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98 goats culled after boy drinks infected milk
By MANJIT KAUR
GEORGE TOWN: Penang is conducting checks on goat milk suppliers and has culled 98 of the animals after a seven-year-old boy became the first person to be infected with brucellosis.
The boy fell sick after drinking raw goat’s milk. He was admitted to a private hospital after coming down with fever on April 24, said state exco member Phee Boon Poh.
He was transferred to the Penang Hospital several days later after failing to respond to the antibiotics given.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/23/nation/6717733&sec=nation
By MANJIT KAUR
GEORGE TOWN: Penang is conducting checks on goat milk suppliers and has culled 98 of the animals after a seven-year-old boy became the first person to be infected with brucellosis.
The boy fell sick after drinking raw goat’s milk. He was admitted to a private hospital after coming down with fever on April 24, said state exco member Phee Boon Poh.
He was transferred to the Penang Hospital several days later after failing to respond to the antibiotics given.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/23/nation/6717733&sec=nation