FOREIGN ANIMAL DISEASE UPDATE

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Subject: FOREIGN ANIMAL DISEASE UPDATE                                   

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Folder Title: FEBRUARY READING FILE                                                                           

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         involving 479 cases in February.
              g. Newcastle Disease has low sporadic occurrence with disease
         control via vaccination, quarantine, movement control, and other
         precautions ar frontier and inside country. This is a notif i.able
         disease.
              h. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) was reported in the
         United Kingdom (U.K.), Ireland and Oman. Oman reported 2 cases in
         Jersey cattle that had been imported from Great Britain.
         2. Other diseases of signif icance:
              a. Rabies - Canine present with the disease. Control is via
         vaccination (required annually in dogs and cats). Large numbers of
         stray cats commonly inhabit compounds and may serve as sources of
         infection. ovine has low sporadic occurrence with disease control
         via vaccination, quarantine, movement control and other precautions
         at frontier and inside country, including control of wild animals.
         Wild fauna experiences low sporadic occurrence and some control of
         wildlife reservoirs is practiced.
         NOTE:   The f irst documented human death from rabies in Oman has
         been reported. An 8-year old boy developed the disease 4 months
         after being bitten by a fox near his home, 240 kilometers west of
         Muskat. The report did not indicate whether the fox was tested for
         rabies or if the boy received post-exposure prophylaxis. Sylvatic
         rabies is enzootic in Oman, with the desert fox as the principal
         enzootic reservoir. spill over into domestic animal populations
         occurs (laboratory-conf irmed cases in two foxes and a goat recently
         were reported) , with stray dogs (cats and other animals to a lesser
         extent) responsible for most of the human bite/scratch incidents
         requiring post-exposure prophylaxis.     Risk from rabies in Oman
         previously   had   been considered relatively        low,  but the
on of stricter animal control measures (dog vaccination
         and licensure) in late 1989 and a public education program
         (subsequent to the boy's death) on the dangers of animal bites may
         indicate that health officials now consider rabies risk to be
         elevated.













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