Zim: Anthrax kills 200 cattle
15/01/2007 08:13  - (SA)  

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Johannesburg - An estimated 200 cattle have died of anthrax in Masvingo in Zimbabwe in the past two months, say reports.

Its was reported that the anthrax outbreak had been cited as the biggest threat to Masvingo's efforts to restock its beef herd, which was almost halved in 1992's nationwide drought.

Chivi was among the districts worst affected. An acute shortage of vaccines was stifling efforts to tame the outbreak.

Masvingo governor Willard Chiwewe on Sunday expressed dismay at the rate at which the province was losing cattle to anthrax.

He urged the government to prioritise the procurement of anthrax vaccines to contain the outbreak.

The governor said: "We want to continue urging the government to prioritise the procurement of vaccines so that we can contain the anthrax outbreak.

"We are deeply worried by the continued death of cattle from the disease and more importantly owing to an acute shortage of vaccines."

Most of the province's cattle were contracting anthrax from wild animals such as buffaloes, which were found mostly in conservancies in the Lowveld.

- SAPA

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