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Dozens of buffaloes die as fatal virus hits Umerkot?s villages
By GM Walhari
Published: September 28, 2012
HYDERABAD: Just under two months after Ranikhet claimed the lives of at least a hundred peacocks in Sindh, dozens of buffaloes in Umerkot?s villages have been infected by a fatal disease.
Up to four dozen buffaloes and calves have died so far in six villages in Pithoro town after catching the hemorrhagic septicemia virus. Many more may be infected and vets from the directorate of animal husbandry only started conducting proper diagnosis on Monday.
The villagers call the illness ?Ghoghri?. ?The animals die less than a day after symptoms appear,? said Munawar Kolaci, a resident of Saleh Sand village. He added that the infected animals face difficulty in breathing and boils develop in their mouths.
Noor Ahmed Soomro, a vet from the livestock department, said that the virus often appears during rain and harvest seasons. The virus is caused by a strain of avian cholera...
Dozens of buffaloes die as fatal virus hits Umerkot?s villages
By GM Walhari
Published: September 28, 2012
HYDERABAD: Just under two months after Ranikhet claimed the lives of at least a hundred peacocks in Sindh, dozens of buffaloes in Umerkot?s villages have been infected by a fatal disease.
Up to four dozen buffaloes and calves have died so far in six villages in Pithoro town after catching the hemorrhagic septicemia virus. Many more may be infected and vets from the directorate of animal husbandry only started conducting proper diagnosis on Monday.
The villagers call the illness ?Ghoghri?. ?The animals die less than a day after symptoms appear,? said Munawar Kolaci, a resident of Saleh Sand village. He added that the infected animals face difficulty in breathing and boils develop in their mouths.
Noor Ahmed Soomro, a vet from the livestock department, said that the virus often appears during rain and harvest seasons. The virus is caused by a strain of avian cholera...