The Department of Agriculture says it is working with a livestock exporter to determine the cause of deaths of Australian cattle on a ship to Darwin in recent days.
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DAF released a statement this afternoon confirming it has been notified by an exporter of the deaths.
The statement followed media reports than more than 100 cattle have died on the vessel. The Department has yet to formally confirm the number of deaths involved.
The Australian Livestock Exporters Council has reported that initial assumptions are that the mortalities may have resulted from a case of…
