Attention paid to foot-and-mouth disease in South Korea
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Last Update: 2002-05-08
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: the Ministry of agriculture and the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine of the people's Republic of China have issued a special announcement forbidding the direct or indirect import of cloven hooves and their products from South Korea All cloven hooves and their products that have arrived at the port shall be returned or destroyed The announcement also stipulates that it is forbidden to mail or passengers to bring in cloven hoof products from South Korea Once found, they will be returned or destroyed For international ships, aircraft and vehicles passing through or staying in China, if any cloven hoofed animals and their products from South Korea are found, they shall be sealed The reporter also learned yesterday from Professor Sheng of Xiehe Hospital that foot-and-mouth disease basically does not harm human beings and does not affect people's consumption of milk powder and other dairy products Professor Sheng said that although some animal sexually transmitted diseases are zoonoses, some animal sexually transmitted diseases are limited to animal to animal transmission, and basically do not harm human beings Foot and mouth disease basically belongs to the latter According to the materials provided by Professor Sheng, according to the reports from the countries with foot-and-mouth disease, so far there has not been a case of confirmed human infection with foot-and-mouth disease As for hand foot mouth disease similar to foot-and-mouth disease in children, according to the research results from the forefront of Pediatrics, the main pathogen is human enterovirus, which has nothing to do with foot-and-mouth disease in animals (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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