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A mysterious sickness has stuck hundreds of cattle, sheep and goats in southern Yemen causing concern among herders in areas near the front lines of the five-year war who are unable to stop their livestock dying.
In villages around Hajer, farmers reported losing dozens of animals to the illness they are unable to identify. They report the animals becoming weak, unable to walk or move and then they stop eating and waste away.
“Last week I lost my cow and its newborn calf,” Jihad Al Zubaidi, a herder in the area, told
The National. “First, the newborn fell sick and died three days after symptoms appeared and two days later, the mother contracted the same infection and died.”