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Post by feralemma on Feb 8, 2019 10:02:52 GMT 10
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Post by SA Hunter on Feb 8, 2019 10:40:03 GMT 10
The thread was posted twice, so I deleted one.
Interesting article.
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Post by feralemma on Feb 8, 2019 11:32:04 GMT 10
Thanks 😂 not many people are aware we have naturally occurring anthrax in Australia. There's at least one patch of it in WA too that I know of.
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Post by SA Hunter on Feb 8, 2019 11:37:09 GMT 10
Thanks 😂 not many people are aware we have naturally occurring anthrax in Australia. There's at least one patch of it in WA too that I know of. No, I had no idea. If it gets out of containment, what are we potentially looking at? |
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Post by feralemma on Feb 8, 2019 16:13:44 GMT 10
Thanks 😂 not many people are aware we have naturally occurring anthrax in Australia. There's at least one patch of it in WA too that I know of. No, I had no idea. If it gets out of containment, what are we potentially looking at? Erm you'd be looking at being dead 😂 It occurs in the soil, so soil disturbance can release it. I'd say minor outbreaks would be easily contained with good quarantine practices, but gale force winds, cyclones and tornados could potentially complicate that. |
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Post by spinifex on Feb 8, 2019 18:53:04 GMT 10
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Post by spinifex on Feb 8, 2019 19:09:39 GMT 10
No, I had no idea. If it gets out of containment, what are we potentially looking at? Erm you'd be looking at being dead 😂 It occurs in the soil, so soil disturbance can release it. I'd say minor outbreaks would be easily contained with good quarantine practices, but gale force winds, cyclones and tornados could potentially complicate that. Add 'Fools who don't follow basic biosecurity proceedures' to the list of ways it can spread. Highly infectious and lethal African Swine fever wiped out 6 million pigs in the UK during an outbreak and subsequent eradication campaign last year. It showed up in China in a big way later last year where it is ripping through their pigs. Border Force here has already seized pork products coming into Oz which have tested positive and if one of those infected products comes into contact with a live pig here the disease can take off. We also have an ILT (chicken disease) outbreak here in SA which is being spread by disturbingly poor biosecurity practice at the big meat chicken production facilities. |
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Post by feralemma on Feb 8, 2019 22:00:24 GMT 10
Erm you'd be looking at being dead 😂 It occurs in the soil, so soil disturbance can release it. I'd say minor outbreaks would be easily contained with good quarantine practices, but gale force winds, cyclones and tornados could potentially complicate that. Add 'Fools who don't follow basic biosecurity proceedures' to the list of ways it can spread. Highly infectious and lethal African Swine fever wiped out 6 million pigs in the UK during an outbreak and subsequent eradication campaign last year. It showed up in China in a big way later last year where it is ripping through their pigs. Border Force here has already seized pork products coming into Oz which have tested positive and if one of those infected products comes into contact with a live pig here the disease can take off. We also have an ILT (chicken disease) outbreak here in SA which is being spread by disturbingly poor biosecurity practice at the big meat chickeny production facilities. African Swine Fever is also ripping thru eastern Europe 😣 and the virus can live for up to 1000 days in frozen meat! The UK has an Equine Influenza outbreak currently too. At least it's not FMD! How does that ILT affect the chickens? Is it a killer virus or does it affect production and growth? |
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Post by Tim Horton on Feb 9, 2019 6:15:30 GMT 10
Where I lived once there were a lot of turkey production. Many sites with many sets of brooder, chick, grow out barns. A pathogen of some kind started at one end of the system and worked its way 3/4 of the way through the whole area before it was figured out how it spread. Turned out the pattern of spread fit the garbage truck route. All the garbage trucks, 2 and 4 meter dumpsters were sanitized and that stopped it.
The sheds turned over a flock every 4 months so each shed was out of production 8 months in turn. The infected birds were treated and composted right in the shed for a time. Then removed and finish composted off site. The sheds were cleaned and cycled back into production. Boot wash, wheel wash, no outside vehicles into the sites, no onsite vehicles left the sites for a couple years after.
Like said, lesson is with world wide trade today most anything can be transmitted anywhere in a moment. This includes human diseases, but that is a different thread.
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Post by spinifex on Feb 9, 2019 7:28:39 GMT 10
Add 'Fools who don't follow basic biosecurity proceedures' to the list of ways it can spread. Highly infectious and lethal African Swine fever wiped out 6 million pigs in the UK during an outbreak and subsequent eradication campaign last year. It showed up in China in a big way later last year where it is ripping through their pigs. Border Force here has already seized pork products coming into Oz which have tested positive and if one of those infected products comes into contact with a live pig here the disease can take off. We also have an ILT (chicken disease) outbreak here in SA which is being spread by disturbingly poor biosecurity practice at the big meat chickeny production facilities. African Swine Fever is also ripping thru eastern Europe 😣 and the virus can live for up to 1000 days in frozen meat! The UK has an Equine Influenza outbreak currently too. At least it's not FMD! How does that ILT affect the chickens? Is it a killer virus or does it affect production and growth? Yes. ASF is damn tough to kill. It's even capable of surviving in cooked products and dried pork shavings. ILT effects on flock depend on the Strain involved and how virulent it is. It's very damaging to young birds (mortality upto 20% and severe growth reduction for most infected birds) so is a major problem in the meat bird industry where animals are slaughtered for consumption at the end of (just!) a 6 week cycle. Adult birds can live with it but get unthrifty and drop off laying. It's not uncommon in small backyard flocks. I personally learned that the hard way once by foolishly bringing in a new rooster and not asking its previous owner enough questions. |
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