The Emirati government on Monday slapped a three-month ban on imports of cows from Pakistan.
"It's a precautionary move to prevent illnesses," Agriculture Minister Said Mohammed Raqabani said without elaborating, quoted by the official news agency WAM.
The United Arab Emirates banned the import of Pakistani cows from 1993 to 1999 to curb bovine diseases -- ABU DHABI (AFP)
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