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MUMBAI, July 17: The toll in buffalo deaths due to food poisoning at a cattleshed in Andheri (east) today rose to 55, with 10 more cattle heads dying in the last 24 hours.
The buffaloes at the Bharat Milk Farm developed symptoms of food poisoning immediately after they ate some fodder and began collapsing one after the other on Wednesday morning.
According to the Meghwadi police in Andheri, the cause of the deaths would become clear only after the post-mortem and the chemical analysis reports of the fodder were prepared by the Bombay Vetirenary Hospital at Parel and the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) respectively.
Meanwhile, a team of vetirenary doctors from the Aarey Milk Colony who rushed to the spot is finding it difficult to administer treatment to the remaining buffaloes with the source of poisoning still not known. The twelve surviving buffaloes are being given intra-venous medications. But, doctor said, more focussed treatment would begin once the post-mortem report arrives.
While the MUMBAI, July 17: The toll in buffalo deaths due to food poisoning at a cattleshed in Andheri (east) today rose to 55, with 10 more cattle heads dying in the last 24 hours.
The buffaloes at the Bharat Milk Farm developed symptoms of food poisoning immediately after they ate some fodder and began collapsing one after the other on Wednesday morning.
According to the Meghwadi police in Andheri, the cause of the deaths would become clear only after the post-mortem and the chemical analysis reports of the fodder were prepared by the Bombay Vetirenary Hospital at Parel and the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) respectively.
Meanwhile, a team of vetirenary doctors from the Aarey Milk Colony who rushed to the spot is finding it difficult to administer treatment to the remaining buffaloes with the source of poisoning still not known. The twelve surviving buffaloes are being given intra-venous medications. But, doctor said, more focussed treatment would begin once the post-mortem report arrives.
While theowner of the shed, Bharat Babubhai Patel was not available for comment, some of the employees said the tragedy has resulted in a loss of nearly Rs 15 lakh.
The buffaloes are fed amixture of pulses, grams, maize, mustard, cotton seed, gulkand. These ingrediants are mixed in different proportions and soaked in water for about six to seven hours. Ice-cream powder and wheat brawn are later added to the paste to increase the flavour of the milk produced by the buffaloes. The tragedy has led to a sharp fall in milk supplies in the area. Meghwadi has around five to six sheds of which only the Bharat Milk Farm was affected by food poisoning.
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