Anthrax -- Zambia
The Zambian government on Thursday [6 Oct 2016] confirmed an outbreak of anthrax, which has killed 44 hippos in Chama district [Muchinga province] in the country's eastern region.
Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya said the outbreak of the disease could be due to low water levels, with the 1st case recorded on 22 Sep [2016].
He said in a ministerial statement in parliament that people in the district have since been advised against eating hippo meat because as it was infected with
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