[브레이크뉴스경기남부=수원 오경희기자] Gyeonggi-do Northern Animal Health Testing Laboratory conducts disease screening for goat farmers.
According to the provincial government on the 29th, unlike cattle, in the case of goats, the mandatory pre-testing system for tuberculosis and brucellosis, which are major zoonotic diseases, is not implemented between farms and before shipment to livestock markets, so special attention is needed to ensure food safety, and recently, domestic goats Due to the rapid growth of the industry, the number of goats raised nationwide exceeded 500,000 as of August 2024 according to the National Quarantine Integrated System, and imported meat is also rapidly increasing, with foreign goat meat imported from 1,883 tons in 2021 and 3,322 tons in 2022. It increased by 86% to 6,179 tons in 2023.
Nevertheless, due to the insufficient disease diagnosis system for goats, it was reported that there is a risk of transmitting bacterial diseases (Q fever, tuberculosis, brucella, etc.) that cause fever, headache, muscle pain, and pulmonary tuberculosis to humans.
As a result of a study conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency’s Infectious Disease Policy (‘2020 Q fever seroprevalence survey among goat farm workers’), the prevalence of Q fever was confirmed to be high among goat and sheep farm workers.
In addition, tuberculosis disease is a chronic bacterial disease of animals and humans caused by bovine tuberculosis bacteria entering the body through the respiratory or digestive organs and multiplying. It is transmitted when the bacteria are excreted from the respiratory secretions, milk, feces, urine, etc. of cows infected with tuberculosis bacteria and are inhaled or ingested. can lead to
Accordingly, Gyeonggi Province has currently discussed goat testing procedures with northern Gyeonggi cities and counties, Gyeonggi Province Livestock Sanitation and Quarantine Support Center, and local airborne doctors to diagnose goat diseases. Test items include three types of zoonotic diseases that spread between animals and humans and cause fever, headache, muscle pain, and pulmonary tuberculosis (Q fever, tuberculosis, and brucellosis); two types of wasting diseases that cause diarrhea in cattle (bovine viral diarrhea, Cryptosporidium), and A total of 7 types of disease screenings were prepared, including 2 types of overseas disaster diseases (foot-and-mouth disease and pseudo-cow disease), which are type 1 livestock infectious diseases.
In line with the goat disease diagnosis system of the livestock quarantine project being promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 100 goats from 20 goat farms will be tested starting in November, and based on the results, preemptive examinations will be carried out, including expansion into a regular project for 25 years. plan.
[Break News Gyeonggi Nambu = Suwon Oh Kyung-hee Reporter] Gyeonggi-do Northern Animal Sanitation Testing Lab is conducting disease screenings for goat farms.
According to the province on the 29th, unlike cattle, goats are not subject to mandatory pre-screening for major zoonotic diseases such as tuberculosis and brucellosis between farms and before shipment to livestock markets, so special care is needed to ensure food safety. Recently, due to the rapid growth of the domestic goat industry, the number of goats raised has exceeded 500,000 nationwide as of August 2024 according to the National Quarantine Integrated System, and imported meat is also rapidly increasing, with imports of foreign goat meat increasing by 86% from 1,883 tons in 2021 and 3,322 tons in 2022 to 6,179 tons in 2023.
However, it was reported that the disease diagnosis system for goats is insufficient, so there is a risk of transmitting bacterial diseases (Q fever, tuberculosis, brucellosis, etc.) that cause fever, headache, muscle pain, and pulmonary tuberculosis to humans.
According to the research results of the ‘2020 Q fever serum prevalence survey for goat farm workers’ conducted by the ‘Infectious Disease Policy of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency’, Q fever was confirmed to have a high prevalence rate among goat and sheep farm workers.
In addition, tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial disease of animals and humans caused by the bovine tuberculosis bacteria entering the body through the respiratory or digestive system and multiplying. If the bacteria are excreted in the respiratory secretions, milk, feces, urine, etc. of cattle infected with tuberculosis bacteria and inhaled or ingested, it can lead to infection.
Accordingly, Gyeonggi Province has discussed the goat inspection promotion procedures with the cities and counties in northern Gyeonggi Province, the Gyeonggi Province Livestock Hygiene and Quarantine Support Headquarters, and local airlifts for the diagnosis of goat diseases. We have prepared a total of 7 disease examinations, including 3 zoonotic infectious diseases (Q fever, tuberculosis, brucellosis) that are transmitted between animals and humans and cause fever, headache, muscle pain, pulmonary tuberculosis, etc., 2 consumptive diseases that cause diarrhea in cattle (bovine viral diarrhea, cryptosporidium), and 2 overseas disaster diseases that are the first class livestock infectious diseases (foot-and-mouth disease, pseudobullying disease).
In accordance with the goat disease diagnosis system of the livestock quarantine project being promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, we plan to preemptively conduct examinations by examining 100 goats from 20 goat farms starting in November and expanding the results to a 25-year regular project.
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