00:00Q fever has entered the country, a disease that usually affects animals but can be contagious to humans.
00:09Let's find out how and what was done to the animals that were affected by the spread of Q fever by Bernadette Reyes.
00:19More than 60 goats were sent to the ground by the Bureau of Animal Industry in Santa Cruz, Marinduque.
00:25After some of these people tested positive for Q fever, the first case of the disease was in the Philippines.
00:32Q fever is a rare bacteria called Coxiella burnetti, which usually affects not only goats but also other species of animals.
00:41What's important here is that humans can be infected with the disease, which can be transmitted to animals that are sick or to their body fluid.
00:49The bacteria is transmitted to humans and when humans touch it, it will replicate there.
00:57It is transferred via ticks, urine and feces, and the birthing fluids of our goats and sheep, such as their amniotic fluid and placenta.
01:11The Provincial Health Office is monitoring the location of people who were in contact with goats that tested positive for Q fever.
01:18It's like flu-like, the body aches, the head aches. It's like flu-like symptoms.
01:25Ten sheep in the breeding farm of the government in Marinduque tested positive for Q fever.
01:30This is among the 74 sheep imported by the government last January from the United States to breed or breed here in the Philippines.
01:39According to Agriculture Secretary Francisco Chulo Real Jr.,
01:43It was very serious and he assured that they will do everything so that the well-being of Filipinos will not be affected.
01:50He also issued a preventive suspension to some officials of the Bureau of Animal Industry while investigating what happened.
01:56According to Chulo Real, all animals exposed to infected goats were also condemned, including goats in a facility in Pampanga.
02:06Even if Q fever has entered the country, the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Animal Industry assured that they are doing everything to prevent it from spreading.
02:15Aside from goats, other animals such as cows, cows, and calves may also be infected.
02:20They also assured that
02:22It's still safe, as long as we make sure that our food is cooked well and the milk, especially now, the milk of the goat needs to be more on pasteurized.
02:35It is not up to those who sell goats on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.
02:40Our goats are clean, our goats are safe.
02:43In this case, they said that they are getting no disease from the supply and they are also cooking every piece well.
02:50As long as you sauté it, cover it, boil it, and when it's soft, season it, it's sure that the bacteria are gone.
03:02For the GMA Integrated News, Bernadette Reyes, 24 Hours.
03:09After detecting cases of Q fever in imported goats in the country, the health department assured that they are carefully examining the possible effects of Q fever on humans.
03:22Symptoms usually appear in humans 2 to 3 weeks after being exposed, according to the DOH.
03:30Avoid contact with animals that are suspected of having Q fever.
03:34If exposed, immediately consult a doctor.
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