Farm Animals and Horses｜🔴 Supplementary Column B: Notifiable Diseases and Culling Obligations | Evidence chain

FAQ

I suspect foot-and-mouth disease or African swine fever in my animals — whom should I contact?

The bodies to contact are of the animal disease control, agricultural administration and veterinary public health institute type. The actual full names of these bodies differ by country and region, so only the type of body is described here, to avoid misleading readers in other regions.

動物が口蹄疫やアフリカ豚熱にかかったと疑われる場合、どこに連絡すればよいですか。 — 連絡すべきなのは、動物防疫、農政の部署、家畜衛生の試験研究機関といった種類の機関です。実際の機関の正式名称は国や地域によって異なるため、ここでは機関の種類のみを記述し、地域による誤解を避けています。

I suspect foot-and-mouth disease or African swine fever in my animals — whom should I contact? — The bodies to contact are of the animal disease control, agricultural administration and veterinary public health institute type. The actual full names of these bodies differ by country and region, so only the type of body is described here, to avoid misleading readers in other regions.

If I do not report, am I only bearing my own losses?

No. Most of these diseases are highly transmissible and can spread rapidly via migratory birds, wildlife, shared equipment, movement of people and vehicles, and the trade and transport of animals. Concealment makes the disease control authorities lose the earliest window for containment, the affected premises and animal numbers may multiply, other keepers in the same region are dragged in, and some of these diseases also carry a zoonotic infection risk.

届け出ないのは自分が損失を負うだけのことですか。 — 違います。この種類の疾病の多くは感染力が強く、渡り鳥、野生動物、共用の器具、人と車両の移動、動物の売買や輸送を通じて急速に広がります。隠して届け出なければ防疫の担当機関は最も早い封じ込めの機会を逃し、影響を受ける農場と動物の数は倍数的に拡大しうるほか、同じ地域の他の飼い主にも影響が及び、一部の疾病には人獣共通感染のリスクもあります。

If I do not report, am I only bearing my own losses? — No. Most of these diseases are highly transmissible and can spread rapidly via migratory birds, wildlife, shared equipment, movement of people and vehicles, and the trade and transport of animals. Concealment makes the disease control authorities lose the earliest window for containment, the affected premises and animal numbers may multiply, other keepers in the same region are dragged in, and some of these diseases also carry a zoonotic infection risk.

A group shows mass mortality within a short time, or several animals convulse and develop blisters on the mouth and nose at once — what is the first step?

The first step in every case is to contact a veterinarian and the local animal disease control authority. Do not handle the carcasses yourself, do not bury them yourself, and do not move the animals off the premises, because carcasses and movement are themselves high-risk routes for spreading the pathogen.

群れに短期間で大量死が出た場合、あるいは複数の個体が同時にけいれんし口や鼻に水疱ができた場合、第一歩は何ですか。 — 第一歩はどの場合でもまず獣医師と地域の動物防疫の担当機関に連絡することです。自分で死体を処理せず、自分で埋めず、動物を現場から移動させないでください。死体と移動そのものが病原体を拡散させる高リスクの経路だからです。

A group shows mass mortality within a short time, or several animals convulse and develop blisters on the mouth and nose at once — what is the first step? — The first step in every case is to contact a veterinarian and the local animal disease control authority. Do not handle the carcasses yourself, do not bury them yourself, and do not move the animals off the premises, because carcasses and movement are themselves high-risk routes for spreading the pathogen.