Viral post on culling rings alarm bells


Not true: The Veterinary Services Department has refuted a social media posting that claims several thousand dairy cows were infected with TB in Selangor.

PETALING JAYA: Photos of cattle being euthanised and buried by Selangor Veterinary Services Department officers, circulating on social media now, have people worried about a bovine disease outbreak.

A voice clip in Tamil mixed with some English accompanying the photos claims the cattle are dairy cows being put down because they contracted bovine tuberculosis (TB).

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