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Virus kills 10,000 goats in Kapchorwa
Sunday, 21st September, 2008
By Rashid Muzungyo
OVER 10,000 goats have died of diarrhoea in Kapchorwa district between August and September this year. Kapchorwa?s veterinary officer Dr. Nelson Yesho said the goats developed chronic diarrhoea, exhaustion and death.
?The ministry came and took blood samples last month. The goats present persistent diarrhoea and exhaustion, leading to death. The disease, scientifically called pestis petit ruminants, has no treatment. It also affects sheep,? Dr. Yesho disclosed in an interview held at his office.
He identified the affected areas as Kaptanya, Ngenge, Binyiny, Kaproron and Kwanyiy sub-counties.
The district has 68,000 goats and sheep, according to the veterinary department.
The disease, also known as goat plague, is caused by a paramyxovirus of the Morbillivirus genus. It was first described in 1942 in Cote d?Ivoire, West Africa.
Virus kills 10,000 goats in Kapchorwa
Sunday, 21st September, 2008
By Rashid Muzungyo
OVER 10,000 goats have died of diarrhoea in Kapchorwa district between August and September this year. Kapchorwa?s veterinary officer Dr. Nelson Yesho said the goats developed chronic diarrhoea, exhaustion and death.
?The ministry came and took blood samples last month. The goats present persistent diarrhoea and exhaustion, leading to death. The disease, scientifically called pestis petit ruminants, has no treatment. It also affects sheep,? Dr. Yesho disclosed in an interview held at his office.
He identified the affected areas as Kaptanya, Ngenge, Binyiny, Kaproron and Kwanyiy sub-counties.
The district has 68,000 goats and sheep, according to the veterinary department.
The disease, also known as goat plague, is caused by a paramyxovirus of the Morbillivirus genus. It was first described in 1942 in Cote d?Ivoire, West Africa.