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Source: http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/animal-virus-could-spread-to-humans-dubai-farmers-warned
Animal disease could spread to humans, Dubai farmers warned
Martin Croucher
A potentially crippling disease that can, in some instances, spread to humans has been found in farm animals and endangered species in Dubai.
Vets and farm workers are being advised to take precautions after a study found that Q fever was prevalent in the emirate...
...The study, published in last month's Journal of Wildlife Diseases, found that, in the areas studied, 70 per cent of goats and sheep and 6 per cent of free-ranging species like Arabian oryx and the Spekes gazelle were infected with Q fever...
...The sample in the latest study, conducted between 2005-2008, was taken from several nature reserves in the emirate...
Animal disease could spread to humans, Dubai farmers warned
Martin Croucher
A potentially crippling disease that can, in some instances, spread to humans has been found in farm animals and endangered species in Dubai.
Vets and farm workers are being advised to take precautions after a study found that Q fever was prevalent in the emirate...
...The study, published in last month's Journal of Wildlife Diseases, found that, in the areas studied, 70 per cent of goats and sheep and 6 per cent of free-ranging species like Arabian oryx and the Spekes gazelle were infected with Q fever...
...The sample in the latest study, conducted between 2005-2008, was taken from several nature reserves in the emirate...