Egypt - "Lumpy skin disease" spreading in cattle in Egypt

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google-translated from Arabic:

Skin Decadal attacked livestock in the villages of Assiut:
July 13, 2006

Assiut Khamis Mohamed: Fatal skin disease decade livestock in the province of Assiut, and the epidemic is spreading in the villages of the province. Abdarashid Mahmoud says that the skin disease Decadal spread several months ago in the villages of the province of Assiut especially in the village of Bani Ghalib, Valley disease deaths of a large number of cattle, and did not find the medicine and serum to eliminate it. He adds that the farmers having despaired of the treatment of livestock traders who sold them for a pittance and the great catastrophe lies in the fact that these traders are slaughtering infected animals and selling people, The desert road!

Additional Mahmoud Mohammed adds that there are more than 50 cases infected with the disease in the village of Bani mostly alone, the disease has spread significantly in the surrounding villages, They tried to search for vaccines to immunize Machete, But I have not found unity and veterinary surprise that the unit village doctor confirmed the ineffectiveness of vaccinations and vaccines to eradicate this disease. The medicines available to mere palliatives and there is no effective treatment to eliminate this disease. Essam shows lifted veterinarians that there is widespread disease dramatically in the villages Balmatioh Division, gold and other villages.

The Animal Health Research Center Assiut confirmed the presence of the disease in all its centres and the villages of Assiut.

The parents that vaccines available on the market would not serve to eradicate the disease. Residents demanded that those responsible for the Department of Veterinary Medicine Assiut and specialists in the colleges of Veterinary Medicine veterinary work convoys to detect infected animals and eradication of the disease and the need to find effective vaccines.

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(Photo of a cow with 'lumpy skin disease' at above link.)

Asyut Governorate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asyut_Governorate

Lumpy skin disease:

http://www.vet.uga.edu/VPP/gray_book/FAD/lsd.htm

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Re: Egypt - "Lumpy skin disease" spreading in cattle in Egypt

Google-translated from Arabic:

31% of cattle infected skin disease decade - 10% mortality
July 24, 2006

Alexandria intellectual Zakaria:

Prepared by the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Alexandria, a scientific study on Decadal skin disease [Lumpy Skin Disease] tat affects cattle of all types, symptoms and causes of the spread and ways to prevent it and ways to combat it. The study prepared by the College of Veterinary Medicine, The first appearance of the disease in the world was in Zambia in 1929 and then spread out in Zimbabwe and South Africa, Kenya and Sudan year, 1970, appeared for the first time in the 1988 Upper Egypt, Suez, Ismailia Kuwait in 1986 and the Palestinian territories in 1989.

The disease spread in Egypt last summer, the Departments of Damietta, Daqahlia, East The rate of infection is registered in Egypt is 31% transmitted the disease to animals through saliva basin water. The ratio of death of cattle in some States to 50%. In Egypt, the survey indicated that the mortality rate of up to 10% and dissected dead animals show held at the Interior Alahashae particularly in the lung tissue and respiratory infections and upper digestive-tract alongside the skin on the animal's body. And the period of custody of the disease in cattle two to three weeks, the disease has no cure qualitative own, But antibiotics reduce bacterial complications. The study called for the need to isolate infected animals in the parks are protected from insects and disposal of the corpses of dead animals, leather infected burial or incineration to reduce the spread of infection. The study confirmed the need to vaccinate cattle over the age of 6 months, giving immunity up to 3 years.

There are two types of pollen can rely on their skin Decadal HIV vaccine is injectable under the skin of cattle. The sheep pox vaccine is only used in the country by endemic disease of sheep and goat pox. The study warned against the importation of all livestock and wild animals especially cattle and donor of the sperm-affected States. It is imperative to keep animals imported under quarantine and veterinary up for a period of not less than 28 days.

Dr. Hamid Abdaltoab Samaha dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Alexandria to HIV disease skin Decadal viruses like smallpox resist temperature of the environment and has the ability to pass through Mshimh cattle carrier injury embryos. It is a serious skin disease virus, transmitted through insects Ldg. It is characterized by fever and clinical sudden appearance for most parts of the animal skin with inflammation coffers filariasis, the legs and chest. Introduction The contract is the object of animal skin and upper respiratory infections ill animal, and mortality occurs within days.

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