Authorities in Siem Reap province’s Puok district are on the alert after the deaths of 27 buffaloes from blackleg since the beginning of this month. Siem Reap provincial Animal Health and Production office director Prum Vich said that the animals were found dead by their owners who had left them in the flooded forest along the Tonle Sap Lake to forage for food.

 

He said up to yesterday teams of veterinarians have confirmed that all 27animals which died had been infected with blackleg infection. Vich said that they are in the process of locating other buffaloes which had been left to roam in the forest in order to check for more cases of blackleg and also vaccinate the animals.

 

He said the dead buffaloes belonged to 22 families in four villages in Keo Por commune, and the owners did not get the animals vaccinated. Vich said that during a recent vaccination drive in the villages veterinarians could not locate these animals because they had already been let loose in the forest.

 

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