Ethiopia works to contain new camel disease in eastern region
Sept 17, 2006 (JIJIGA, Ethiopia) — Ethiopian authorities announced that new camel disease in the Somali region of Ethiopia. Official said efforts are done to contain the breakout.
The Somali regional State Animal, Crop and Natural Resources Development Bureau disclosed that it has provided treatment to more than 178,600 camels with a view to containing the spread of communicable diseases.
The head of the bureau, Dr Abdelhakim Mohammed, told the Ethiopian Walta Information Centre, today that the treatment was provided in 19 woredas districts for the past 10 months, where a fatal new camel disease surfaced.
The disease killed over 370 camels in Mieso woreda [district] alone last Ethiopian year, he recalled, adding that it was prevented from causing similar damage by taking swift measure in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and various Non-Governmental Organizations such as World Food Programme (WFP), Save the Children-UK and International Risk Committee.
Some 600,000 birr has been spent so far for the prevention endeavour and the activity would continue with more vigour this budget year, and called on pastoralists in the woredas to notify sudden death of camels to agricultural professionals.
(ST)