Hong Kong monkey deaths spark calls for external review, soil sampling at zoo


A recent spate of monkey deaths at a Hong Kong zoo warrants a review of biosecurity protocols by an external organisation and soil surveillance for bacteria linked to the fatalities, animal health and microbiology experts have said.

The calls from the experts followed 11 monkeys dying at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, which was hit by an outbreak of melioidosis.

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