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More than 300 livestock die from nitrate poisoning in Baringo

The carcass of an animal that died after consuming a poisonous weed in Mochongoi, Baringo South. [Mercy Kulei, Standard]

At least 300 cattle have died in two weeks after consuming highly nitrate-concentrated fodder.

Farmers in Mochongoi division said the animals died within 20 minutes of consuming the plant.

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