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Many carcasses have already been burned
Due to the outbreak of anthrax in the Bwabwata National Park, the public is warned not to catch, eat, handle or move fish in the Kavango River.
Sustainable Development Rep
This warning comes from Dr. Moses Muaurihungirire, the permanent secretary of fisheries and marine resources, was officially confirmed in the Bwabwata National Park last week after more than 100 hippos and 20 buffalos died.
"The affected areas include the area from the Botswana border to the Quitorivier junction at Katere, as well as the 139 km stretch along the Kavango River in the Kavango East," Muaurihungirire said in a statement.
"The movement of nets and boats, as well as residual water and sands remaining in the boats from the affected area to other areas may also not occur."
It allows a buffer zone of 105 km from the affected area (south of the Poppa Valley) to Katere.
"Mild disease is an infection that is caused by the Bacillus anthracis bacterium and is spread by contact with the bacterial traces," said the statement.
Mr. Renier Burger, Deputy Director of Domestic Fisheries, confirmed to Republican on Monday that no dead fish were seen in the river.
"We have not yet had a case where anthrax has killed fish. Fish, especially those with wounds, can only transport the bacteria," Burger said.
"The biggest problem is the nets used in the river. If the nets and the boats are moved, the disease can spread because the anthrax tracks can be stuck in the nets."
Burger said microbiological tests should be done on the water to determine how many bacteria are in the water. So he called for water from the river to be cooked.
According to the permanent secretary, the Kamutjonga Institute for Inner Fisheries is the Ministry of Information and Emergency Response Center.
CARCASSES BURNED
Meanwhile, Mr. Romeo Muyunda, spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, confirmed yesterday that more than 80 hippos were burned by Wednesday.
"On Wednesday alone, 15 carcasses, including three buffalo carcasses, have been removed by the ground team," Muyunda said.
He says getting the carcasses on the river is a challenge.
"A boat is used to drag the carcasses with a rope, but some parts of the river can not be reached by boat," he said.
"Then the carcasses are dragged to a certain point with a four-wheeled vehicle where a drawer pulls it into a big hole in which it is burned and buried," explains Muyunda.
He confirmed fresh carcasses were found, but the final mortality rate can only be determined if all carcasses have been found.
Dr. Milton Maseke, Chief Veterinary Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, said yesterday the animal mortality rate is declining and it is going well with the clearance process.
"We will start vaccination with cattle soon - tomorrow or early next week," he said.
The original version in Afrikaans below:
'Moenie in Kavango visvang'
Baie karkasse reeds verbrand
Weens die uitbreking van miltsiekte in die Bwabwata Nasionale Park word die publiek gewaarsku om nie in die Kavangorivier vis te vang, eet, hanteer of verskuif nie.
Sustainable Development Rep
Dié waarskuwing kom van dr. Moses Muaurihungirire, die permanente sekretaris van visserye en mariene hulpbronne, ná miltsiekte verlede week amptelik in die Bwabwata Nasionale Park bevestig is nadat meer as 100 seekoeie en 20 buffels daar gevrek het.
"Die geraakte gebiede sluit die gebied vanaf die Botswana-grens tot by die Quitorivier-aansluiting by Katere in, asook die strook van 139 km langs die Kavangorivier in die Kavango-Oosstreek," het Muaurihungirire in 'n verklaring gesê.
"Die beweging van nette en bote, asook residuwater en -sand wat in die bote agterbly vanaf die geraakte gebied na ander gebiede, mag ook nie plaasvind nie."
Dit laat 'n buffersone van 105 km vanaf die geraakte gebied (suid van die Poppa-valle) tot by Katere toe.
"Miltsiekte is 'n infeksie wat deur die Bacillus anthracis-bakterie veroorsaak word en word versprei deur kontak met die spore van die bakterie," lui die verklaring.
Mnr. Renier Burger, adjunkdirekteur van binnelandse visserye, het gister aan Republikein bevestig geen dooie visse is al in die rivier gesien nie.
"Ons het nog geen geval gekry waar miltsiekte visse laat vrek het nie. Visse, veral dié met wonde, kan net die spore van die bakterie vervoer," het Burger gesê.
"Die grootste probleem is die nette wat in die rivier gebruik word. As die nette en die bote verskuif word, kan die siekte versprei, want die antraksspore kan in die nette vassit."
Burger het gesê mikrobiologiese toetse moet op die water gedoen word om te bepaal hoeveel bakterieë in die water is. Hy het dus gemaan water uit die rivier moet gekook word.
Volgens die permanente sekretaris is die Kamutjonga-instituut vir binnelandse visserye die inligting- en noodreaksiesentrum vir die ministerie.
KARKASSE VERBRAND
Intussen het mnr. Romeo Muyunda, woordvoerder van die ministerie van die omgewing en toerisme, gister bevestig meer as 80 seekoeikarkasse is teen Woensdag reeds verbrand.
"Net Woensdag is altesaam 15 karkasse, wat drie buffelkarkasse insluit, deur die grondspan verwyder," het Muyunda gesê.
Hy sê om die karkasse op die rivier te bereik, is ’n uitdaging.
“’n Boot word gebruik om die karkasse met ’n tou uit te sleep, maar sommige dele van die rivier kan nie met ’n boot bereik word nie,” het hy gesê.
“Dan word die karkasse met viertrekvoertuie tot by ’n sekere punt gesleep waar ’n laaigraaf dit in ’n groot gat gooi waarin dit verbrand en begrawe word," verduidelik Muyunda.
Hy het bevestig vars karkasse is wel gevind, maar die finale mortaliteitsyfer kan eers bepaal word as al die karkasse gevind is.
Dr. Milton Maseke, hoofveeartsenybeampte van die ministerie van landbou, water en bosbou, het gister gesê die mortaliteitsyfer van diere neem af en dit gaan goed met die opruimingsproses.
"Ons gaan binnekort - môre of vroeg volgende week - met die inenting van vee begin," het hy gesê.
Source: https://www.republikein.com.na/nuus/moenie-in-kavango-visvang/
Many carcasses have already been burned
Due to the outbreak of anthrax in the Bwabwata National Park, the public is warned not to catch, eat, handle or move fish in the Kavango River.
Sustainable Development Rep
This warning comes from Dr. Moses Muaurihungirire, the permanent secretary of fisheries and marine resources, was officially confirmed in the Bwabwata National Park last week after more than 100 hippos and 20 buffalos died.
"The affected areas include the area from the Botswana border to the Quitorivier junction at Katere, as well as the 139 km stretch along the Kavango River in the Kavango East," Muaurihungirire said in a statement.
"The movement of nets and boats, as well as residual water and sands remaining in the boats from the affected area to other areas may also not occur."
It allows a buffer zone of 105 km from the affected area (south of the Poppa Valley) to Katere.
"Mild disease is an infection that is caused by the Bacillus anthracis bacterium and is spread by contact with the bacterial traces," said the statement.
Mr. Renier Burger, Deputy Director of Domestic Fisheries, confirmed to Republican on Monday that no dead fish were seen in the river.
"We have not yet had a case where anthrax has killed fish. Fish, especially those with wounds, can only transport the bacteria," Burger said.
"The biggest problem is the nets used in the river. If the nets and the boats are moved, the disease can spread because the anthrax tracks can be stuck in the nets."
Burger said microbiological tests should be done on the water to determine how many bacteria are in the water. So he called for water from the river to be cooked.
According to the permanent secretary, the Kamutjonga Institute for Inner Fisheries is the Ministry of Information and Emergency Response Center.
CARCASSES BURNED
Meanwhile, Mr. Romeo Muyunda, spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, confirmed yesterday that more than 80 hippos were burned by Wednesday.
"On Wednesday alone, 15 carcasses, including three buffalo carcasses, have been removed by the ground team," Muyunda said.
He says getting the carcasses on the river is a challenge.
"A boat is used to drag the carcasses with a rope, but some parts of the river can not be reached by boat," he said.
"Then the carcasses are dragged to a certain point with a four-wheeled vehicle where a drawer pulls it into a big hole in which it is burned and buried," explains Muyunda.
He confirmed fresh carcasses were found, but the final mortality rate can only be determined if all carcasses have been found.
Dr. Milton Maseke, Chief Veterinary Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, said yesterday the animal mortality rate is declining and it is going well with the clearance process.
"We will start vaccination with cattle soon - tomorrow or early next week," he said.
The original version in Afrikaans below:
'Moenie in Kavango visvang'
Baie karkasse reeds verbrand
Weens die uitbreking van miltsiekte in die Bwabwata Nasionale Park word die publiek gewaarsku om nie in die Kavangorivier vis te vang, eet, hanteer of verskuif nie.
Sustainable Development Rep
Dié waarskuwing kom van dr. Moses Muaurihungirire, die permanente sekretaris van visserye en mariene hulpbronne, ná miltsiekte verlede week amptelik in die Bwabwata Nasionale Park bevestig is nadat meer as 100 seekoeie en 20 buffels daar gevrek het.
"Die geraakte gebiede sluit die gebied vanaf die Botswana-grens tot by die Quitorivier-aansluiting by Katere in, asook die strook van 139 km langs die Kavangorivier in die Kavango-Oosstreek," het Muaurihungirire in 'n verklaring gesê.
"Die beweging van nette en bote, asook residuwater en -sand wat in die bote agterbly vanaf die geraakte gebied na ander gebiede, mag ook nie plaasvind nie."
Dit laat 'n buffersone van 105 km vanaf die geraakte gebied (suid van die Poppa-valle) tot by Katere toe.
"Miltsiekte is 'n infeksie wat deur die Bacillus anthracis-bakterie veroorsaak word en word versprei deur kontak met die spore van die bakterie," lui die verklaring.
Mnr. Renier Burger, adjunkdirekteur van binnelandse visserye, het gister aan Republikein bevestig geen dooie visse is al in die rivier gesien nie.
"Ons het nog geen geval gekry waar miltsiekte visse laat vrek het nie. Visse, veral dié met wonde, kan net die spore van die bakterie vervoer," het Burger gesê.
"Die grootste probleem is die nette wat in die rivier gebruik word. As die nette en die bote verskuif word, kan die siekte versprei, want die antraksspore kan in die nette vassit."
Burger het gesê mikrobiologiese toetse moet op die water gedoen word om te bepaal hoeveel bakterieë in die water is. Hy het dus gemaan water uit die rivier moet gekook word.
Volgens die permanente sekretaris is die Kamutjonga-instituut vir binnelandse visserye die inligting- en noodreaksiesentrum vir die ministerie.
KARKASSE VERBRAND
Intussen het mnr. Romeo Muyunda, woordvoerder van die ministerie van die omgewing en toerisme, gister bevestig meer as 80 seekoeikarkasse is teen Woensdag reeds verbrand.
"Net Woensdag is altesaam 15 karkasse, wat drie buffelkarkasse insluit, deur die grondspan verwyder," het Muyunda gesê.
Hy sê om die karkasse op die rivier te bereik, is ’n uitdaging.
“’n Boot word gebruik om die karkasse met ’n tou uit te sleep, maar sommige dele van die rivier kan nie met ’n boot bereik word nie,” het hy gesê.
“Dan word die karkasse met viertrekvoertuie tot by ’n sekere punt gesleep waar ’n laaigraaf dit in ’n groot gat gooi waarin dit verbrand en begrawe word," verduidelik Muyunda.
Hy het bevestig vars karkasse is wel gevind, maar die finale mortaliteitsyfer kan eers bepaal word as al die karkasse gevind is.
Dr. Milton Maseke, hoofveeartsenybeampte van die ministerie van landbou, water en bosbou, het gister gesê die mortaliteitsyfer van diere neem af en dit gaan goed met die opruimingsproses.
"Ons gaan binnekort - môre of vroeg volgende week - met die inenting van vee begin," het hy gesê.
Source: https://www.republikein.com.na/nuus/moenie-in-kavango-visvang/
