IN NIGERIA, THE FIRST ANTHRAX CASE HAS BEEN REPORTED.

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THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DISCLOSED ON MONDAY, JULY 17, 2023, IN A STATEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED BY Dr COLUMBA T. VAKURU, CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER OF NIGERIA, THAT ANIMALS THAT ARE MANIFESTING SYMPTOMS OF A LIKELY 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, 2023. “THIS ISSUE WAS IN A CROSS-SPECIE ANIMAL FARM OF CATTLE, SHEEP, AND GOATS SITUATED AT GAJIRI, ABUJA-KADUNA EXPRESS WAY SULEJA LGA NIGER STATE, wHERE SOME OF THE ANIMALS ARE SHOWING SIGNS WHICH INCLUDE DISCHARGING OF BLO%D FROM THEIR BODY OPENINGS LIKE THE NOSE, EYES, EARS, AND ANUS. A SWIFT FEEDBACK TEAM CONSISTING OF FEDERAL AND STATES HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TEAM CAME TO THE FARM TO PERFORM PRIOR INVESTIGATIONS AND SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED FROM THE S#CKANIMALS. SUBSEQUENT laboratory test BY THE NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LABORATORY VERIFIED THE DIAGNOSIS, MARKING THE FIRST CASE OF ANTHRAX TO BE RECORDED IN THE PRESENT YEAR," THE STATEMENT READS IN PART. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELEASED A WARNING TO NIGERIANS WEEKS AGO AFTER KNOWING OF AN ANTHRAX OUTBREAK IN NORTHERN GHANA WHERE ALL CONTAMINATED ANIMALS HAD DI£D. ANTHRAX IS A DISEASEDISEASE BROUGHT ABOUT BY SPORE-FORMING BACTERIUM BACILLUS, WHICH MAINLY HAVE EFFECTS ON LIVESTOCK LIKE CATTLE, SHEEP, AND GOATS. NEVERTHELESS, IT CAN ALSO INFECT PEOPLE WHO BY CHANCES HAVE CONTACT WITH THE INFECTED PEOPLE OR CONTAMINATED ANIMAL PRODUCT'S LIKE MEAT, WOOL, OR SKINS. ANTHRAX THAT ESCALATE THROUGH THE SKIN MIGHT RESULT THROUGH OPEN WO¥ND CONTACT WITH AFFECTED OBJECTS, WHILE ANTHRAX THAT ESCALATE VIA THE AIR CAN OCCUR WHEN SPORES ARE BREATHED. BASE ON REPORT FROM DAILY TRUST,THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUEST TO NIGERIANS TO “QUICK REPORT CASES OF ANIMALS BLE£DING FROM BODY OPENINGS TO VETERINARY AUTHORITIES, OR AGRICULTURE EXTENSION WORKERS. THE BLOOD OF AN ANIMAL INFECTED BY ANTHRAX DOESN'T CLOT. DO NOT PROCESS OR MOVE THE DEAD OR SICK ANIMAL, THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO REPORT TO YOUR VETERINARY DOCTOR OR VETERINARY AUTHORITIES AT THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IN YOUR STATE,” THE STATEMENT URGED NIGERIANS
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