution.
The Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Livestock [DPAE, Direction provinciale d'agriculture et de l'elevage] in Rutana has banned the consumption of meat from goats and sheep due to a viral disease. According to Hermenegilde Butunagu, head of livestock in DPAE, the ban is of particular significance to the population along Tanzania's borders, beyond which the disease is claimed to originate. "This disease can be transmitted to humans if contaminated meat is eaten," he stressed.
Some people claim that the disease appeared with goats from Tanzania and was distributed to the population by [an NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation), name omitted]. This version of the events was confirmed by Hermenegilde Butunagu. The suspicion of a viral infection is supported by the fact that the NGO did not treat the animals with antibiotics. "The DPAE recommended the systematic elimination of all infected goats and sheep to protect those who are still healthy. In all, 325 goats were burned and buried."
According to the administrator of the municipality of Giharo, Gilbert Nyandwi, the slaughtered animals were burnt to prevent their consumption. He said that awareness meetings had been organized for the public: "The farmers were asked not to bring goats from Tanzania."
It is hoped that these measures will be effective and that within a few weeks, the situation will return to normal.
[Byline: Christian Bigirimana]
-- Communicated by: Ronan Kelly for FluTrackers.com <RONANKELLY@COMCAST.NET>
[Though the newswire raises the suspicion of a zoonotic disease, data to support this suspicion are not included.
In case this is indeed a public-health issue, main suspect viral zoonotic diseases which can be transmitted by small ruminants are Rift Valley fever (RVF) and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). The most recent outbreak of RVF in Tanzania was recorded in 2007.
The little and blurred information included does not allow further speculation, though if a foodborne infection is at play, bacterial diseases deserve consideration as well, with special reference to _Brucella melitensis_.
Earlier this year [2011], an undiagnosed epizootic in goats was unofficially reported from north Burundi; ProMED-mail posted an RFI (20110917.2830).
More and detailed information on both events are requested. - Mod.AS]
See Also
Undiagnosed disease, caprine - Burundi: goat pox susp., RFI
20110917.2830
2007
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Rift Valley fever, East Africa (33): Burundi (Muyinga) 20070519.1592]
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