The potential for an outbreak of glanders in Nepal
Abstract Confirmation of glanders has not been possible in suspected cases submitted by field veterinarians, mainly due to the lack of diagnostic tools in Nepal. In view, however, of the re-emergence of glanders in India and the unrestricted migration of equines from there in to Nepal, an outbreak o...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:10cb2204f258446e86d71c35d7f1c91b 2023-05-15T15:02:38+02:00 The potential for an outbreak of glanders in Nepal Niran Adhikari Krishna Prasad Acharya Richard Trevor Wilson 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0185-2 https://doaj.org/article/10cb2204f258446e86d71c35d7f1c91b EN eng BMC https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0185-2 https://doaj.org/toc/1349-4147 doi:10.1186/s41182-019-0185-2 1349-4147 https://doaj.org/article/10cb2204f258446e86d71c35d7f1c91b Tropical Medicine and Health, Vol 47, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2019) Equine diseases Farcy Burkholderia mallei Mallein test Re-emerging diseases Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-019-0185-2 2022-12-31T09:27:15Z Abstract Confirmation of glanders has not been possible in suspected cases submitted by field veterinarians, mainly due to the lack of diagnostic tools in Nepal. In view, however, of the re-emergence of glanders in India and the unrestricted migration of equines from there in to Nepal, an outbreak of Glanders in the short term is a distinct possibility. Such an event would affect the rural, marginalized community, and brick kiln industries. Therefore, due attention on the national epidemiological study and strengthened animal quarantine system with holding yards and laboratory backups are highly requested. Besides, the government’s timely action on disease prevalence, monitoring, and disease reporting is utmost important besides widespread public awareness to prevent the entry and control the disease. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Tropical Medicine and Health 47 1 |
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Abstract Confirmation of glanders has not been possible in suspected cases submitted by field veterinarians, mainly due to the lack of diagnostic tools in Nepal. In view, however, of the re-emergence of glanders in India and the unrestricted migration of equines from there in to Nepal, an outbreak of Glanders in the short term is a distinct possibility. Such an event would affect the rural, marginalized community, and brick kiln industries. Therefore, due attention on the national epidemiological study and strengthened animal quarantine system with holding yards and laboratory backups are highly requested. Besides, the government’s timely action on disease prevalence, monitoring, and disease reporting is utmost important besides widespread public awareness to prevent the entry and control the disease. |
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