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Nearly 35,000 dogs found carrying rabies in Yangon
Posted by admin on May 4th, 2011
By PNA / Xinhua and Chinese News Agency / Asian
Nearly 35,000 dogs or 30 percent out of 100,000 in Myanmar?s Yangon have been found carrying rabies, local media reported Wednesday, quoting the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department.
According to research, seven out of 21 dead dogs were discovered with rabies in 33 townships of Yangon and Lyssa virus was the most possibility to have caused the death.
About 5,000 people in Yangon out of 50,000 across the country were bitten by dogs annually but only about 60 patients, who were infected with rabies, were hospitalized, the report added.
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Posted by admin on May 4th, 2011
By PNA / Xinhua and Chinese News Agency / Asian
Nearly 35,000 dogs or 30 percent out of 100,000 in Myanmar?s Yangon have been found carrying rabies, local media reported Wednesday, quoting the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department.
According to research, seven out of 21 dead dogs were discovered with rabies in 33 townships of Yangon and Lyssa virus was the most possibility to have caused the death.
About 5,000 people in Yangon out of 50,000 across the country were bitten by dogs annually but only about 60 patients, who were infected with rabies, were hospitalized, the report added.
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http://thechinesenewsoflasvegas.com/foreign/nearly-35000-dogs-found-carrying-rabies-in-yangon/