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Sheep and Goat Disease

Filename:80424891
Subject: Sheep and Goat Disease

PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 24891
GENDATE:         950622
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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)   ]