Infected Australian sheep in Karachi

[Devil Soul]

Infected Australian sheep in Karachi


September 06, 2012 - Updated 2124 PKT
From Web Edition
KARACHI: Australian sheep infected with scabby mouth disease have made their way into the metropolis.

Approximately 75,000 sheep departed from Australia on board the Fremantle-based Wellard Rural Exports ship Ocean Drover. Their destination was countries in the Middle East. 53,000 sheep were offloaded in Qatar and Oman, while the remaining 22,000 were to be transported to Bahrain.

However when the Ocean Drover arrived in Bahrain on August 29 it was asked to leave its berth until matters were resolved. It was here that concerns were raised in regards to the sheep being infected with scabby mouth disease.

The ship remained in the waters of Bahrain for 14 days and the sheep were not allowed to be unloaded. According to standard rules, the ship should have returned to Australia, however its next destination was a city which was not even part of its original route.

The Ocean Drover docked in Port Qasim, Karachi on Tuesday night. The 22,000 sheep were offloaded and handed over to an unknown buyer.

This scandal was covered by international newspapers however Pakistani authorities failed to take any action.

Infected Australian sheep in Karachi - thenews.com.pk

 

[xyxmt]

Why do I remember exactly the same story from few years back, word by word, same story
bullshit??

or Australian are getting used to off loading their diseased animal in the most corrupt country

 

[AstanoshKhan]

WTH!

Anything can happen in Pakistan... people in greed would even kill 100s for a few 1000 Rupees. Shame

 

[s1lencer]

they will be turned into haleem , but too bad season is finished , i missed it this season

 

[sugaltv]

it's really shameful for our politics and live stock department who involve in this fraud.

 

[A1Kaid]

Those sheep shaggers in Australia are responsible for this, exporting infected sheep and Pakistan needs to better it's livestock screening.

 

[Roybot]

Those sheep shaggers in Australia are responsible for this, exporting infected sheep and Pakistan needs to better it's livestock screening.

For the record, its the Kiwis who are known as sheep shaggers not Australians.

 

[Jango]

Farm with infected Aussie sheep sealed

Rehan Siddiqui / 8 September 2012

The Sindh Government on Friday sealed the farm where Australian sheep infected with a contagious disease are being kept, it was officially announced here.
Some 22,000 infected Australian sheep were unloaded at Port Qasim on Tuesday night after they were rejected and not allowed by Bahrain authorities on health grounds.

Approximately 75,000 sheep were loaded from Australia on board the Fremantle-based Wellard Rural Exports ship Ocean Drover. At least 53,000 sheep were offloaded in Qatar and Oman, while the remaining 22,000 were to be transported to Bahrain where the authorities refused to off-load them on the grounds that they were infected with scabby mouth disease.

The Ocean Drover surprisingly docked at Port Qasim in Karachi on Tuesday night and the 22,000 sheep were unloaded and handed over to an unknown buyer without getting them medically checked having known they were infected.

When the print and electronic media reported the matter Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghauri ordered an investigation into how the sheep were unloaded in Karachi.

The authorities were also looking for the unknown buyer, but till the filing this report, he was neither arrested nor a case filed against him.

Farm with infected Aussie sheep sealed - Khaleej Times

 

[Jango]

Second lab report `confirms` virus, bacteria infection Imported sheep being culled

KARACHI, Sept 16: Sindh government officials decided on Sunday to cull more than 21,000 imported Australian sheep and the process of lcilling the animals and burying them started late in the night in Razzakabad area amid tight security. The government took the decision after reports from a second laboratory also confirmed that the animals were diseased.

The culling began in the presence of livestock and local government officials.

`We have culled about 150 sheep so far. The step has been taken after the animals were found suffering from highly contagious diseases. Infections could spread in our environment if the animals were allowed to live,` Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, representing the livestock department at the site near the private farm in Razzakabad where the animals had been kept, said.

The animals, he said, were being buried in a 15-foot deep ditch after being slaughtered.Referring to the latest report submitted by the Tandojam Central Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, provincial Livestock and Fisheries Secretary Syed Abid Ali Shah said it showed that the sheep had got footand-mouth disease, besides having bacterial infection as had earlier been indicated in a lab report by the Sindh Poultry Vaccine Centre.

`There is no option lef t but to cull all animals in public interest because two laboratory reports have confirmed that they are diseased.

Preparations are under way for the culling that will begin soon,` he said, adding that the remains would be buried deep at the same place.

Citing international reports, Mr Shah said the animals were also infected with an exotic (parapox) virus which caused orf disease.

`That means these animais are a grave risk to public health because we don`t have this virus in our environment right now, nor the lab facilities required to detect it.

`The spread of new viruses is a major health hazard across the world which is why developed countries have stringent rules and regulations to protect their environment,` he said.

Replying to a question about a report from an Islamabad laboratory whichreportedly is negative, he said: `The reports of our laboratories are important since we are the ones who are going to face the health and environmental consequences if these animals are allowed to be slaughtered and consumed.

`Besides, the whole world has seen that the sheep were rejected in Bahrain.

Regarding action against the quarantine department officials who had provisionally allowed release of the animals without carrying out proper checks in a government quarantine, he said the department functioned under the federal government and was not `under his jurisdiction`.

`In fact, it doesn`t fall in our responsibilities to check imported animals. It is the domain of the federal government.

`The provincial department had to intervene on reports that the animals are diseased,` he explained.

He said the federal department officials had declared the private farm a temporary quarantine probably because the place at their disposal could not accommodate such a large number of animals.

According to Mr Shah, the quarantine department had been told that the animals were diseased and needed to be culled immediately.`The decision is a big step taken by the government, the official said.


The Sindh Poultry Vaccine Centre`s tests had found presence of salmonella and actinomyces bacteria in 100 per cent samples from the Merino sheep. Of the samples, 44 per cent tested positive for E. coli.

According to the centre`s report, the oral swabs were found positive for highly contagious actinomyces which is responsible for causing lumpy jaw disease in sheep.

E. coli and salmonella bacteria may cause food poisoning and dysentery in humans if meat of infected animals is consumed.

The sheep were recently offloaded with the approval of the Port Qasim Authority.

Parts of the same consignment, of about 35,000 sheep, were also delivered to Qatar and Oman.

The authorities in Bahrain rejected the shipment from the Wellard Rural Exports on account of the animals` sickness.

According to media reports, the consignment was brought to Karachi instead of being taken back to Australia.

It was bought here by a meat company and the sheep were being kept at its farms in Razzakabad area of Malir with other animals meant for slaughter.

Second lab report `confirms` virus, bacteria infection Imported sheep being culled | ePaper | DAWN.COM

ePaper | DAWN.COM

 

[OrionHunter]

22000X20kgXRs 200/kg (profit) = Rs 88,000,000 or eighty eight million rupees!! Woot! It’s the money that makes the mare go! Some clowns have become millionaires overnight! Congrats to them!

 

[pro^pakistani]

Karachi: Livestock authorities have ordered the culling of 21,268 sheep after laboratory tests confirmed that the animals were carrying the contagious ORF virus that causes skin diseases, officials said on Sunday.
Bahrain originally imported the sheep from Australia but refused to accept them after finding they were infected, according to Haleem Adil Shaikh, an adviser to provincial chief minister. However, a local importer brought these sheep to Pakistan.
The sheep carry a virus that Pakistan is thus far protected from, according to an emergency letter dispatched to the federal food and security ministry, provincial health ministry, administrator and Karachi commissioner and other relevant departments
The letter recommended that the sheep be quarantined and not be transferred anywhere else before their culling and burial in the present location. A large ditch has been dug at a farm in Razzaqabad to cull the diseased animals.

Diseased animals: Livestock officials order culling of Australian sheep – The Express Tribune

 

[xyxmt]

Farm with infected Aussie sheep sealed

Rehan Siddiqui / 8 September 2012

The Sindh Government on Friday sealed the farm where Australian sheep infected with a contagious disease are being kept, it was officially announced here.
Some 22,000 infected Australian sheep were unloaded at Port Qasim on Tuesday night after they were rejected and not allowed by Bahrain authorities on health grounds.

Approximately 75,000 sheep were loaded from Australia on board the Fremantle-based Wellard Rural Exports ship Ocean Drover. At least 53,000 sheep were offloaded in Qatar and Oman, while the remaining 22,000 were to be transported to Bahrain where the authorities refused to off-load them on the grounds that they were infected with scabby mouth disease.

The Ocean Drover surprisingly docked at Port Qasim in Karachi on Tuesday night and the 22,000 sheep were unloaded and handed over to an unknown buyer without getting them medically checked having known they were infected.

When the print and electronic media reported the matter Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Ghauri ordered an investigation into how the sheep were unloaded in Karachi.

The authorities were also looking for the unknown buyer, but till the filing this report, he was neither arrested nor a case filed against him.

Farm with infected Aussie sheep sealed - Khaleej Times

I just hope that unknown buyer's name doesn't rhymes with the word Madari

 

[xyxmt]

Karachi: Livestock authorities have ordered the culling of 21,268 sheep after laboratory tests confirmed that the animals were carrying the contagious ORF virus that causes skin diseases, officials said on Sunday.
Bahrain originally imported the sheep from Australia but refused to accept them after finding they were infected, according to Haleem Adil Shaikh, an adviser to provincial chief minister. However, a local importer brought these sheep to Pakistan.
The sheep carry a virus that Pakistan is thus far protected from, according to an emergency letter dispatched to the federal food and security ministry, provincial health ministry, administrator and Karachi commissioner and other relevant departments
The letter recommended that the sheep be quarantined and not be transferred anywhere else before their culling and burial in the present location. A large ditch has been dug at a farm in Razzaqabad to cull the diseased animals.

Diseased animals: Livestock officials order culling of Australian sheep – The Express Tribune

did someone ask for haleem??

 

[airmarshal]

I think if culling report is true, you will see in a few days culling will be stopped immediately and mysteriously and all the heads of livestock department sent on leave or made OSDs'.

There is some high up involved in this corruption and most high ups who are corrupt and do such deals in our country have access to presidency. The important qualification to 'serve' the country is how corrupt you are and not how honest you are.

 

[El Weirdo]

Those sheep shaggers in Australia are responsible for this, exporting infected sheep and Pakistan needs to better it's livestock screening.

Ha haahahahah... Ozzies arent sheep shagging.... Its the Arabs !!! Ur knowledge abt the sheep sh@ggers suck mate or are you just jealous!!!