having seen 3 cattle arrive at a slaughter house years ago confirmed with the disease the abattoir was shut the road access blocked by police all staff were moved but not allowed to leave . Lorries loaded with sleepers arrived and the biggest bon fire you ever seen was built around the cattle and set fire to we were aloud to leave hours after when the vets in charges said they were happy the cattle were burned and there was no longer a threat to public health how many people out there would know what to look for anyway the same with other diseases listed not many i fear MUDDY
Notifiable diseases
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I Replied to a previous thread regarding warbles,i was unaware that warbles in deer where notifiable, they where made notifiable in cattle due to the damage they caused to cattle hides,more a financial issue than one of welfare????.
In my early days in the meat works mountains of warble fly lavae could be found around the hide puller,i remember being bombarded with requests for these rubbery grubs after Jack Hargrieves in a Out of town programme claimed they where an excelent fishing bait???? .The following summer there where none or very few after cattle where treated.
Warbles that effect cattle are Hypoderma Bovis,where as those that effect deer Hypoderma Diana, im not sure if the later are deer specific???
Are farmed deer treated for warbles or are they a problem in farmed deer????
I would agree with David on his opinions on anthrax in other parts of the world wild animals can live with anthrax,I seem to remember Wool sorters disease is a form of antrax.....
In my early days in the meat works mountains of warble fly lavae could be found around the hide puller,i remember being bombarded with requests for these rubbery grubs after Jack Hargrieves in a Out of town programme claimed they where an excelent fishing bait???? .The following summer there where none or very few after cattle where treated.
Warbles that effect cattle are Hypoderma Bovis,where as those that effect deer Hypoderma Diana, im not sure if the later are deer specific???
Are farmed deer treated for warbles or are they a problem in farmed deer????
I would agree with David on his opinions on anthrax in other parts of the world wild animals can live with anthrax,I seem to remember Wool sorters disease is a form of antrax.....
Yes wool sorters sometimes contracted anthrax as did folk working in tannerys. If I am correct its also found sometimes in ancient ruins and in houses made of cob or with lime plaster due to the animal hair content, it is also present in soil. There does seem to be a misconseption that if you were to find a deer infected with anthrax that the spores you will be dead within minutes ...or at least that was what I was told on my level one
but fear not, that isnt the case at all.
Yes anthrax can contaminate you and if untreated make you extremely ill and lead to death, but what should be remembered is there are cases each year where people are infected and treated with antibiotics and recover. It can infect the lungs if the spore are breathed in or lead to sores if in an open wound, I am pretty sure it can attack organs too.
But we are talking of anthrax in its natural state as such and not some weaponised form from the vaults a rogue state
...This link also shows it occurs in White tailed deer...I found this link regarding an outbreak
http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/reprint/6/4/226.pdf
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But warbles is not a notifiable disease for deer.
Defra, UK - Disease surveillance and control - Notifiable diseases - Warble Fly
Rgds JCS
It has not been diagnosed in animals since 2006 in this country, very very rare in this country. In Africa it's a different story.
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