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81 horses culled on Turkish island amid disease outbreak
By The Associated Press
Thu., Dec. 19, 2019
ISTANBUL - Authorities have culled 81 horses on an island off Istanbul following an outbreak of a fatal equine disease, local officials said Thursday.
The local administrator’s office said the horses on Buyukada Island were slaughtered after being diagnosed with glanders disease, which also affects donkeys and mules.
A quarantine has been put into place, barring the entry and exit of animals on the island to prevent the disease from spreading, the office said...
81 horses culled on Turkish island amid disease outbreak
By The Associated Press
Thu., Dec. 19, 2019
ISTANBUL - Authorities have culled 81 horses on an island off Istanbul following an outbreak of a fatal equine disease, local officials said Thursday.
The local administrator’s office said the horses on Buyukada Island were slaughtered after being diagnosed with glanders disease, which also affects donkeys and mules.
A quarantine has been put into place, barring the entry and exit of animals on the island to prevent the disease from spreading, the office said...