Anthrax -- India
The Assam forest department has initiated urgent measures to check the outbreak of anthrax after one of the 2 feral buffaloes found dead inside the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary (PWS) tested positive for infection, officials said.
The wildlife sanctuary in Morigaon district is also home to more than 100 endangered one-horned rhinoceros.
Jitendra Kumar, Divisional Forest Officer, Wildlife, Guwahati said that the veterinarians have confirmed anthrax as the cause of death of the feral
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