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Shaanxi pandas no new cases of canine distemper epidemic is still strictly monitored
2015-02-07 17:04:16 Source: China News Network
BEIJING, Feb. 6 Xi'an (Reporter Zhang Yichen) since December 2014, Shaanxi Province Rare Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Research Center, four giant pandas in captivity have been suffering from distemper death. 6, the center director Han Xueli integrated office told news agency reporters, the center currently no new pandas infections, but the epidemic still monitored to ensure no repeat. According to the park is still "a cat a house a person" principle, be kept separate, all-weather monitoring.
December 9, 2014, in the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Research Center, an 8-year-old female giant panda "City Buildings" death due to infection of canine distemper. After that, another one eight-year-old female giant panda "great treasure" on January 4, 2015, of heart failure due to pulmonary edema and death. Then the giant panda, "Showtime" also after she died in at 4:10 on January 23. At 12:40 on February 4 giant pandas, "Feng Feng" because of difficulty breathing organ failure and death.
Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the China Agricultural University of Arts and Peng had to accept China news agency reporter, said that from the canine distemper separate from, can infect a variety of animals including dogs, feline, etc., and the bear family. The incidence of symptoms mainly for respiratory symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms and neurological symptoms. Such as neurological symptoms, the survival rate of less than 5%.
Jin Yi Peng said that the spread of the disease among pandas belong to the more serious cases, and not easy to find the initial, basic and found is advanced, more difficult to cure.
"Nationwide, the treatment has not been successful experience pandas infection distemper disease, but the disease has no vaccine against canine distemper pandas, making rescue work is facing great difficulties." Han Xueli, said.
韩学利 said that after the original diagnosis of a sick giant panda "beads" and suspected sick three giant pandas through the full treatment, blood test results have more than three consecutive negative, can explain the current condition in the right direction, But does that mean to usher in a turning point is hard to say, remains to be seen for some time to ensure that the disease is not repeated. The center currently no new infections pandas.
According to reports, the center still disinfection measures to implement high intensity of the park, according to "a house cat person" principle, be kept separate, all-weather monitoring. As of September 2014, the center has 11 artificial breeding giant pandas fetal 17 Aberdeen, captive giant panda population reached 25, becoming the world's third largest artificial populations. (End)
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