Gray: Tests on BAIC feed after livestock deaths

Wed, Mar 8th 2017, 02:41 PM

MINISTER of Agriculture V Alfred Gray yesterday said his ministry will await the results of tests ordered on a batch of feed from the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation’s (BAIC) Feed Mill as he pushed back against “speculation” that recent livestock deaths were linked to contaminated feed.

Noting the timing of recent pig deaths at the Gladstone Road Agricultural Centre (GRAC) and several “swimming pigs” in Exuma, Mr Gray suggested that there could be a wider issue impacting livestock, similar to the canine distemper outbreak in 2014. However, he urged the public to await the results of testing...

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