Hundreds of cows get sick in Srey Snom district as more than 30 cows die

 

    Mr. Prum Vich, Director of Production and Veterinary Office of Siem Reap Provincial Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said that after receiving information from Srey Snom District Administration on the evening of November 11 that in Chroy Neang Nguon and Sleng Spean communes. In Srey Snom district, about 705 cows and buffaloes were infected with nail pain, swollen abdomen, swollen face and sore mouth, of which 34 died.

According to the Cambodian News Agency (AKP), on November 12, 2020, Mr. Prum Vic assigned professional officers in collaboration with district, commune and village veterinarians to inspect livestock. Sick and dead and found that the sick and dead animal is suspected of foot-and-mouth disease.

He said that usually the sick cattle are due to the flooding of the grass, then the water receded, but all the grass has moss, some germs stuck in the grass, making the cattle that eat it. Make it unhealthy, weak, stress, susceptible to disease, and the disease that our experts have examined, we suspect that the disease, and the disease, the main symptoms are sore mouth and sore feet, which is usually this disease. It does not cause the death of large cattle, but mostly small calves that are weaned due to calf when mouth ulcers cause mammary infertility and due to negligence from the owner without proper care. Supplementary food kills the animal due to lack of food.

Mr. Prum Vich added that every year, with the support of the General Department of Animal Health and Animal Production of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, professional officers of the Office of Production and Veterinary always go to vaccinate cattle. We are in the whole province on a regular schedule, so in the current situation, officials are instructing them on animal health care.