Export cattle deaths blamed on pneumonia

By By Beth Johnston
Updated March 10 2016 - 1:47pm, first published November 5 2010 - 7:00am
Wellard Rural Exports managing director Steve Meerwald.
Wellard Rural Exports managing director Steve Meerwald.

AN Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) investigation into the 295 cattle deaths aboard a Wellard shipment from Fremantle to Egypt earlier this year, has found pneumonia to be the main cause of mortalities.

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