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  • Taiwan - Tainan: suspected outbreak of bovine ephemeral fever epidemic - 246 cows possibly infected

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    Tainan suspect appears bovine ephemeral fever epidemic 246 suspected infected cows

    Huaxia Jingwei Website 2014-04-16 08:23:17
      
    According to Taiwan's TVBS news station reported that a suspected outbreak of Tainan, dairying bovine ephemeral fever epidemic, a week ago, has had 246 cows suspected bovine ephemeral fever infection, including 31 deaths, since the total milk production in Tainan Taiwan 1 / 4, causing concern, but authorities said the suspected infected cattle only 1% had little effect.   

    Tainan City Animal Protection Office Deputy Director Wu Bin name, said: "The number of effects is not completely revealed, but it is not because of some cattle infected lactating cows."   

    Tainan Animal Protection Department said, if cows infected with bovine ephemeral fever, lactation will reduce production Raw milk can not be used due to the collection of raw milk and raw milk when the milk factory set will be detected, cow's milk, the milk will not flow into the collection made ​​milk supply plant.   

    Reported that a total of 101 Tainan, dairy farming, rearing of cows 24,000, the total milk production units 1/4, the current cattle suspected of being infected bovine ephemeral fever is only 246, about 1% of Tainan City, the impact seems to be not, but if households view, but more than half, still can not be overlooked.   

    Deputy Director of the Animal Protection Department, Tainan name Wu Bin, said: "(bovine ephemeral fever) is bitten by a mosquito infected Culicoides, so we have to help dairy farmers, cattle farm where disinfection done quickly with the surrounding, also called casein farmers to do plus hanging lights and mosquito nets action. "   rainy season due to the high value cattle mosquito density, and now dairy farmers in the agricultural sector in addition to counseling for infected cattle health, isolated, mosquito control, but also orders counties to strengthen prevention, to avoid spread of the disease. Source: China News Network

    zhttp://huaxia.com/tslj/lasq/2014/04/3841305.html
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