Khao Wang's monkeys are to be tested for viruses

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Khao Wang's monkeys are to be tested for viruses



PHETCHABURI: -- Officials of the National Park, Wildlife and Plants Conservation Department and veterinarians will conduct random tests of long-tailed macaques at Petchaburi’s Khao Wang to look for viruses which can be transmitted to humans.

Mrs Supakarn Kaewchote, a vegetenarian, said Tuesday that about 50 monkeys would be rounded up at random and tested for dengue fever, rabies, hepatitis and encephalitis which can be transmitted to humans.

In accordance with procedure, she said the monkeys had to be put to sleep first with tranquilizer guns and their faces marked for follow-up identification. Then specimens of their saliva, blood, excrement and hair will be taken for laboratorial tests for the aforementioned viruses.

Blood test results will be known in a week but other tests will take roughly a month, said Mrs Supakarn.

Furthermore, she said that some of the male monkeys would be castrated and the injured one will be treated before they are released into the wild.

Mr Pote Tupprathum, Panthainorasing wildlife sanctuary chief, explained that the tests were precautionary to prevent possible spread of viruses from the monkeys to humans because there are about 2,000 of them and they are living close to humans.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/158371


-- Thai PBS 2016-04-06

[BigBadGeordie]

Please to see they have got a specialist "vegetenarian" on the job, would not want any old "vegan" dealing with this.

[torpedo1970]

Next week we will get news telling us that there is no dangerous viruses that can be transferred from Thai monkeys to humans.

You can trust Thai monkeys!

And we are all 99% happy.....

[MyFriend You]

Castrated, not neutered, or spayed???...........oh well you say Tomaaaayto and I say Tomaaaahhto.