On the morning of 8.2, Mr. Nguyen Phu Quoc - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quang Tri Province confirmed that up to this point, 29 buffaloes of people in Ba Tam commune (Dakrong district, Quang Tri province) Unusual death, unknown cause.
Previously, on February 6, people discovered 20 dead buffaloes in Trieu Ai commune (Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province).
On July 7, the leader of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine together with the leaders of Dakrong District People's Committee, the district's livestock and veterinary station and the People's Committee of Ba Tam commune continue to come to the place to detect dead buffaloes to investigate and learn the cause.
Here, the working group discovered 4 more dead buffaloes in village 5 (Ba Long commune, Dakrong district). According to the people's declaration, there were 5 more dead buffaloes in Ba Long commune and Trieu Nguyen commune.
“As of the morning of 8.2, the total number of dead buffaloes was discovered 29, mainly in the planted forest area. This 29 buffaloes are among the 87 buffaloes of 9 households ” - Mr. Nguyen Phu Quoc said.
Currently, the authorities have taken dead buffalo samples to send to the Veterinary Department of Region III testing, expected to the evening of 8.2 will have results.
Based on a number of symptoms on dead buffaloes, the authorities of Quang Tri province suspected of buffalo hematoma, but also did not exclude other causes.
In the immediate future, the destruction of dead buffaloes and urgently implements disease prevention and control measures on local buffaloes.
