India: Word of high mortality in pigs

[Joe Neubarth]

As most of us know, Pigs do, too! And they readily pass it on to humans who prepare pork for the table. From whence came the name Sichuan Sheet. It was not Streptococcus Suis regardless of what the Chinese Communists maintain. Even the Vietnamese Communists decided in August of last year to denounce the Communist Chinese lie when they admitted that the numerous pig deaths were Bird Flu in Pigs. That after they had tried to cover them up as Foot and Mouth Disease in Pigs. The pigs were dying as I pointed out at the time, and supposedly F&M does not kill its host.

The total overall ignorance exhibited in India is frightening. Do any of their doctors ever read the newspapers?

[Snowy Owl]

Undiagnosed Deaths, Porcine, Avians - India (mizoram)

UNDIAGNOSED DEATHS, PORCINE, AVIANS - INDIA (MIZORAM)
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006
From: Mary Marshall <tropical.forestry@btinternet.com>
Source: Newkerala.com, 23 Mar 2006 [edited]
<http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?a...lnews&id=30574>


Hundreds of pigs have died in this city and surrounding in the past few
days due to a swine fever, severely affecting the sale of pork.

State veterinary department officials said that the [deaths were] caused by
the swine fever that had occasionally struck state during the past years
and it had nothing to do with bird flu.

Saingura Sailo, joint director of the AH and Veterinary department said
that the swine were infected by the fever mainly due to the fact that the
owners failed to vaccinate them.

Shortage of vaccination drugs was the main concern, according to Veterinary
minister Lalrinchhana, who informed the state assembly that 10 000 vaccine
[doses] were arriving from Guwahati.

In another alarming incident, hundreds of chickens died in Mizoram-Myanmar
border Cherhlun village during the past 3 months, causing panic that it
might be caused by Avian Influenza.

The veterinary doctors, however, said that the chickens were killed by
rodent poison used by the villagers to prevent the population explosion of
rats always triggered off by gregarious flowering of bamboo, locally known
as 'Mautam' which had begun this year.

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[Mizoram state (2001 provisional pop. 891 058), c. 8000 sq mi (20 720 sq
km), NE India, in the Mizo Hills, is bordered on the east and south by
Myanmar, on the west by Bangladesh and Tripura, on the northeast by
Manipur, and on the north by Assam. The capital is Aizawl. Mizoram is
governed by a chief minister and a cabinet responsible to a unicameral
elected legislature and by a governor appointed by the president of India
(Information from Columbia University Press). See map at
<http://www.supertravelnet.com/maps/i...1_5&language=1>.

While clinical diagnosis of Classic swine fever is generally feasible
(though laboratory confirmation desirable), ruling out avian influenza
should be based upon laboratory investigations. The course of the disease
(in some cases peracute) and the gross pathology changes might lead to
confusion with other conditions and aetiological factors, toxicological
agents included. For some recent clinical observations, see "HPAI (H5N1),
1st Outbreak In A Broiler Flock In Israel" in 20060322.0892. - Mod.AS]

[see also:
Undiagnosed deaths, avians - India 20060207.0393
Avian influenza - worldwide (64): Asia, Europe 20060322.0892]

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