Eating rabid water buffaloes puts Surin villagers at risk Eating rabid water buffaloes puts Surin villagers at risk
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018
The recent deaths in Surin of four water buffaloes – three of which were later confirmed as from rabies but not before villagers had taken the animals’ meat to eat – have caused public fear of an outbreak of this incurable disease, which has killed 17 people so far this year in Thailand.