Qatar- Pox kills 50 sheep at private farm

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Smallpox kills 50 sheep at private farm
Sunday, 24 March 2013
DOHA: An outbreak of smallpox at a sheep farm in Al Khor has killed more than 50 animals, sparking fears among other animal farm owners, a senior official said.
The veterinary centre at Al Khor received several animals with smallpox from a private farm, Director of Animals Department at the Ministry of Environment, Dr Qasim Al Qahtani, told Al Sharq.
He added that if the spread of the disease was not contained, the death toll may shoot up.
According to Qahtani, a month-and-half ago, several of the 700 sheep at the farm tested positive for smallpox.
On instructions of the veterinary centre, the infected animals have been separated from the health ones. Those suffering from the infection are under treatment and are showing progress.
The sheep which died of smallpox were also suffering from other diseases like pneumonia, Qahtani said.
No other veterinary centre in the country has received any case of smallpox, added Qahtani.
Discounting fears of a spread of the disease, the official said that smallpox breaks out almost every year in Qatar and there was no need to worry as this is the first instance of so many animals dying. The department launched a programme to immunise all animals in the country from eight infectious diseases that are known to break out every year.
The animals are administered the vaccines once or twice every year.
The centres do not spare any effort to protect animals in the country, Qahtani said. :tiphat:http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/230323-smallpox-kills-50-sheep-at-private-farm.html

 

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Qatar-Smallpox kills dozens of sheep in the creek


Herd which had about 700 head of sheep
8:58 p.m.
23
March
2013
East Gate - Najati Badr
Smallpox claimed the lives of more than 50 head of sheep and struck a large proportion of the herd more than 600 or 700 head in one of the farms in the creek, which has led to fears farm owners and breeders of the spread of the disease among sheep in Qatar and the threat of educators heavy losses,
"Middle" got information that confirms the presence of smallpox among a large herd of sheep in the area of ​​the creek and talked to Dr. Qasim Al Qahtani, director of animal health at the Ministry of the Environment, where he confirmed the monitoring center veterinarian Khor large numbers of cases in a farm owned by one of the persons, He said Qahtani: a month ago and a half ago emerged cases in large numbers between herd approaching its numbers from 700 head of sheep, also monitor the status of Veterinary death cases approached than 50 head almost, and added: Lula rapid intervention by the Center of Veterinary creek to increased cases of mortality among the herd The injured each herd and possibly has mostly owner.
The Qahtani to be the center veterinarian intervention on the spot and the isolated sheep infected from other and deal with the situation and have taken all measures to fortify the sheep is infected and treat conditions that hit and since this time and place intensify its efforts to treat infected cases has improved dramatically, said Qahtani: The cause of death Tens of sheep was not due to smallpox alone, but as a result of disease among sheep, among other pneumonia and other diseases that have helped these sheep deaths.
The Qahtani to 8 centers tracking management, distributed in various regions of the state, all of which did not monitor cases of smallpox, thank God, except Creek which deal expeditiously with the situation and now the situation reassuring and stable, and said: The center veterinarian in Al Khor is currently working on censorship strict and continuous follow-up on the clock of the cases infected, and added: The smallpox is not new to Qatar and the region and shows a year and no fear of it and this is the first case of infected large numbers, due to the large numbers of the herd, and the symptoms of this disease delayed in history to some extent.
The director of animal that management has taken adopted a project to immunize all animals in the country against 8 diseases and this is the usual annually, stressing that the immunization is once or twice a year, pointing out that the administration does not waver in taking all measures to protect livestock in the country does not tolerate in dealing quickly and with interesting cases exposed to disease and all veterinary centers offering services to educators and ranchers fully and thank God.:tiphat:
http://www.al-sharq.com/ArticleDeta...itle=الجدري يحصد أرواح عشرات الأغنام فى الخور

 

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It may be helpful for Readers to remind that:

--- Poxviruses that infect goat and sheep belong to the family of Poxviridae, Sub-family of Chordopoxvirinae, Genus Capripoxvirus, Species of Goatpox and Sheeppoxvirus respectively;

--- Poxviruses that infected humans before world was declared free belong to the family of Poxviridae, sub-family of Chordopoxvirinae, Genus Orthopoxvirus, Species Variola virus.

Source: International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV): http://www.ictvonline.org/virusTaxonomy.asp

 

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Yeah, obviously it's not smallpox, as smallpox was exclusively a human pathogen and has been eradicated.

I assume the correct diagnosis would be something like sheep pox.