And now for something different......in Cumbria

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Originally from: Kittra

19 Mar 2002 19:18
UK finds signs of brucellosis in imported cattle

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday five head of cattle imported from France in February had shown signs of the contagious livestock disease brucellosis.

The affected cattle were among 44 animals imported to restock a farm in northern England hit by last year's foot-and-mouth disease epidemic, which led to the slaughter of millions of animals.

Brucellosis -- not seen in Britain for 10 years -- is transmissible to humans, causing a condition called undulant fever, with symptoms similar to influenza.

The main risk is to those people who have direct contact with cattle, mainly farmers.

In cows, it often causes abortion and is especially contagious to other cattle during a birth or abortion.

Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said one of the animals had shown a positive reaction to tests for brucellosis and jad been slaughtered. None of the meat entered the food chain.

The four other animals showed inconclusive results for the disease. All of the samples are subject to further testing.

A negative result could take up to three weeks to confirm.

DEFRA said officials are continuing to investigate whether the cattle consignment complied with European Union rules that were in place at the time of import.

They are also checking that the animals did not come into contact with other cattle.

Britain's animal health minister Elliot Morley said the suspect case was a timely reminder of the need for farmers to carefully plan their purchases, especially in light of the devastating foot-and-mouth epidemic.

"While there are many factors to be taken into consideration when purchasing stock, controlling the risk of introducing disease needs to be a priority for farmers."

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Originally from: David

Now Brucellosis is far more harmful to us humans than FMD. We used to vaccinate our cattle with S19 and then they we given a special ear tag to mark them. I think the vets did the vaccination because there were a lot of cases of accidental self-vaccination. The resulting disease is called undulant fever in humans – a chronic condition of aching muscles. Many vets committed suicide because of the condition.

Cows with Brucellosis would abort at about 7 months – just as you were drying the cow off. She would have calved with loads of milk in 2 months but were useless after aborting. Nothing more frustrating for a dairy farmer.

The vaccinations were free and any abortions had to be reported to MAFF and our vet would come out at the expense of MAFF and take samples for testing. If this disease reoccurs through imports into the UK it will be an economic disaster.

The French are still banning our beef on health grounds – now is the time to ban imports of their cattle. Lets ban live exports – from France!!

David

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Originally from: Elaine Commander [...] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:41 PM
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Subject: [farmtalking] And now for something different......in Cumbria
19 Mar 2002 19:18
UK finds signs of brucellosis in imported cattle
LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday five head of cattle imported from France in February had shown signs of the contagious livestock disease brucellosis.
The affected cattle were among 44 animals imported to restock a farm in northern England hit by last year's foot-and-mouth disease epidemic, which led to the slaughter of millions of animals.
Brucellosis -- not seen in Britain for 10 years -- is transmissible to humans, causing a condition called undulant fever, with symptoms similar to influenza.
The main risk is to those people who have direct contact with cattle, mainly farmers.
In cows, it often causes abortion and is especially contagious to other cattle during a birth or abortion.
Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said one of the animals had shown a positive reaction to tests for brucellosis and jad been slaughtered. None of the meat entered the food chain.
The four other animals showed inconclusive results for the disease. All of the samples are subject to further testing.
A negative result could take up to three weeks to confirm.
DEFRA said officials are continuing to investigate whether the cattle consignment complied with European Union rules that were in place at the time of import.
They are also checking that the animals did not come into contact with other cattle.
Britain's animal health minister Elliot Morley said the suspect case was a timely reminder of the need for farmers to carefully plan their purchases, especially in light of the devastating foot-and-mouth epidemic.
"While there are many factors to be taken into consideration when purchasing stock, controlling the risk of introducing disease needs to be a priority for farmers."
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Originally from: Molly Maxwell

Yes, the vet I used to work for in a previous life managed to jab himself with S19 and for years afterwards would have Brucellosis attacks. One of my jobs at the surgery was packing the aborted calves to send to the lab. I don't think plastic gloves had been discovered then, so I was coming into direct contact with the disease through my hands. I remember going to Blood Donors when I was around nineteen, gave my pint of blood and went home. Next day a doctor telephoned me and thanked me for my pint of blood, but owing to the fact it tested positive for Brucellosis it had to be thrown down the sink. I was asked never to give blood again!
Luv
Lynne

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Subject: RE: [farmtalking] And now for something different......in Cumbria
Now Brucellosis is far more harmful to us humans than FMD. We used to
vaccinate our cattle with S19 and then they we given a special ear tag to
mark them. I think the vets did the vaccination because there were a lot
of
cases of accidental self-vaccination. The resulting disease is called
undulant fever in humans – a chronic condition of aching muscles. Many
vets
committed suicide because of the condition.
Cows with Brucellosis would abort at about 7 months – just as you were
drying the cow off. She would have calved with loads of milk in 2 months
but were useless after aborting. Nothing more frustrating for a dairy
farmer.
The vaccinations were free and any abortions had to be reported to MAFF
and
our vet would come out at the expense of MAFF and take samples for
testing.
If this disease reoccurs through imports into the UK it will be an
economic
disaster.
The French are still banning our beef on health grounds – now is the time
to
ban imports of their cattle. Lets ban live exports – from France!!
David
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From: Elaine Commander [...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:41 PM
To: ...
Cc: ...
Subject: [farmtalking] And now for something different......in Cumbria
19 Mar 2002 19:18
UK finds signs of brucellosis in imported cattle
LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday five head of
cattle imported from France in February had shown signs of the contagious
livestock disease brucellosis.
The affected cattle were among 44 animals imported to restock a farm
in northern England hit by last year's foot-and-mouth disease epidemic,
which led to the slaughter of millions of animals.
Brucellosis -- not seen in Britain for 10 years -- is transmissible
to
humans, causing a condition called undulant fever, with symptoms similar
to
influenza.
The main risk is to those people who have direct contact with
cattle,
mainly farmers.
In cows, it often causes abortion and is especially contagious to
other cattle during a birth or abortion.
Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
said one of the animals had shown a positive reaction to tests for
brucellosis and jad been slaughtered. None of the meat entered the food
chain.
The four other animals showed inconclusive results for the disease.
All of the samples are subject to further testing.
A negative result could take up to three weeks to confirm.
DEFRA said officials are continuing to investigate whether the
cattle
consignment complied with European Union rules that were in place at the
time of import.
They are also checking that the animals did not come into contact
with
other cattle.
Britain's animal health minister Elliot Morley said the suspect case
was a timely reminder of the need for farmers to carefully plan their
purchases, especially in light of the devastating foot-and-mouth epidemic.
"While there are many factors to be taken into consideration when
purchasing stock, controlling the risk of introducing disease needs to be
a
priority for farmers."
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Originally from: Susan Staunton

By a major coincidence I was tidying books at work today – a constant in my life thanks to people thinking it's a lending library rather than a retail establishment (but dont get me started on that) – and I picked up Country Tales "Old Vet" which just happened to fall open at this page:

.......Then in 1947 she (the aforementioned old vet) contracted brucellosis, for which the treatment at that time was more dangerous than the disease itself, although the diagnosis was almost a relief as it had been suggested that she might have had a brain tumour. She felt so ill that it demanded all her willpower and energy to drag herself from case to case. The treatment, in the end, was to give up everything except her work and to rest as much as possible. And it succeeded, though it was a most depressing experience and it was not until the summer of 1949 that she was fully active again.

Sounds very nasty.

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Originally from: "Molly Maxwell" <...>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [farmtalking] And now for something different......in Cumbria
Yes, the vet I used to work for in a previous life managed to jab himself
with S19 and for years afterwards would have Brucellosis attacks. One of
my
jobs at the surgery was packing the aborted calves to send to the lab. I
don't think plastic gloves had been discovered then, so I was coming into
direct contact with the disease through my hands. I remember going to
Blood
Donors when I was around nineteen, gave my pint of blood and went home.
Next day a doctor telephoned me and thanked me for my pint of blood, but
owing to the fact it tested positive for Brucellosis it had to be thrown
down the sink. I was asked never to give blood again!
Luv
Lynne
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From: "David" <...>
To: <...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 3:48 AM
Subject: RE: [farmtalking] And now for something different......in Cumbria
Now Brucellosis is far more harmful to us humans than FMD. We used to
vaccinate our cattle with S19 and then they we given a special ear tag
to
mark them. I think the vets did the vaccination because there were a
lot
of
cases of accidental self-vaccination. The resulting disease is called
undulant fever in humans – a chronic condition of aching muscles. Many
vets
committed suicide because of the condition.
Cows with Brucellosis would abort at about 7 months – just as you were
drying the cow off. She would have calved with loads of milk in 2
months
but were useless after aborting. Nothing more frustrating for a dairy
farmer.
The vaccinations were free and any abortions had to be reported to MAFF
and
our vet would come out at the expense of MAFF and take samples for
testing.
If this disease reoccurs through imports into the UK it will be an
economic
disaster.
The French are still banning our beef on health grounds – now is the
time
to
ban imports of their cattle. Lets ban live exports – from France!!
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Elaine Commander [...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:41 PM
To: ...
Cc: ...
Subject: [farmtalking] And now for something different......in Cumbria
19 Mar 2002 19:18
UK finds signs of brucellosis in imported cattle
LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday five head of
cattle imported from France in February had shown signs of the
contagious
livestock disease brucellosis.
The affected cattle were among 44 animals imported to restock a
farm
in northern England hit by last year's foot-and-mouth disease epidemic,
which led to the slaughter of millions of animals.
Brucellosis -- not seen in Britain for 10 years -- is
transmissible
to
humans, causing a condition called undulant fever, with symptoms similar
to
influenza.
The main risk is to those people who have direct contact with
cattle,
mainly farmers.
In cows, it often causes abortion and is especially contagious to
other cattle during a birth or abortion.
Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(DEFRA)
said one of the animals had shown a positive reaction to tests for
brucellosis and jad been slaughtered. None of the meat entered the food
chain.
The four other animals showed inconclusive results for the
disease.
All of the samples are subject to further testing.
A negative result could take up to three weeks to confirm.
DEFRA said officials are continuing to investigate whether the
cattle
consignment complied with European Union rules that were in place at the
time of import.
They are also checking that the animals did not come into contact
with
other cattle.
Britain's animal health minister Elliot Morley said the suspect
case
was a timely reminder of the need for farmers to carefully plan their
purchases, especially in light of the devastating foot-and-mouth
epidemic.

"While there are many factors to be taken into consideration when
purchasing stock, controlling the risk of introducing disease needs to
be
a
priority for farmers."
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