Workers at scandal farm have brucellosis
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WORKERS at a farm at the center of a disease scandal in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province are routinely found to be infected with brucellosis, according to local health authorities.
Baoji Modern Farming, a subsidiary of dairy giant Modern Farming Group Co Ltd, hit the headlines last week after 42 cows it sold were found to have tuberculosis and brucellosis and had to be culled.
Since it was established six years ago, the farm has sent 2,000 to 3,000 people a year for tests, said Liu Jianfei, deputy director of the local Meixian County Disease Control and Prevention Center.
In that time, the only cases of brucellosis in humans in the area were found at the farm, Liu said.
He did not reveal the number of employees infected, thepaper.cn reported.
Liu said the center informed the farm of results and the farm organized hospital treatment.
The center conducted health education lectures at the farm every year, Liu added.
Modern Farming Group did not respond to the claims.
Brucellosis can be contracted from cattle or sheep, often through unpasteurized dairy products.
It cannot be transmitted between humans, Liu said.
Symptoms include continual fever accompanied by muscle and joint pain and general weakness.
Antibiotics are effective against brucella bacteria.
The animals at the center of this month’s controversy were bought by Benben Farming in Xi’an in Shaanxi from the farm, for 1.5 million yuan (US$244,838) in October.
On arrival at Benben’s premises, they were found to be infected with bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis.
The culled animals included five cows with tuberculosis and 37 with brucellosis. Their carcasses were treated and buried.
Questions have been asked how cows from the Baoji farm suspected of being infected were sold and whether they passed quarantine inspections.
The authorities are currently investigating the case.
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