Anthrax announced in Russia: the first victims

Danger of infection is easily converted into a real epidemic and fatal even in cases where it is appropriate treatment for victims. Doctors warn that one should be extremely careful when buying meat from private owners, especially coming from Dagestan - this is where recorded outbreak of infection.

The fact that six residents Akhvakhsky District was found anthrax , Said Head of the state veterinary supervision of the Office of Rosselkhoznadzor Russia's Dagestan Ruslan Ozdemirov. According to him, six people, including a pregnant woman, were hospitalized with suspected anthrax June 15. The conducted tests confirmed doctors - "all hospitalized cutaneous anthrax."

According Ozdemirovu, management experts conducted an investigation, which revealed that the infection occurred from the sick animal from the so-called obschevygulnogo herd.

"Cattle from neighboring villages collect and walks and watches over them one shepherd, while the owners of all animals are different. Normally a herd grazing until the fall, gaining weight, and then sacrificed it. According to our data, in such a herd, for whatever reasons, it was scored a bull, as the owners said the shepherd. They came to a place where they have helped to cut the meat and they took it. Then taken to the district center, and sold directly to the machine without carrying any accompanying documents for the meat "- said Ozdemirov.

The veterinarian also added that the infected are not the only ones who butchered the infected animal, but those who bought the meat. But the threat to the lives of these people the disease is not because they have acquired cutaneous anthrax is treatable, if timely treatment to the doctor.

REFERENCE

anthrax - Especially dangerous infectious diseases of farm and wild animals of all species, including humans. The disease occurs acutely and lightning. It characterized by intoxication, development of serous-hemorrhagic inflammation of the skin, lymph nodes and internal organs; It occurs in skin or septic form. Infection atriums for anthrax is usually the damaged skin. In rare cases, the bacillus is being implemented through the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract.

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