Rift Valley Fever — Madagascar
Rift Valley fever is decimating the herds in Mananjary. Nearly 500 zebu [humped cattle] have died in a few weeks. The farmers of the herds are at a loss. They have lost, in a blink of an eye, their zebus, who represent their wealth.
This acute hemorrhagic viral disease kills the zebus early every day in this district, “this morning [14 Apr 2021] 3 zebus have died. Yesterday [13 Apr 2021] we counted 7 [deaths] in different enclosures, and at the slaughterhouse,” said Dr Moez Tajdin, the
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