среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Dutch begin goat cull to counter Q-fever outbreak

The Dutch government has begun culling goats and sheep on farms infected with the bacteria that causes Q fever, an animal-borne disease that can cause flulike symptoms in people.

An unusually large outbreak of the rare disease is believed to have infected 2,300 people and caused 6 human deaths in the Netherlands in 2009.

An agriculture ministry spokesman says …

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