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98 Cows And Calves Perish At Andhra Cow Shelter In Suspected Food Poisoning Case

Swarajya StaffAug 11, 2019, 04:57 PM | Updated 04:57 PM IST
Representative image of cows being fed at a shelter in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Representative image of cows being fed at a shelter in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)


In what is believed to be a case of food poisoning, 98 cows and calves which were kept a cow shelter in a village near Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh have died and some others have fallen sick, reports PTI.

A Post-mortem is being conducted at a veterinary hospital on the dead cows. The collector of the Krishna district who visited the privately-run cow shelter which accommodated the cows was being used to keep more animals then its capacity.


"We will determine the exact cause of the deaths after the post-mortem. We are probing the case from different angles," said a senior police officer.

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