Hanoi (VNA) – Over 70 dairycows have died from, and 1,700 others infected with suspected foot-and-mouthdisease in Saraburi, central Thailand, local media reported on January 13.
Dairy farmers said they will bepetitioning to Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Agriculture MinisterChalermchai Sri-on to seek urgent help.
Farmers in Tambon Lamphaya Klang, adistrict in Saraburi where most of the dairy cows were reported to have beeninfected, reported thattheir cows started to show symptoms of the highly infectious disease since January 5.
Meanwhile, a veterinarian at theprovincial veterinary office said theoutbreak has been confined in 108 of about 2,300 dairy farms in Saraburiprovince.
The situation has improved though, with 1,000 sick cows having recovered after treatment, he said./.
Dairy farmers said they will bepetitioning to Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Agriculture MinisterChalermchai Sri-on to seek urgent help.
Farmers in Tambon Lamphaya Klang, adistrict in Saraburi where most of the dairy cows were reported to have beeninfected, reported thattheir cows started to show symptoms of the highly infectious disease since January 5.
Meanwhile, a veterinarian at theprovincial veterinary office said theoutbreak has been confined in 108 of about 2,300 dairy farms in Saraburiprovince.
The situation has improved though, with 1,000 sick cows having recovered after treatment, he said./.
VNA
