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Appeal for disinfectants in China as dead livestock rot in flood aftermath
- Agriculture association says disease prevention supplies needed to fend off pathogens
- Authorities in one county have culled herds to avert outbreaks, group says
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China’s animal husbandry association urged companies on Tuesday to donate large volumes of disinfectants for a county in the central province of Henan, where widespread floods have killed thousands of livestock.
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The rotting carcasses of dead animals easily produced pathogens, but disinfection material was insufficient, the semi-official China Animal Agriculture Association said on its website, after the farms in Tangyin county were flooded.
It also sought donations of other disease prevention materials, such as veterinary drugs and vaccines, on behalf of local government authorities.
Last week’s heavy rains sparked the province’s worst flash floods in centuries, killing at least 71 people. More than a million animals died and 1,678 large livestock farms were affected, official media said.
“Large quantities of disinfectants are needed,” said a manager with a pig producer that has farms in Henan.
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The industry’s biggest concern was the potential for disease to spread, said the manager, who declined to be identified as he was not authorised to talk to the media.
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