
Zambia Warns Against Fish Killed By Mysterious Disease
September 15, 2007 @ 10:40 AM (EST)
Source: Afp.google.com
Zambia's government on Friday warned citizens against eating fish killed by a mysterious disease after hundreds of them were found dead on River Zambezi in western part of the country.
Agriculture Minister Ben Kapita told AFP that government has appointed a team of experts to investigate the outbreak of the disease that has killed several hundreds of sore-covered fish in the river in recent weeks.
"We want to quickly find out the cause of the disease before the situation gets out of hand," Kapita said.
The team would travel to western province to probe the cause of the disease and establish whether it can be transmitted to humans, he said...
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