Japanese encephalitis virus detected in Qld, NSW and Vic piggeries
ABCA virus that can leave piglets stillborn and horses with anorexia has been detected in southern Australia for the first time. Key points: JEV is a mosquito-borne viral disease that mostly occurs in pigs and horses, but can cause disease in people and rarely in other animals Animals and people become infected through the bite of infected mosquitoes It cannot be caught through eating pork or pig products. Australian Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Mark Schipp said JEV was confirmed by laboratory diagnosis at one piggery in Victoria's north, six piggeries in NSW, and in one piggery in Queensland. "JEV is a mosquito-borne viral disease that mostly occurs in pigs and horses but can cause disease in people and rarely other animals," Dr Schipp said. "It's a Category Emergency 1 Disease, so it triggers a whole stack of federal and state legislative instruments targeted at controlling spread, so those mosquitoes don't infect a whole lot of humans," Dr Robert Van Barneveld, Group CEO and managing director, SunPork said.
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