We got up early and went to a local kraal (area where livestock is kept
at night) to collect blood samples for brucellosis testing on sheep and
goats. Brucellosis is a big problem in
the cows, sheep and goats here and humans contract it from the animals. The project is to help determine exactly how
and from what animals the people are contracting it. We also treated a number of sick cows. Cows here get nasty ear infections – that was
new to Liz! We returned to our huts to
find more animals lined up for surgery!
We did 4 surgeries and processed the brucellosis samples.
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