Tag: Anthrax disease

Zamfara: FG alerts public to Anthrax outbreak 

Aminu Imam
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The Federal Ministry of Livestock Development has alerted Nigerians to the outbreak of Anthrax, a zoonotic disease, in Zamfara State. Director, Information and Public Relations Department in the ministry, Ben Goong, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday in Abuja, said that the outbreak occurred in a farm in Zamfara. Anthrax is an infection caused by bacterium Bacillus anthracis, which can affect warm-blooded animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, horses and wildlife, as well as humans with potential high morbidity and mortality. The disease could be spread through contact with…

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FG confirms first case of anthrax disease in Nigeria

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, yesterday officially confirmed the first case of anthrax in the country. According to a statement signed by the Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria, Dr. Columba T. Vakuru, animals showing signs of a possible case of anthrax on a farm in Suleja, Niger State, were reported to the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria on July 14. The statement reads in part: The case was in a multi-specie animal farm comprising of cattle, sheep and goats located…

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