Over 2,000 Cattle Infected With Foot-and-Mouth
More than 2,000 cattle in Svay Rieng province are infected with the potentially fatal foot-and-mouth disease, officials said yesterday. Pen Chhanthy, chief of the provincial animal health and production office, said that cattle in six districts of Svay Rieng had returned positive tests for the virus, which is highly infectious and spreads easily. The central district of Svay Chrum, Mr. Chhanthy said, is by far the worst hit by foot-and-mouth, with 1,690 of the total 2,121 livestock tested returning positive results since July and 15 succumbing to the disease during that time. …
Ben Sokhean, P.18
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