Chronicle of the disease epidemic in the Angara region: livestock vaccinated, farmers are paid compensation

The announcement of the outbreak of infectious nodule dermatitis in the Angara region was issued by the government of the region in the evening of September 3. The announcement said that the disease affected livestock in the village of Butyrki, Irkutsk district. All the sick animals lived in two private farms, and these sick were 21 heads. To prevent the spread of infection at the entrance to Butyrki and exit from them put veterinary posts. This was done so that the villagers did not decide to quickly take out cattle or slaughter and sell for meat. At the same time, the disease is extremely contagious and is carried by everyone: people, dogs, blood-sucking insects.

Later it was reported that the disease was brought to the Irkutsk region with small cattle. Regular vaccination after the epidemic for some reason was not carried out

The fight against IUD is carried out only and exclusively according to one scenario: sick cattle are cut and burned. Those who are not yet sick are vaccinated.

Literally immediately after the announcement of the outbreak of infectious nodule dermatitis, the governor of the Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev arrived in the villages of Butyrki and Koty, where 96 cattle fell ill. He met with the population and said that sick cattle will indeed be seized and destroyed, as treatment is extremely expensive and may be ineffective. Residents will receive compensation, which will be calculated by a special commission. Non-diseased animals will be vaccinated on an annular basis: from the periphery of a circle with a radius of 10 kilometers to the center. The vaccine will be brought from Moscow, from there to help Irkutsk veterinarians came additional specialists.

As early as September 9, the owners of livestock that fell ill began to transfer compensation: 304 rubles per kilogram of weight of cow, goat, sheep and 15 thousand rubles for each farm as compensation. Livestock owners are advised not to let animals graze.

On September 16, the government reported that the number of foci of infectious nodule dermatitis in the Irkutsk district is growing, there are already more than 50. They are located in the villages of Koty, Turskaya and Butyrki. Within a radius of 10 kilometers from the main hearth were Maximovshchina, Galki, Pozdnyakov, Revyakin, Pine Bor, Cheremushka, Zherdovka, Kashtak, Zykov, Khomutovo, Talka and Kuda. The next day, three new foci were reported: in Pozdnyakova, Khomutovo and the personal subsidiary farm of IrSAU in the village of Koty. To the threatened zone added cottage village "Cheremushki", TSN "Rus", the village of Gorny, TSN "Heritage" and the village of Granovshchyna.

On September 25, in the Irkutsk district, at an extraordinary meeting of the Emergency Committee, it was decided to pay additional compensations to affected farmers from the reserve fund: 79.4 rubles will be paid for one kilogram of live weight of cows, 92.01 rubles for small cattle, 60 rubles for pigs. Households will start receiving them this week. Payments will be made according to official registers from the regional veterinary service. In addition, money will be allocated from the district reserve fund for emergency rescue and other urgent work in the elimination of emergencies caused by the spread of the disease in the Oeksky, Urikov, Shiryaevsky, Khomutovsky administrative districts.

As of September 28, more than 224,000 heads of cattle and small cattle were vaccinated. Vaccination continues. To the threatened zone added the village of Zahal Ehirit-Bulagat district. In all settlements there is an emergency regime. And on the borders of villages, where outbreaks of disease were found, veterinary and sanitary posts were put up. Local residents were urged to exclude grazing on pastures.

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Contagious nodule dermatitis is a viral disease of cattle, sheep and goats. Signs are high temperature, depressed state of the animal, the appearance of large dense nodules on his skin. On the 7-14th day, the nodules develop into ulcers. If the animal is weakened, it dies. If strong - can recover, but there are complications. For humans, the disease is safe, meat and milk from sick animals can be eaten with proper heat treatment.