The cause of the deaths of over 100 Australian cattle on a livestock shipment to Indonesia last weekend, and a further 50 cattle from the same cohort which simultaneously died at an export quarantine facility near Darwin, is still yet to be determined, officials say.
Territory and Federal Government veterinarians have been conducting investigations and testing cattle over the past week.
The Department of Agriculture has stated the cause is not believed to be a contagious or exotic disease, with a toxin such as Botulism ingested through a dietary source considered a potential source.
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