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'Mysterious disease' claims lives of 500 camels
[DAWN] SARGODHA: Around 500 camels have fallen a victim to a 'mysterious disease' in the last few days at Noorpur Thal and adjoining areas.It is learnt that these camels have died while grazing gram at Noorpur Thal, Shah Hussain, Katimar, Shahuwala and Nawan Sagu (of Khushab district). A camel starts shivering and expires within 10 minutes. The secretary livestock has sought a report and sent a team for vaccination and diagnosis. The livestock department has set up health camps in the area and appealed to the people to bring the affected camels to the camp for treatment. It has asked people to avoid consuming camel meat. The team has taken the samples from stomach and rectum of the affected animals and sent these for analysis. Noorpur is about 65 kilometres away from Sargodha city and is an area of sand hills and camel is used for transportation and considered a valuable animal. The death of 500 camels has panicked the owners, mostly cultivators, as it is often used for cultivation and running wells. Posted by: Fred 2015-05-14 |
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