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cats die-off, pichit, thailand
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Re: _|CATS DIE-OFF, PICHIT, THAILAND|_
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Distemper seen as cause of cat deaths
APIRADEE TREERUTKUARKUL
Feline distemper is likely to kill a large number of cats in the central province of Ang Thong, but the virus would not be transmitted from animals to humans, the Disease Control Department said yesterday.
The department released a statement on the situation after reports of more than 60 cats in tambon Chawai in Chaiyo district dying of symptoms similar to feline distemper in the past three months.
Apirom Puanghat, a veterinarian at the bureau of transmissible diseases, said the deaths were caused by the feline panleukopenia virus, commonly known as feline distemper.
The viral infection had occurred in the area before, and is particularly severe in unvaccinated cats, she said.
Most cats had similar symptoms - lethargy, loss of appetite, high fever, vomiting and eventually death, according to a report by the provincial public health and livestock department.
The National Institute of Animal Health is now testing samples to confirm the virus has broken out. It the tests are positive, the institute will investigate the cause of the outbreak, she said.
Dr Apirom said the feline distemper primarily spread through contact with an infected cat's fluids, faeces or fleas. The virus causes a decrease in the cat's white blood cells and slows its immune system.
Cats infected with the virus can have symptoms such as bloody diarrhoea and anaemia before dying. Miscarriages can happen if a cat is exposed to the virus during pregnancy.
However, the virus can be prevented by vaccination. Owners should get cats over nine months old vaccinated every year to avoid infection.
Public health and livestock officials yesterday sprayed disinfectant in every village in Chaiyo district to prevent any further spread of the disease among cats.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/25Mar2008_news006.php
Re: _|CATS DIE-OFF, PICHIT, THAILAND|_
Distemper seen as cause of cat deaths
APIRADEE TREERUTKUARKUL
Feline distemper is likely to kill a large number of cats in the central province of Ang Thong, but the virus would not be transmitted from animals to humans, the Disease Control Department said yesterday.
The department released a statement on the situation after reports of more than 60 cats in tambon Chawai in Chaiyo district dying of symptoms similar to feline distemper in the past three months.
Apirom Puanghat, a veterinarian at the bureau of transmissible diseases, said the deaths were caused by the feline panleukopenia virus, commonly known as feline distemper.
The viral infection had occurred in the area before, and is particularly severe in unvaccinated cats, she said.
Most cats had similar symptoms - lethargy, loss of appetite, high fever, vomiting and eventually death, according to a report by the provincial public health and livestock department.
The National Institute of Animal Health is now testing samples to confirm the virus has broken out. It the tests are positive, the institute will investigate the cause of the outbreak, she said.
Dr Apirom said the feline distemper primarily spread through contact with an infected cat's fluids, faeces or fleas. The virus causes a decrease in the cat's white blood cells and slows its immune system.
Cats infected with the virus can have symptoms such as bloody diarrhoea and anaemia before dying. Miscarriages can happen if a cat is exposed to the virus during pregnancy.
However, the virus can be prevented by vaccination. Owners should get cats over nine months old vaccinated every year to avoid infection.
Public health and livestock officials yesterday sprayed disinfectant in every village in Chaiyo district to prevent any further spread of the disease among cats.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/25Mar2008_news006.php
Re: _|CATS DIE-OFF, PICHIT, THAILAND|_
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080326/lf_nm_life/thailand_temples_dc_1
Thai temples flooded with pets after viral outbreak
Wed Mar 26, 8:22 AM ET
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Buddhist temples in central Thailand have been flooded with abandoned cats and dogs after an outbreak of feline and canine distemper killed hundreds of pets in the past month, newspapers reported on Wednesday. One temple in the rice growing province of Phichit, 350 km (220 miles) north of Bangkok, had to put up a sign asking pet owners to stop "supplying" the monastery with cats and dogs.
"Wat Bung has enough of cats and dogs," said a sign at the monastery posted on newspaper Web site www.manager.co.th.
"We prefer bricks, stones, sand, cement or paint," for construction in the temple, it said.
Each of the 50 monks' living quarters is shared by two to five cats, the Bangkok Post newspaper quoted a monk at the temple, where chicken owners abandoned their birds when the province was hit by a deadly bird flu outbreak, as saying.
The panic prompt cat-loving Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and other state agencies to urge people to take their pets back from the temples and have them vaccinated.
"Don't worry. The vets say they are hit by cat measles or cat flu," Samak told reporters. "It didn't bother me when six of my cats died at one time."
Temples remain community centers in predominantly Buddhist Thailand and people make donation to monks or temples hoping the good deeds will bring them a better next life.
"Those who abandon their pets at the temples are giving themselves sin, not merit," a senior official at the National Buddhism Office was quoted in the Thai Rath daily as saying.
(Reporting by Nopporn Wong-Anan; Editing by Michael Battye)
Re: _|CATS DIE-OFF, PICHIT, THAILAND|_
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080326/lf_nm_life/thailand_temples_dc_1
Thai temples flooded with pets after viral outbreak
Wed Mar 26, 8:22 AM ET
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Buddhist temples in central Thailand have been flooded with abandoned cats and dogs after an outbreak of feline and canine distemper killed hundreds of pets in the past month, newspapers reported on Wednesday. One temple in the rice growing province of Phichit, 350 km (220 miles) north of Bangkok, had to put up a sign asking pet owners to stop "supplying" the monastery with cats and dogs.
"Wat Bung has enough of cats and dogs," said a sign at the monastery posted on newspaper Web site www.manager.co.th.
"We prefer bricks, stones, sand, cement or paint," for construction in the temple, it said.
Each of the 50 monks' living quarters is shared by two to five cats, the Bangkok Post newspaper quoted a monk at the temple, where chicken owners abandoned their birds when the province was hit by a deadly bird flu outbreak, as saying.
The panic prompt cat-loving Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and other state agencies to urge people to take their pets back from the temples and have them vaccinated.
"Don't worry. The vets say they are hit by cat measles or cat flu," Samak told reporters. "It didn't bother me when six of my cats died at one time."
Temples remain community centers in predominantly Buddhist Thailand and people make donation to monks or temples hoping the good deeds will bring them a better next life.
"Those who abandon their pets at the temples are giving themselves sin, not merit," a senior official at the National Buddhism Office was quoted in the Thai Rath daily as saying.
(Reporting by Nopporn Wong-Anan; Editing by Michael Battye)
Re: _|CATS DIE-OFF, PICHIT, THAILAND|_
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"Each of the 50 monks' living quarters is shared by two to five cats, ... at the temple, where chicken owners abandoned their birds when the province was hit by a deadly bird flu outbreak, as saying."
For now seems that the monks are in good health.
"... cat-loving (?!?) Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej ..."
"... Samak told reporters. "It didn't bother me when six of my cats died at one time."
One song well telling us: "Life is Life".
The life of other earth creatures are life, also.
I doubt that the min. is a cat-lover, or maybe the reported part of the text are ironical, or missleading.
Re: _|CATS DIE-OFF, PICHIT, THAILAND|_
"Each of the 50 monks' living quarters is shared by two to five cats, ... at the temple, where chicken owners abandoned their birds when the province was hit by a deadly bird flu outbreak, as saying."
For now seems that the monks are in good health.
"... cat-loving (?!?) Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej ..."
"... Samak told reporters. "It didn't bother me when six of my cats died at one time."
One song well telling us: "Life is Life".
The life of other earth creatures are life, also.
I doubt that the min. is a cat-lover, or maybe the reported part of the text are ironical, or missleading.
Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: _|CATS DIE-OFF, PICHIT, THAILAND|_
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Neither feline or canine distemper is a threat to human public health. Here's a link that discusses the diseases:
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220-26505--,00.html
Re: _|CATS DIE-OFF, PICHIT, THAILAND|_
Neither feline or canine distemper is a threat to human public health. Here's a link that discusses the diseases:
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220-26505--,00.html
Snowy Owl
Retired in 2010, In Memoriam
Pets abandoned after mysterious death of cats in Thailand
Pets abandoned after mysterious death of cats in Thailand
Pets abandoned after mysterious death of cats in Thailand
www.chinaview.cn 2008-03-25 13:30:13
BANGKOK, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Many pet owners in Thailand's northern province Phichit have abandoned their cats and dogs at temples over panic after many cats died mysteriously in central Thailand, media here reported Tuesday.
Laboratory tests are still being conducted to determine what caused the deaths of at least dozens of cats in the central Ang Thong province.
The Disease Control Department under the Public Health Ministry on Monday said the most likely cause of the cat deaths is feline distemper. Animal experts said the feline distemper primarily spread through contact with an infected cat's fluids, faeces or fleas.
The Ministry has warned people to wash their hands after direct contact with a cat and avoid touching any strays, and advised cat owners to vaccinate their pets to prevent any infection.
It also assured the public that the disease, whatever it might be, will not be passed on to humans.
But that reassurance doesn't seem enough to quench local people's concern about possible human infection. Many people in Phichit province have reportedly abandoned their cats and dogs at temples, according to a Bangkok Post website report.
The abbot of Bueng Sri Fai temple in Phichit to plead with locals not to leave animals at the temple as it has become a big burden to the monks.
"Monks at the temple will have to be responsible for cleaning up animal faeces, few get enough sleep now because of all the noise from cat and dog fights and all the howling," the abbot was quoted as complaining.
Editor: Jiang Yuxia
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/25/content_7855022.htm
Pets abandoned after mysterious death of cats in Thailand
Pets abandoned after mysterious death of cats in Thailand
www.chinaview.cn 2008-03-25 13:30:13
BANGKOK, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Many pet owners in Thailand's northern province Phichit have abandoned their cats and dogs at temples over panic after many cats died mysteriously in central Thailand, media here reported Tuesday.
Laboratory tests are still being conducted to determine what caused the deaths of at least dozens of cats in the central Ang Thong province.
The Disease Control Department under the Public Health Ministry on Monday said the most likely cause of the cat deaths is feline distemper. Animal experts said the feline distemper primarily spread through contact with an infected cat's fluids, faeces or fleas.
The Ministry has warned people to wash their hands after direct contact with a cat and avoid touching any strays, and advised cat owners to vaccinate their pets to prevent any infection.
It also assured the public that the disease, whatever it might be, will not be passed on to humans.
But that reassurance doesn't seem enough to quench local people's concern about possible human infection. Many people in Phichit province have reportedly abandoned their cats and dogs at temples, according to a Bangkok Post website report.
The abbot of Bueng Sri Fai temple in Phichit to plead with locals not to leave animals at the temple as it has become a big burden to the monks.
"Monks at the temple will have to be responsible for cleaning up animal faeces, few get enough sleep now because of all the noise from cat and dog fights and all the howling," the abbot was quoted as complaining.
Editor: Jiang Yuxia
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/25/content_7855022.htm