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inanna

(3,547 posts) Mon Oct 9, 2017, 01:56 PM Oct 2017

Namibia: More than 100 hippos die in suspected anthrax outbreak

Source: BBC

43 minutes ago

More than 100 hippos have been found dead in a Namibian national park, with authorities suspecting anthrax could be to blame.

The animals are believed to have all died in the last week in the remote Bwabwata National Park, in the country's north-east.

One ministry official said Namibia had never seen anything like this before.

Anthrax is a deadly bacterial disease which is known to kill game, cattle, and sometimes humans.

Pictures from the area show dozens of dead hippos - some on their backs - lying in rivers with low water levels.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41558385

Anthrax in Namibia. Plague in Madagascar. Yikes...

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Namibia: More than 100 hippos die in suspected anthrax outbreak (Original Post) inanna Oct 2017 OP

Oh Noooooo StarryNite Oct 2017 #1

We need a cry icon thingy. raven mad Oct 2017 #2

I can not look either because I would cry also. Doreen Oct 2017 #4

Not looking either Bayard Oct 2017 #7

There's a vaccine. raven mad Oct 2017 #8

if only they had been in Nambia 0rganism Oct 2017 #3

The greatest hippo health care, better than the world has ever seen, believe me. Rollo Oct 2017 #9

Poor things just can't catch a break. nt 7962 Oct 2017 #5

Awful! TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #6

StarryNite

(9,460 posts)

1. Oh Noooooo

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2017, 02:13 PM

Oct 2017

raven mad

(4,940 posts)

2. We need a cry icon thingy.

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Mon Oct 9, 2017, 02:27 PM

Oct 2017

But the pResident called it Nambia, so it's not real.................

Anthrax is so easily preventable. I can't look, I'd be crying for the next week.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

4. I can not look either because I would cry also.

Reply to raven mad (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 9, 2017, 02:43 PM

Oct 2017

Bayard

(22,149 posts)

7. Not looking either

Reply to raven mad (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 10, 2017, 12:44 PM

Oct 2017

My imagination is bad enough.

How is Anthrax preventable, and how does it get started in a place like this?

raven mad

(4,940 posts)

8. There's a vaccine.

Reply to Bayard (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 10, 2017, 09:16 PM

Oct 2017

It starts as spore bacterium. Even my cats are susceptible, but up here it's a bit too cold for it to thrive, thank heaven or whoever. Zero cases in the U.S. in years.

Anthrax is caused by a spore-forming bacterium. It mainly affects animals. Humans can become infected through contact with an infected animal or by inhaling spores.

Symptoms depend on the route of infection. They can range from a skin ulcer with a dark scab to difficulty breathing.
Antibiotic treatment cures most infections. Inhaled anthrax is harder to treat and can be fatal.

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