Manila suspends exports of the macaque monkey
after an Ebola virus strain struck 20 of the
animals, killing 11.
At least nine captive Philippine macaques are
under going treatment according to government
officials [AFP]
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The Philippines has suspended exports of the
macaque monkey after an Ebola virus strain that
is non-fatal to humans struck 20 of the animals,
killing 11, officials have said.
Eleven captive Philippine macaques have died
after contracting the bat-borne Ebola Reston
virus, while nine others are under treatment,
Simeon Amurao, assistant director of the Bureau
of Animal Industry, said on Thursday.
"All exports are suspended while we investigate
this incident," Amurao told the AFP news agency.
The Philippines is among the world's major
exporters of laboratory monkeys and has so far
shipped close to 300 monkeys to Japan this year,
and 600 last year, Amurao added.
"This kind of Ebola is the least harmful in terms of
human affectation.This is limited to monkeys,"
Health Secretary Janette Garin told reporters on
Thursday.
"The situation has been contained. The possible
sources [of infection] have been traced."
Garin said 62 workers in two monkey-breeding
facilities all tested negative for infection in August
following the deaths of 10 macaques that had
exhibited Ebola symptoms.
The 10 fatalities were traced to two other
undisclosed breeding centres where another 10
tested positive for the virus, one of which died,
she said.
It was the first case of Ebola Reston among
Philippine macaques since 1997, according to the
agriculture department.
In 2009, 6,000 pigs at a farm in Manila's northern
suburbs were slaughtered after they tested
positive for Ebola Reston.
after an Ebola virus strain struck 20 of the
animals, killing 11.
At least nine captive Philippine macaques are
under going treatment according to government
officials [AFP]
RELATED
Write a comment
RAT SCABIES
But no export ban to Greece and then
further on to mama merkels
Germany?
FEATURED
The Philippines has suspended exports of the
macaque monkey after an Ebola virus strain that
is non-fatal to humans struck 20 of the animals,
killing 11, officials have said.
Eleven captive Philippine macaques have died
after contracting the bat-borne Ebola Reston
virus, while nine others are under treatment,
Simeon Amurao, assistant director of the Bureau
of Animal Industry, said on Thursday.
"All exports are suspended while we investigate
this incident," Amurao told the AFP news agency.
The Philippines is among the world's major
exporters of laboratory monkeys and has so far
shipped close to 300 monkeys to Japan this year,
and 600 last year, Amurao added.
"This kind of Ebola is the least harmful in terms of
human affectation.This is limited to monkeys,"
Health Secretary Janette Garin told reporters on
Thursday.
"The situation has been contained. The possible
sources [of infection] have been traced."
Garin said 62 workers in two monkey-breeding
facilities all tested negative for infection in August
following the deaths of 10 macaques that had
exhibited Ebola symptoms.
The 10 fatalities were traced to two other
undisclosed breeding centres where another 10
tested positive for the virus, one of which died,
she said.
It was the first case of Ebola Reston among
Philippine macaques since 1997, according to the
agriculture department.
In 2009, 6,000 pigs at a farm in Manila's northern
suburbs were slaughtered after they tested
positive for Ebola Reston.
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