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昨天梅窩8號公牛突然死亡，梅窩牛牛之友，現就事件提問及報告如下：
據梅窩愛護動物協會女獸醫，今早9：37分電話中述及：昨天10月30日，下午2：30pm，梅窩愛護動物協會（SPCA ）收到一位來自鹿地塘的男居民來電，說村內草地，有牛突然不能行走，需要協助。同日，SPCA 女獸醫3：00pm到達該村，3：15pm決定為該牛進行人道毁滅。
SPCA 女獸醫事後解釋：牛隻並沒有致命的表面傷痕。懷疑牛脊髓受損，致癱瘓或麻痹。但現場沒X光機，無法證實，並不能說出那段脊髓可能受損。但認為牛以後應不能再行路，免牛被狗襲擊和受苦，將牛當場即時人道毁滅。女獸醫不知牛編號，只估計公牛两歲半。之後協會電食環署，幾小時後搬走牛屍，但不知搬到哪裡去。
及後傍晚，梅窩牛牛之友（FOMC）陸續接獲街坊及小孩子通知該事。經證實後，被人道毀滅的牛為8號公牛（即是現在本區三小牛b的其中一位爸爸）。昨天之前，8號公牛屬健康，行動及進食正常，年輕，並沒生病表徵。
SPCA的判斷讓人質疑，因另一實情是:
正好於十多天前，10月17及18日，梅窩分別也有三牛，梅窩1號女，9哥，27號出現以上不能走動症狀。但經FOMC 請來私家獸醫Dr joe診斷並打針後，第二天下午能再次步行。不能走動的二十小時內，期間由義工餵水及食物。現在三牛康復，健康及活動正常。
因此，我們現公開向SPCA女獸醫嚴肅提問：
1）昨天梅窩8號公牛，為何必須要立即被人道毀滅？
2）事件是否存在獸醫失職？
3）SPCA 何時為該案提供死因報告，及向本會提供對醫學研究上之相關相片，以供討論？
4）本會己和黄福根議員聯絡，他希望協助了解近期梅窩牛隻事件有關情況。
本會希望SPCA協助查出八號牛的死亡真相。
梅窩牛牛之友（FOMC）
主席何詩敏 上
補充參考資料：
牛突然無法走動原因，可能有以下三點：
1）Bovine ephemeral fever
（漁護署牛隊獸醫早前資料提供）
簡單解釋此病症：牛俾昆蟲咬後，細菌入侵體內，引致無力腳軟，短暫失去行走能力。
漁護署表示，香港政府農場偶爾也有牛出現此病症。他們以打消炎針對治，一般能數天內回復正常。
此醫治方法，與FOMC請來的私家獸醫Dr joe相同。
"Ephemeral fever remains a viral disease of considerable importance to many countries including Australia. The virus has been only partly characterised and still awaits final classification. Although BEF virus was first thought to contain 6 structural proteins there is increasing evidence to suggest that it contains the 5 proteins characteristic of the Rhabdoviridae. Although BEF is thought to be arthropod borne, the vector has yet to be identified but it is clear from the distribution of BEF that more than one vector is capable of transmitting the disease. Despite rigorous investigation of the clinical signs and the pathology of ephemeral fever, little progress has been made on the pathogenesis of the disease. This has been partly due to the difficulty of propagating BEF virus in vitro and the inability to define the site of replication. However, there is mounting evidence to suggest that BEF is immunopathologic in nature and that the clinical expression of the disease is influenced by the release of one or more mediators of inflammation. The disease is characterised by a number of haematological and biochemical changes and early and prolonged treatment with phenylbutazone is capable of reversing a number of these changes. The intravenous administration of calcium can now be considered a justifiable addition to the treatment regimen together with prolonged phenylbutazone therapy. The vaccines currently available are prepared from either live attenuated or killed virus and may be less than reliable. There appears to be a need for a reliable, inexpensive, cold-chain independent alternative vaccine."（來源）
2）牛隻自己意外跌倒
3）牛隻受到一定重力之撞擊或襲擊
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