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Sheep and Goat Disease Filename:80424891 Subject: Sheep and Goat Disease PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 24891 GENDATE: 950622 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX883 MCN = 90274/12385 TOR = 902741248 PTTSZYUW RUEKJCS0002 2741248- --RUEALGX. ZNY HEADER P 011248Z OCT 90 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEALGX/SAFE P 010800Z OCT 90 ZEX FM DIRAFMIC FT DETRICK MD //AFMIC SA// TO RHIPACC/HQ USCENTCOM DEPLOYED RIYADH SA //J2/SG// RUEBLEA/HQ CENTAF DEPLOYED RIYADH SA //SG// RUAKDPB/51MEDGP OSAN AB KOR RUDOHAA/COMUSNAVLOGSUPFOR //N9// RUFTUOA/32FTG SOESTERBERG AFB NL //SGAX// RHIBHAC/CDR24THINFDIV (FWD) DHAHRAN SA //MD// RUVMAAA/ARS MCCLELLAN AFB CA //IN// RUEORDA/TCC FT DETRICK MD AIG 6623 XMT ADMINSUPU BAHRAIN USMTM DHAHRAN SA //SG// USMTM RIYADH SA //CJS SID// DET 2 322ALD DHAHRN SA PM SANG RIYADH SA //AMCPM.NGH// OL H DET 2 322ALD JEDDAH SA CJTFME //MED/SURG// USS NEW JERSEY BT CONTROLS SECTION 001 OF 002 /*********** THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE ************/ BODY 1. GENERAL (U) THIS MESSAGE CONSISTS OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, AND GENERAL MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE. IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A TIMELY SUMMARY OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS. THE REMARKS ARE PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO REVISION AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT AN AGREED DOD POSITION. CLINICAL REVIEW HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE AFMIC-SG, [ b.6. ]. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS (U) A. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] B. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] C. SAUDI ARABIA: SHEEP AND GOAT DISEASE OUTBREAK [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ] COMMENT: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ][ (b)(6) ] C. SAUDI ARABIA: SHEEP AND GOAT DISEASE OUTBREAK ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT, LARGE NUMBERS OF DEAD SHEEP AND GOATS WERE FOUND IN THE VICINITY OF AN NU'AYRIAH (27-50-XXN 047-50-XXE) IN LATE AUGUST 1990. APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 SITES WITH 40 TO 50 CARCASSES EACH (90 PERCENT SHEEP AND 10 PERCENT GOATS) WERE DISCOVERED IN REMOTE REGIONS. NINETY PERCENT OF THE CARCASSES WERE ADULTS. THE CARCASSES WERE IN VARYING STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION, AND SEVERAL HAD LACERATED THROATS. ALTHOUGH NOT CONFIRMED, THE OUTBREAK WAS ATTRIBUTED TO HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA CAUSED BY PASTEURELLA SPP., BUT OTHER CAUSES, SUCH AS ENTEROTOXEMIA, WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY RULED OUT. REPORTEDLY, THE ILLNESS HAD A 4- TO 6-DAY CLINICAL DURATION, CHARACTERIZED BY REFUSAL TO FEED, FOLLOWED BY BLOATING, THEN DEATH. AGONAL SYMPTOMS FREQUENTLY INCLUDED A BLOODY DISCHARGE FROM THE MOUTH AND NOSTRILS. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS AND LOCAL SHEPHERDS CONSIDERED THESE DEATHS TO BE ROUTINE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND STATED THAT A SIMILAR OUTBREAK OF THIS SCALE MAY HAVE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS AGO. COMMENT: LARGE NUMBERS OF SUDDEN ANIMAL DEATHS CAN BE CAUSED BY ZOONOTIC DISEASES OF MILITARY IMPORTANCE (SUCH AS ANTHRAX) AND POTENTIALLY BY CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS. APPARENTLY, THIS EPISODE WAS CONSIDERED NORMAL FOR THIS REGION; THE DEAD AND DYING ANIMALS WERE PLACED IN THE DISPOSAL SITES TO SEPARATE THEM FROM LIVE ANIMALS. THOSE WITH LACERATED THROATS HAD BEEN EUTHANIZED (NONE OF THE CARCASSES HAD BEEN EATEN.)[ (b)(2) ][ (b)(6) ] D. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ][ (b)(6) ] 5. [ (b)(2) ][ (b)(6) ]| First Page | Prev Page | Next Page | Back to Text |