Goats in the Netherlands. Caprine contagion

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Series Details No.8664, 9.1.10
Publication Date 09/01/2010
ISSN 0013-0613
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A dangerous Dutch epidemic: goats now, humans next? The Dutch authorities announced in December 2009 they would need to slaughter 34,000 pregnant goats, and a further 1,200 male goats, to stop an outbreak of Q fever spreading to humans.

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NRC Handelsblad, 16.12.09: Dutch to cull 35000 goats to fight Q-fever http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2439464.ece/Dutch_to_cull_35,000_goats_to_fight_Q-fever
BBC News, 16.12.09: Netherlands to cull 35,000 goats in Q fever fight http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8417009.stm

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