Other Animal Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
The 24 gaurs found dead in Prachuap Khiri Khan’s Kui Buri wildlife reserve were not necessarily killed by deliberate poisoning or poaching, but possibly by an [unusual] disease, a joint investigation led by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation showed yesterday [31 Jan 2014].
Strains of the so-called black disease involving the bacterium _Clostridium novyi_, which is potentially fatal to animals, were found in the tissue of 15 gaurs and one clay sample. Though
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