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http://www.dinheironaconta.com/2012/05/14/defesa-agropecuaria-investiga-surto-de-gripe-equina-no-df/
Portuguese-English translation
Defense agricultural investigates outbreak of equine influenza in Mexico City
Posted on MAY 14, 2012
Agency Brazil
The Agricultural Protection Brasilia Federal District suspects that about 600 horses breeding sites are infected with equine influenza. The disease has the same symptoms as human influenza, including fever, cough, runny nose and lethargy (tiredness). The greatest loss is in labor income animal, causing economic losses to the owner.
According to the manager of Animal Health of the Department of Agriculture , Bernardo Lafet?, the illness poses no hazard to humans. The Federal District has no reported cases of the disease for over ten years.
Suspected flu was detected in about one hundred horses living in the Granja do Torto. The animals showed symptoms of infection days after the Agricultural Exhibition of Brasilia, held in April.
Laboratory tests can only be made in a given period of manifestation of symptoms. Until now we have the collection of blood in an animal's Farm. If the disease is detected, it is certain that the other animals that had contact also contracted the flu, Lafet? clarified.
Because this disease is easily transmitted, the Granja do Torto was closed and all animals that were at the event were identified and prohibited from transiting the Federal District and in other states.
The Department of Agriculture stopped granting Animal Transit Guide (TAG), a document that gives free passage to livestock, properties for all who attended the event in April. The measure was taken to prevent the spread of infection, the manager noted.
's Disease virus is mutagenic, so that even animals were vaccinated at risk of being infected with equine influenza. The infected horse is a potential contaminant to 28 days after the onset of symptoms.
If the disease is detected, the animals will be subjected to absolute rest, nutritious food and clean water. In more severe cases, also receive medication .
According to the manager of animal health, contaminated animals need not be sacrificed. Once identified the disease, they will be treated and the risk of death from influenza, is almost zero. The main problem that can cause infection is the low yield of the animals [for work], he said.
The equine influenza is a notifiable disease, so farmers who observe the symptoms in animals must advise the Secretary of Agriculture immediately. Simply call the Department of Defense and Surveillance of Agricultural DF, phone (61) 33403862, or come to the unity of the Grana Torto or an operational bases located in the satellite cities of Brazl?ndia, Gama, Planaltina, Sobradinho and Planaltina, besides the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture.
Portuguese-English translation
Defense agricultural investigates outbreak of equine influenza in Mexico City
Posted on MAY 14, 2012
Agency Brazil
The Agricultural Protection Brasilia Federal District suspects that about 600 horses breeding sites are infected with equine influenza. The disease has the same symptoms as human influenza, including fever, cough, runny nose and lethargy (tiredness). The greatest loss is in labor income animal, causing economic losses to the owner.
According to the manager of Animal Health of the Department of Agriculture , Bernardo Lafet?, the illness poses no hazard to humans. The Federal District has no reported cases of the disease for over ten years.
Suspected flu was detected in about one hundred horses living in the Granja do Torto. The animals showed symptoms of infection days after the Agricultural Exhibition of Brasilia, held in April.
Laboratory tests can only be made in a given period of manifestation of symptoms. Until now we have the collection of blood in an animal's Farm. If the disease is detected, it is certain that the other animals that had contact also contracted the flu, Lafet? clarified.
Because this disease is easily transmitted, the Granja do Torto was closed and all animals that were at the event were identified and prohibited from transiting the Federal District and in other states.
The Department of Agriculture stopped granting Animal Transit Guide (TAG), a document that gives free passage to livestock, properties for all who attended the event in April. The measure was taken to prevent the spread of infection, the manager noted.
's Disease virus is mutagenic, so that even animals were vaccinated at risk of being infected with equine influenza. The infected horse is a potential contaminant to 28 days after the onset of symptoms.
If the disease is detected, the animals will be subjected to absolute rest, nutritious food and clean water. In more severe cases, also receive medication .
According to the manager of animal health, contaminated animals need not be sacrificed. Once identified the disease, they will be treated and the risk of death from influenza, is almost zero. The main problem that can cause infection is the low yield of the animals [for work], he said.
The equine influenza is a notifiable disease, so farmers who observe the symptoms in animals must advise the Secretary of Agriculture immediately. Simply call the Department of Defense and Surveillance of Agricultural DF, phone (61) 33403862, or come to the unity of the Grana Torto or an operational bases located in the satellite cities of Brazl?ndia, Gama, Planaltina, Sobradinho and Planaltina, besides the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture.