 |
|
Biological Hazard in USA on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at 03:52 (03:52 AM) UTC.
|
| Description |
|
The Idaho State Department of Agriculture says two Idaho goats have tested positive for Q fever. Q fever is a contagious bacteria that affects, sheep, goats and cattle, and it can be spread to humans. This is not the first case in the state, but this is the first outbreak on record in Idaho. The ISDA is trying to keep it from spreading to more animals, or humans. "The Department of Agriculture received confirmation that two goats in the state had tested positive for Coxiela burnetii," said Doctor Scott Leibsle of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture. Coxiela burnetii is the organism that causes Q fever. "When we got the confirmation of the positive, we notified the owner of the goats and we immediately put the goats under quarantine," said Leibsle. They caught the disease in a state screening. "You often don't know your animal is sick until they abort their pregnancy, and typically, livestock don't show any symptoms other than losing their pregnancy." That's also the time when it's easiest to get and spread the bacteria. "The greatest risk for humans contracting the disease is the producers and people that handle livestock on a daily basis," Leibsle said.
|
| Biohazard name: |
Q Fever (Coxiela burnetii) |
| Biohazard level: |
3/4 Hight |
| Biohazard desc.: |
Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level. |
| Symptoms: |
|
| Status: |
confirmed |
RSOE shall not be liable for any customer claims based on the content and services distributed by RSOE. RSOE states that the EDIS content means information collected from the related and approved sources and therefore RSOE shall not be responsible for the content of these information.
|
|
|
 |
 |