Tuberculosis-infected Cattle Flood Lagos

The Lagos State Government has said that a number of no countries, that share border with the northern states, are importing all manner of disease-infected cattle into Lagos due to porous border.
The state government also warned that all its residents should desist from patronising any unauthorised slaughter slabs, noting that most of the disease-infected cattle end in such illegal slabs.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos State governor on Agriculture, Dr. Funsho Nuraini disclosed the information at a news conference he addressed along with Chairman of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, Mr. Bayonle Suleiman following the arrest of three operators of illegal slaughter slabs.According to him, the carcass on the ground had confirmatory evidence that the particular animal had tuberculosis.
“Once you kill an animal, you will see if it is not normal. If it is normal animal, it will not be coloured like this. This is a typical tuberculosis-infected animal and it is not good for public consumption,” he said.Nuraini lamented that the head of one of the cows butchered was infected with tuberculosis, noting that such meat could be very contagious, deadly and dangerous to the public health in the state.
He explained further, that “Some of these butchers even know the animals are bad. Yet they still slaughter them for sale.
They smuggled in unhealthy animals through our porous borders.Whe you go to the animal market at Agege, you will see that animals are being supplied from over 17 countries.
“Most of the landlocked countries across our northern borders supply Nigeria with animals and where is the first port of call, Lagos. Lagos has the largest market in the whole of West Africa. We have no fewer than 20 approved abattoirs in the state. It is just that these people are not honest people.

“We tracked down three illegal slabs at Ajegunle, Alapere and Ajelogo. We are doing our best to track down the others .We know it is not easy. The markets keep evolving daily.

Over 3000 animals are slaughtered daily, so we have to go after them right, left and centre.”Also speaking at the conference, Sulaiman, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) said the state government had been meeting with the market unions where these illegal slaughter slabs operate “to warn them not to allow such things in their markets.”He vowed to clamp down on illegal slaughter slabs throughout the state, noting that it “is time for enforcement. You can see infected meat on the ground. God knows how many families who will have bought it if not intercepted.“If 50 families buy from this meat, they will all have tuberculosis.

We would not know the source and we will keep making theories whether it was transmitted through water or air and so on.“We are appealing to the general public to patronise recognised abattoirs in the state so that they will be protected. We are ready to fight the menace we have to protect members of the public,” Suleiman said.He said those arrested at the unauthorised slaughter slabs had been charged to court. “The court will determine the fate of the three of them. They were seen from illegal slabs and they have been charged accordingly.”

Source:thisday

Tuberculosis-infected Cattle Flood Lagos

The Lagos State Government has said that a number of no countries, that share border with the northern states, are importing all manner of disease-infected cattle into Lagos due to porous border.
The state government also warned that all its residents should desist from patronising any unauthorised slaughter slabs, noting that most of the disease-infected cattle end in such illegal slabs.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Lagos State governor on Agriculture, Dr. Funsho Nuraini disclosed the information at a news conference he addressed along with Chairman of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, Mr. Bayonle Suleiman following the arrest of three operators of illegal slaughter slabs.According to him, the carcass on the ground had confirmatory evidence that the particular animal had tuberculosis.
“Once you kill an animal, you will see if it is not normal. If it is normal animal, it will not be coloured like this. This is a typical tuberculosis-infected animal and it is not good for public consumption,” he said.Nuraini lamented that the head of one of the cows butchered was infected with tuberculosis, noting that such meat could be very contagious, deadly and dangerous to the public health in the state.
He explained further, that “Some of these butchers even know the animals are bad. Yet they still slaughter them for sale.
They smuggled in unhealthy animals through our porous borders.Whe you go to the animal market at Agege, you will see that animals are being supplied from over 17 countries.
“Most of the landlocked countries across our northern borders supply Nigeria with animals and where is the first port of call, Lagos. Lagos has the largest market in the whole of West Africa. We have no fewer than 20 approved abattoirs in the state. It is just that these people are not honest people.

“We tracked down three illegal slabs at Ajegunle, Alapere and Ajelogo. We are doing our best to track down the others .We know it is not easy. The markets keep evolving daily.

Over 3000 animals are slaughtered daily, so we have to go after them right, left and centre.”Also speaking at the conference, Sulaiman, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) said the state government had been meeting with the market unions where these illegal slaughter slabs operate “to warn them not to allow such things in their markets.”He vowed to clamp down on illegal slaughter slabs throughout the state, noting that it “is time for enforcement. You can see infected meat on the ground. God knows how many families who will have bought it if not intercepted.“If 50 families buy from this meat, they will all have tuberculosis.

We would not know the source and we will keep making theories whether it was transmitted through water or air and so on.“We are appealing to the general public to patronise recognised abattoirs in the state so that they will be protected. We are ready to fight the menace we have to protect members of the public,” Suleiman said.He said those arrested at the unauthorised slaughter slabs had been charged to court. “The court will determine the fate of the three of them. They were seen from illegal slabs and they have been charged accordingly.”

Source:thisday

53-year-old gives birth to own twin grandchildren

A 53-year-old woman has given birth to her own twin grandchildren, Medical Daily reported.
Susie Kozisek successfully delivered twin girls after acting as a gestational carrier for her daughter, Ashley Larkin. Larkin had been diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, a condition caused by high blood pressure, which prevented her from safely becoming pregnant.

Gestational carriers are typically used when a woman is unable to carry a pregnancy but wants to have her own biological children. The biological mother and father undergo in vitro fertilization and their fertilized embryos are then implanted in the carrier’s uterus.

Dr. Jani Jensen, who performed the in vitro process for Kozisek and Larkin, told ABC News that while this situation is unusual, it is fairly common for a family member to act as a carrier.
“It’s unusual for a mother to act as a gestational carrier for her own child, and she was at the older end of the spectrum for pregnancy,” Jensen said. “But she was a good candidate, because she’d carried previous pregnancies successfully and was in excellent health.”

This is the second time that Kozisek has acted as a gestational carrier for her daughter. Kozisek also carried and gave birth to Larkin’s 2-year-old daughter. Both pregnancies did not have any complications.
“I’ve always been close with my mom even before this, so that hasn’t changed, and I’m grateful she will have such a special bond with her grandkids,” Larkin told ABC News.