Q fever is out of control, the disease is transmitted to livestock and people, and the truth is being hidden from us, announced Vuk Iković, member of Preokret in the Danilovgrad Municipal Assembly.
"Let's stand in solidarity with livestock farmers and support our neighbors, friends - food producers. Let's encourage them to fight Q fever and the negligence of institutions. Since we can't count on them, we only have the street," he said.
He said that citizens are looking for what belongs to them and what is guaranteed to them by law.
"Therefore, it is urgent to determine the location for burying the corpses of cows, to urgently test all neighboring farms around farms where Q fever has been confirmed, to send veterinarians from the south and north to Nikšić and Danilovgrad in order to protect against Q fever, to carry out additional testing of dairy and meat products that are going to be sold, properly rehabilitate the grave pits where the cows have been buried until now, especially since some of them are near the city's source. an asylum for taking care of animals or a similar facility that will serve to isolate infected cows and prevent the spread of the disease," adds Iković.
He points out that the Institute of Public Health has not informed the public about the number of people suffering from QF for five days, while, as he says, information is coming from the field that there are new cases, but that "we can only guess" to what extent the disease is spreading.
"The number of infected cows in Danilovgrad and Nikšić exceeded 50 a long time ago. These cows transmit the disease to other livestock and people. The location for burying the corpses of infected cows should have been determined last week, but the officials are more concerned with the elections in Podgorica instead of the work for which the citizens pay them. Testing of cows is done at the request of the herdsman, and should be done as a matter of urgency by the veterinary administration and the inspection. says Ikovic.
He points out that today the biggest losers are livestock farmers. "In addition to the fact that the number of healthy cows is rapidly decreasing, they have less and less milk to sell, and the monthly installment for the loan, from which they formed the farm, is coming due. The state does not have a crematorium, i.e. an incinerator for animal corpses, nor does it have livestock cemetery. That's why cattle farmers have been waiting for weeks for the municipal and state leadership to have mercy and find a location to bury the corpses of infected cows," Ikovic said.
He also said that the state is silent while the disease spreads to livestock and people and that "we only have the street left".
"I remind you, preventive vaccination of animals is considered the best long-term option, but we don't even have vaccines yet. Cooperation between veterinarians, doctors, local and state administration officials and disciplines in the field of animal health and public health is crucial in solving the consequences and challenges brought by Q fever "With great power comes great responsibility. If the leadership has forgotten what responsibility is, let's remind them because if we continue to wait for them, we will fail," the statement concluded.
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