2011
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9975-1
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Significant mortality of large ruminants due to hypothermia in northern and central Lao PDR

Abstract: An extreme cold exposure event occurred between March 14th and 19th 2011 in northern and central Lao PDR resulting in a major mortality of cattle and buffalo. At least six northern and one central province reported losses, involving 46 districts and 1,384 smallholder farmers, with a total of 7,162 cattle and 3,744 buffalo reported to have died in association with cold weather. Affected animals were observed to shiver, display slow and shallow respiration, lose consciousness and eventually die. Many deaths occu… Show more

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“…A survey of farmers was conducted in July 2010 in Nong village, 6 months after the initial report of the most recent FMD outbreak, using the same team of district and project staff (trained in a series of large ruminant health and production workshops supported by the Australian Crawford Fund between 2009 and 2010) that collaborated on previously published studies (Nampanya et al., 2010; Rast et al., 2010; Khounsy et al., 2011).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A survey of farmers was conducted in July 2010 in Nong village, 6 months after the initial report of the most recent FMD outbreak, using the same team of district and project staff (trained in a series of large ruminant health and production workshops supported by the Australian Crawford Fund between 2009 and 2010) that collaborated on previously published studies (Nampanya et al., 2010; Rast et al., 2010; Khounsy et al., 2011).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The total number of large ruminants (cattle and buffalo) in Cambodia was reported at approximately 4.17 million head in 2010 (MAFF, 2011), with a cattle population 3.48 million head, a decrease of about 2.6% from 2009 (MAFF, 2011). A variety of factors may be influencing the decrease in the national herd size, including increased feed costs, illegal trading because of increased export demand, plus animal movements to replace market losses associated with regional climatic impacts (Khounsy et al., 2011). However it is likely that increased mechanization with a reduced need for draft animals and transboundary animal diseases, particularly endemic FMD and haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS), is of relevance to the dynamics of the large ruminant population in Cambodia.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…With concerns of that increasing climate variability may lead to more mass mortality events due to hypothermia (Khounsy et al . ), increases in flooding events that have been recently occurring in Laos suggest that BL may become a livestock disease of higher priority, requiring adoption of policies encouraging strategic clostridial vaccination programmes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%