Anthrax

Meat hygiene crucial during Eid al-Adha: Expert

With Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, around the corner, an infectious disease specialist warns people to follow meat hygiene practices carefully to avoid contracting bacterial or virus infections.

Prof. Dr. Yaşar Bayındır, an infectious diseases specialist, has listed the most important things to consider in the days before Eid al-Adha.

Turkey's main opposition CHP warns of 'more animal diseases' from lack of import regulations

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) alleged that the recent anthrax cases in Turkey have emerged from deficiencies in animal import regulations, warning that the process might pave the way for the contamination of other diseases. 

Worst Anthrax Outbreak in 20 Years Hits French Farms

AFP More than 50 cows, sheep and horses have died in France's most serious outbreak of anthrax in two decades, according to officials who have warned of a vaccine shortage.

Authorities in the mountainous Hautes-Alpes region of southeastern France said the infection, which can spread to humans and is deadly in its rarest forms, had spread to 28 farms since June.

One killed, 73 people taken to hospital over suspicions of anthrax in Turkey’s north

One person was killed and 73 people were taken to hospital over suspicions they were infected with anthrax in the Black Sea province of Trabzon on Feb. 10. One person was killed and 73 people were taken to hospital over suspicions they were infected with anthrax in the Black Sea province of Trabzon on Feb. 10.

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