Guest guest Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 And they want to move Plum Island to the middle of Kansas....... --- FMD in South Korea Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:11:17 -0600 From: To: Goats WSU Below is the latest posting issued by ProMED that addresses the FMD outbreak in South Korea. While this post indicates that the number of new cases may finally be slowing (due to vaccination), new concerns have developed. Blood in drinking water (presumably from the buried animals) is now causing concern. Also, note that one of the updates provides information on the number of goats in South Korea. The very valid question is whether the deer and goats will be vaccinated. The pertinent excerpt is: "Are goats (there are about 270 000 of them in South Korea, held in more than 20 000 establishments) and deer (about 79 000, held in more than 6000 establishments) to be included in the vaccination scheme?" And, in case anyone is trying to follow all the information I forwarded, there was indeed an e-mail title: "FMD in South Korea--Part 9." However, at this time, I have been unable to get get any version of it to arrive at the WSU List Serv. I apologize if several copies do show up; however, my guess is that they have been censored (not by WSU) due to both the author of the opinion piece quoted and the nature of the comments contained in that piece.-- in NE Texas Archive Number20110115.0181 Published Date15-JAN-2011 SubjectPRO/AH> Foot & mouth disease - S Korea (04): update, RFI FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE - SOUTH KOREA (04): UPDATE, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ************************************************************************** A ProMED-mail post In this update: [1] Update [2] Water contamination? [3] Vaccination plans, regaining FMD-free status ****** [1] Update Date: Sat 15 Jan 2011 Source: Yonhapnews [edited] <http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2011/01/15/8/0501000000AEN20110115001600320F.HTML> Additional FMD case discovered in S Korea's south eastern region ---------------------------------------------------------------- South Korea confirmed a single case of foot and mouth disease (FMD) on Saturday [15 Jan 2011] in the country's south eastern region, as nationwide vaccinations and quarantine efforts have started to help stem new outbreaks. The additional case in Cheongsong, 285 km [177 miles] southeast of Seoul, brings the total number of confirmed FMD outbreaks to 119, since animals started showing symptoms in late November [2010], the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said. There have been other confirmed cases of animal disease outbreak but they are not counted because the animals were culled before test results were completed. All 30 animals on the small cattle farm have been ordered destroyed along with livestock within a 500 meter [547 yard] radius of the site to prevent further spread of the disease, the ministry said. The disease, meanwhile, forced Seoul to cull and bury 1.6 million heads of cattle, pigs, goats and deer with damage estimated to run to around 1.5 trillion won (USD 1.34 billion). The country had moved to vaccinate a limited number of animals on 25 Dec 2010 after initial quarantine efforts proved inadequate to control the outbreak that has spread to most parts of the country. Seoul said earlier in the week that it will vaccinate all livestock across the country, including those on Jeju Island off the country south western coast which had not been affected so far. The country has some 3 million cattle, 10 million pigs and large numbers of other livestock that will need to receive shots. In addition to the latest outbreaks that were 1st confirmed on 29 Nov 2010, the country was hit by the disease in 2000, 2002 and 2 more times early last year [by 2 different, separately introduced FMD virus strains, one epizootic caused by serotype A, the later epizootic by serotype O -- which is similar to the currently circulating strain. - Mod.AS] -- communicated by: ProMED-mail ****** [2] Water contamination? Date: Fri 14 Jan 2011 Source: Circle of Blue [summ., edited] <http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2011/world/foot-and-mouth-disease%E2%80%94will-mass-animal-burials-cause-water-contamination-in-south-korea/> Foot and mouth disease [FMD] -- will mass animal burials contaminate water in South Korea? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As the virus sweeps South Korea's livestock industry, government officials have ordered the burial of culled animals. The consequences to groundwater from the slaughter and burial of so many animals have emerged as a public concern, heightened by reports of biological contamination. For instance, The Korea Times reported last week that tap water in a village in Gyeonggi province was contaminated with blood. The news agency reported that residents believe the contamination was related to a livestock slaughter on 31 Dec 2010, when nearly 1000 pigs were buried alive in response to an outbreak of FMD at a nearby farm. Typically, animals are killed before disposal, but with the outbreak spreading so fast, local authorities did not have the slaughterhouse capacity to follow the rules. Instead, animals within a 500 meter radius of the infected farm were dumped into a pit 5 meters deep that was lined with double-folded vinyl. "It's possible that the vinyl could be torn by animals struggling to survive," a quarantine officer told The Korea Times. Residents in the village, located in a rural area near the northern city of Paju, are concerned that the buried animals contaminated their groundwater supply. It is unclear how many homes were affected and whether the bloody tap water came from private wells or via a public treatment system. In an interview with Circle of Blue, a Korean government official confirmed that a farm drainage creek had been contaminated by the live burial near the city of Paju. But the same official denied that blood had run through the taps. The official -- who works at the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and asked to be left anonymous since he does not have the authority to speak publicly about the matter -- told Circle of Blue that groundwater is regularly tested via government mandates and that drinking water had not been contaminated by the bodily fluids of culled pigs and cows. The official said that mass slaughter is the most effective means for controlling such a large outbreak. He also said that killing and burying animals on-site is consistent with accepted public health practices. The Asia-Pacific Business & Technology Report published a similar story from the Gangwon province -- more than 3 hours away -- where more than 1000 pigs were buried on 4 Jan 2011. According to the report, "blood from the bodies ran into underground water aquifers which supply local drinking water." There have been confirmed cases in Gyeonggi, North Gyeongsang, Gangwon, North and South Chungcheong provinces, as well as the city of Incheon. Though the bloody tap water is an extraordinary event, groundwater contamination from animal disposal is not. Just 3 months ago, a local politician with the opposition party cited a report in The Korea Times from the Ministry of Environment showing groundwater sources near animal burial sites have been classified "undrinkable" due to concentrations of colon bacillus -- a bacteria group that includes E. coli -- that exceed the legal minimum. In the United States, regulations for dead animal disposal vary by state. Some states, like Missouri, suggest incineration, composting, or removal to an approved landfill as safer methods than on-farm burial. [byline: Brett Walton, Aubrey Ann and Karl Wasmuth] -- communicated by: ****** [3] Vaccination plans, regaining FMD-free status Date: Fri 14 Jan 2011 Source: Yonhapnews [edited] <http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2011/01/14/24/0501000000AEN20110114004800320F.HTML> South Korea is seeking to regain its FMD-free country status without resorting to constant use of vaccines, a senior level government official said Friday [14 Jan 2011]. Deputy farm minister Lee Sang-kil said in a meeting with reporters that Seoul's current stance is to swiftly carry out vaccination to stem the rapid spread of the highly contagious animal disease, but not to give shots on a regular basis. "Nationwide vaccination efforts are emergency measures and not something Seoul wants to do permanently," he said. The official said that while policymakers are not ruling out the use of additional shots if the FMD virus is not destroyed, such a decision can only be made after extensive testing is carried out on animals in the country and consultation with experts. Once ongoing vaccination efforts take effect and there are no more FMD cases reported for over 6 months, the country will start taking steps to regain its FMD-free status from the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). He stressed, however, that such a step will take time. "Everything will depend on how thoroughly decontamination efforts are carried out during the spring and summer months when it is easier to destroy the animal virus," he said. He predicted the government would decide what course it must take in September 2011. Lee said that if livestock tests reveal the virus has not been fully destroyed, Seoul may have to give additional inoculations that could delay the country's regaining of its FMD-free status for up to 2 years. Regaining FMD-free status is important because it affects both export and imports and overall health of the local livestock industry. The official said that while South Korea can seek to become an FMD-free country that uses vaccination from the OIE, like Argentina, there is a need to carefully examine the cost of such a step. Vaccinating around 3.4 million cattle and 10 million pigs every 5 to 6 months [see comment] can cost the country up to 100 billion won (USD 89.7 million) per year. "In hindsight, it would have been cheaper if South Korea opted to vaccinate animals but there was no way to predict the huge losses caused by the latest outbreak," the official said. He pointed out that Seoul had no outbreaks for 8 years after 2002, while those that occurred early last year cost about 170 billion won. The country has culled and buried 1.61 million heads of cattle, pigs, goats and deer since the 1st case was confirmed on 29 Nov 2010. Total losses incurred are estimated at a minimum of 1 trillion won, with numbers likely to be higher once a complete tally is taken. The official added that frontline experts are predicting FMD outbreaks to come under control in one or 2 weeks, since it usually takes a month for vaccines to start having an affect. The country started giving limited shots on 25 Dec 2010 before ordering nationwide vaccinations earlier in the week. Quarantine officials, meanwhile, reported no new outbreaks for the day and said there was a drop in number of suspected cases in recent days. The country already gave shots to 1.6 million animals in areas that are exposed to the disease. -- communicated by: ProMED-mail rapporteur Marshall [According to the South Korean media, the quarantine authorities have imported FMD vaccines from England (where a commercial vaccine is manufactured in a single facility, at Pirbright) and will import more from Japan (data on this manufacturing laboratory would help). Information on the vaccine strains included in the inactivated (killed) vaccines from each manufacturer, as well as the vaccination scheme prescribed by them for each species, would be appreciated. Are goats (there are about 270 000 of them in South Korea, held in more than 20 000 establishments) and deer (about 79 000, held in more than 6000 establishments) to be included in the vaccination scheme? Vaccinating all cattle and pigs every 5 to 6 months, as indicated in item 3 above, is probably an ideal scheme but in vaccinated adult animals, a less frequent re-vaccination policy may be acceptable. The adjuvant used should also be taken into consideration (oil-adjuvant vaccines may confer a longer protection and require a less frequent vaccination regime). - Mod.AS] _______________________________________________ Goats mailing list Goats@... http://lists.wsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/goats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 And they want to move Plum Island to the middle of Kansas....... --- FMD in South Korea Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:11:17 -0600 From: To: Goats WSU Below is the latest posting issued by ProMED that addresses the FMD outbreak in South Korea. While this post indicates that the number of new cases may finally be slowing (due to vaccination), new concerns have developed. Blood in drinking water (presumably from the buried animals) is now causing concern. Also, note that one of the updates provides information on the number of goats in South Korea. The very valid question is whether the deer and goats will be vaccinated. The pertinent excerpt is: "Are goats (there are about 270 000 of them in South Korea, held in more than 20 000 establishments) and deer (about 79 000, held in more than 6000 establishments) to be included in the vaccination scheme?" And, in case anyone is trying to follow all the information I forwarded, there was indeed an e-mail title: "FMD in South Korea--Part 9." However, at this time, I have been unable to get get any version of it to arrive at the WSU List Serv. I apologize if several copies do show up; however, my guess is that they have been censored (not by WSU) due to both the author of the opinion piece quoted and the nature of the comments contained in that piece.-- in NE Texas Archive Number20110115.0181 Published Date15-JAN-2011 SubjectPRO/AH> Foot & mouth disease - S Korea (04): update, RFI FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE - SOUTH KOREA (04): UPDATE, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ************************************************************************** A ProMED-mail post In this update: [1] Update [2] Water contamination? [3] Vaccination plans, regaining FMD-free status ****** [1] Update Date: Sat 15 Jan 2011 Source: Yonhapnews [edited] <http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2011/01/15/8/0501000000AEN20110115001600320F.HTML> Additional FMD case discovered in S Korea's south eastern region ---------------------------------------------------------------- South Korea confirmed a single case of foot and mouth disease (FMD) on Saturday [15 Jan 2011] in the country's south eastern region, as nationwide vaccinations and quarantine efforts have started to help stem new outbreaks. The additional case in Cheongsong, 285 km [177 miles] southeast of Seoul, brings the total number of confirmed FMD outbreaks to 119, since animals started showing symptoms in late November [2010], the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said. There have been other confirmed cases of animal disease outbreak but they are not counted because the animals were culled before test results were completed. All 30 animals on the small cattle farm have been ordered destroyed along with livestock within a 500 meter [547 yard] radius of the site to prevent further spread of the disease, the ministry said. The disease, meanwhile, forced Seoul to cull and bury 1.6 million heads of cattle, pigs, goats and deer with damage estimated to run to around 1.5 trillion won (USD 1.34 billion). The country had moved to vaccinate a limited number of animals on 25 Dec 2010 after initial quarantine efforts proved inadequate to control the outbreak that has spread to most parts of the country. Seoul said earlier in the week that it will vaccinate all livestock across the country, including those on Jeju Island off the country south western coast which had not been affected so far. The country has some 3 million cattle, 10 million pigs and large numbers of other livestock that will need to receive shots. In addition to the latest outbreaks that were 1st confirmed on 29 Nov 2010, the country was hit by the disease in 2000, 2002 and 2 more times early last year [by 2 different, separately introduced FMD virus strains, one epizootic caused by serotype A, the later epizootic by serotype O -- which is similar to the currently circulating strain. - Mod.AS] -- communicated by: ProMED-mail ****** [2] Water contamination? Date: Fri 14 Jan 2011 Source: Circle of Blue [summ., edited] <http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2011/world/foot-and-mouth-disease%E2%80%94will-mass-animal-burials-cause-water-contamination-in-south-korea/> Foot and mouth disease [FMD] -- will mass animal burials contaminate water in South Korea? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As the virus sweeps South Korea's livestock industry, government officials have ordered the burial of culled animals. The consequences to groundwater from the slaughter and burial of so many animals have emerged as a public concern, heightened by reports of biological contamination. For instance, The Korea Times reported last week that tap water in a village in Gyeonggi province was contaminated with blood. The news agency reported that residents believe the contamination was related to a livestock slaughter on 31 Dec 2010, when nearly 1000 pigs were buried alive in response to an outbreak of FMD at a nearby farm. Typically, animals are killed before disposal, but with the outbreak spreading so fast, local authorities did not have the slaughterhouse capacity to follow the rules. Instead, animals within a 500 meter radius of the infected farm were dumped into a pit 5 meters deep that was lined with double-folded vinyl. "It's possible that the vinyl could be torn by animals struggling to survive," a quarantine officer told The Korea Times. Residents in the village, located in a rural area near the northern city of Paju, are concerned that the buried animals contaminated their groundwater supply. It is unclear how many homes were affected and whether the bloody tap water came from private wells or via a public treatment system. In an interview with Circle of Blue, a Korean government official confirmed that a farm drainage creek had been contaminated by the live burial near the city of Paju. But the same official denied that blood had run through the taps. The official -- who works at the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and asked to be left anonymous since he does not have the authority to speak publicly about the matter -- told Circle of Blue that groundwater is regularly tested via government mandates and that drinking water had not been contaminated by the bodily fluids of culled pigs and cows. The official said that mass slaughter is the most effective means for controlling such a large outbreak. He also said that killing and burying animals on-site is consistent with accepted public health practices. The Asia-Pacific Business & Technology Report published a similar story from the Gangwon province -- more than 3 hours away -- where more than 1000 pigs were buried on 4 Jan 2011. According to the report, "blood from the bodies ran into underground water aquifers which supply local drinking water." There have been confirmed cases in Gyeonggi, North Gyeongsang, Gangwon, North and South Chungcheong provinces, as well as the city of Incheon. Though the bloody tap water is an extraordinary event, groundwater contamination from animal disposal is not. Just 3 months ago, a local politician with the opposition party cited a report in The Korea Times from the Ministry of Environment showing groundwater sources near animal burial sites have been classified "undrinkable" due to concentrations of colon bacillus -- a bacteria group that includes E. coli -- that exceed the legal minimum. In the United States, regulations for dead animal disposal vary by state. Some states, like Missouri, suggest incineration, composting, or removal to an approved landfill as safer methods than on-farm burial. [byline: Brett Walton, Aubrey Ann and Karl Wasmuth] -- communicated by: ****** [3] Vaccination plans, regaining FMD-free status Date: Fri 14 Jan 2011 Source: Yonhapnews [edited] <http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2011/01/14/24/0501000000AEN20110114004800320F.HTML> South Korea is seeking to regain its FMD-free country status without resorting to constant use of vaccines, a senior level government official said Friday [14 Jan 2011]. Deputy farm minister Lee Sang-kil said in a meeting with reporters that Seoul's current stance is to swiftly carry out vaccination to stem the rapid spread of the highly contagious animal disease, but not to give shots on a regular basis. "Nationwide vaccination efforts are emergency measures and not something Seoul wants to do permanently," he said. The official said that while policymakers are not ruling out the use of additional shots if the FMD virus is not destroyed, such a decision can only be made after extensive testing is carried out on animals in the country and consultation with experts. Once ongoing vaccination efforts take effect and there are no more FMD cases reported for over 6 months, the country will start taking steps to regain its FMD-free status from the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). He stressed, however, that such a step will take time. "Everything will depend on how thoroughly decontamination efforts are carried out during the spring and summer months when it is easier to destroy the animal virus," he said. He predicted the government would decide what course it must take in September 2011. Lee said that if livestock tests reveal the virus has not been fully destroyed, Seoul may have to give additional inoculations that could delay the country's regaining of its FMD-free status for up to 2 years. Regaining FMD-free status is important because it affects both export and imports and overall health of the local livestock industry. The official said that while South Korea can seek to become an FMD-free country that uses vaccination from the OIE, like Argentina, there is a need to carefully examine the cost of such a step. Vaccinating around 3.4 million cattle and 10 million pigs every 5 to 6 months [see comment] can cost the country up to 100 billion won (USD 89.7 million) per year. "In hindsight, it would have been cheaper if South Korea opted to vaccinate animals but there was no way to predict the huge losses caused by the latest outbreak," the official said. He pointed out that Seoul had no outbreaks for 8 years after 2002, while those that occurred early last year cost about 170 billion won. The country has culled and buried 1.61 million heads of cattle, pigs, goats and deer since the 1st case was confirmed on 29 Nov 2010. Total losses incurred are estimated at a minimum of 1 trillion won, with numbers likely to be higher once a complete tally is taken. The official added that frontline experts are predicting FMD outbreaks to come under control in one or 2 weeks, since it usually takes a month for vaccines to start having an affect. The country started giving limited shots on 25 Dec 2010 before ordering nationwide vaccinations earlier in the week. Quarantine officials, meanwhile, reported no new outbreaks for the day and said there was a drop in number of suspected cases in recent days. The country already gave shots to 1.6 million animals in areas that are exposed to the disease. -- communicated by: ProMED-mail rapporteur Marshall [According to the South Korean media, the quarantine authorities have imported FMD vaccines from England (where a commercial vaccine is manufactured in a single facility, at Pirbright) and will import more from Japan (data on this manufacturing laboratory would help). Information on the vaccine strains included in the inactivated (killed) vaccines from each manufacturer, as well as the vaccination scheme prescribed by them for each species, would be appreciated. Are goats (there are about 270 000 of them in South Korea, held in more than 20 000 establishments) and deer (about 79 000, held in more than 6000 establishments) to be included in the vaccination scheme? Vaccinating all cattle and pigs every 5 to 6 months, as indicated in item 3 above, is probably an ideal scheme but in vaccinated adult animals, a less frequent re-vaccination policy may be acceptable. The adjuvant used should also be taken into consideration (oil-adjuvant vaccines may confer a longer protection and require a less frequent vaccination regime). - Mod.AS] _______________________________________________ Goats mailing list Goats@... http://lists.wsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/goats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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