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On Monday vets in the Netherlands are beginning the cull of thousands of pregnant goats and sheep on farms where Q fever has been confirmed.
The animals, both healthy and infected ones, are being killed to prevent the release of the Q fever bacteria during delivery or spontaneous abortions. Many of the affected farms are in the southern province of North Brabant.
Six people have died of Q fever, while 2300 have been infected. The Dutch Food...
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Dutch health authorities have announced that they will slaughter 35 000 goats in an attempt to prevent an outbreak of Q fever spreading to humans.
The fever is caused by a bacterium that may pass from goats and sheep to humans. It causes flu-like symptoms, and can, in rare cases, prove fatal....
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- Dutch cull first of 40,000 goats to counter Q-fever outbreak, which has... (medbroadcast.com)
An estimated 15 to 20,000 goats and sheep in the Netherlands are to be slaughtered in connection with Q-fever.
Minister of Health Ab Klink and Minister of Agriculture Gerda Verburg have agreed that on infected farms where animals have not been vaccinated, all pregnant animals must be slaughtered, whether or not they have the virus.
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The spread of the animal-borne disease Q-fever among the Dutch population is calling for drastic measures, according to an advice issued by a group of experts.
The experts are recommending wholesale slaughter of pregnant goats on farms where the disease has been confirmed. Dutch public tv programme Zembla got hold of a copy of the recommendations and revealed that Health Minister Ab Klink intends to act on them.
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Dutch health minister Ab Klink has called for research into whether the bacteria which cause Q-fever lead to premature births in humans. The bacteria is spread during the premature birth of dairy goats.
Q-fever is found in both animals and humans. In humans it causes flu like symptoms and can lead to pneumonia. In some cases it leads to death. The disease has spread across a third of the Netherlands. This year alone 2200 people have contracted...
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