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Heat hits farmers hard by killing their stock

(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-08-23 08:51

About 40 deer, valued at over 10,000 yuan (US$1,233) each, died of sunstroke last week at a breeding farm in Sichuan Province, with 200 others also falling ill following the year's persistent hot weather.

The summer heat has posed a threat to local animal breeding, as thousands of animals and livestock are now facing a potential epidemic outbreak of indigestion or respiratory infection, experts said.

West China Metropolis News