Mysterious disease kills cattle in Mahalapye

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MAHALAPYE: Farmers at Chamme and Morale cattle posts near Mahalapye have been left grappling with fear as their cattle die from a mysterious illness.

It started at Chamme in April, according to the farmers but it has since spread to nearby Moral.Unconfirmed reports indicate that more than 30 beasts have died at Chamme.One of the farmers at Morale, Samuel Letamo, told“We do not really know what this disease is. I personally contacted the veterinary services last week in the hope that they would go and try to run tests but I was only advised to buy a medicine called Botulism which I still have to administer as I only got it from Palapye three days back,” Letamo said.

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