Okay, so they mentioned the spiders | Thursday, February 08, 2007 |
But not the anthrax belt.
According to the ABC PM Program transcript;
Mark Colvin: “In Victoria, one man's been put in hospital and 25 cows have died after an outbreak of Anthrax in the State's northeast.
A local knackery worker who contracted the disease on his skin is recovering in hospital.
Authorities have detected the disease on four farms near Shepparton, but they say the outbreak doesn't pose any threat to public health.”
And then in the interview
DANIEL HOARE: How common is an Anthrax outbreak like this?
RICHARD SHEPHERD: Well it depends what part of the world you come from. Victoria has had an Anthrax outbreak in the recent past. The affective material can lie dormant in the soil for a 100 years so, it's quite possible that… a situation.Australia does have an Anthrax belt which is involving basically south-eastern Australia but it's a very rare occurrence in Australia. In other parts of the world it's much more common.
So if Anthrax is that common, why have I never heard of it on the afternoon news when living in the UK or New Zealand then?
According to the ABC PM Program transcript;
Mark Colvin: “In Victoria, one man's been put in hospital and 25 cows have died after an outbreak of Anthrax in the State's northeast.
A local knackery worker who contracted the disease on his skin is recovering in hospital.
Authorities have detected the disease on four farms near Shepparton, but they say the outbreak doesn't pose any threat to public health.”
And then in the interview
DANIEL HOARE: How common is an Anthrax outbreak like this?
RICHARD SHEPHERD: Well it depends what part of the world you come from. Victoria has had an Anthrax outbreak in the recent past. The affective material can lie dormant in the soil for a 100 years so, it's quite possible that… a situation.Australia does have an Anthrax belt which is involving basically south-eastern Australia but it's a very rare occurrence in Australia. In other parts of the world it's much more common.
So if Anthrax is that common, why have I never heard of it on the afternoon news when living in the UK or New Zealand then?
