INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MAHENDRANAGAR, AUGUST 1More than 2,000 cattle died of lumpy skin disease in Madhes
It is a huge toll on livestock, thereby impacting agriculture and income.
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Statistics on such loss was made public during a programme organized in
The Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives in the province informed that Siraha witnessed maximum loss- 1,118 cattle died
while Parsa has the least deaths- 2.Cow and ox are highest in number dying of the lumpy skin while buffaloes in least number- 6.
Meanwhile, in the province, 45,825 livestock have been vaccinated against the fatal disease, according to veterinarian Dr Ranjit Kumar
Adhikari.Sarlahi district has recorded highest number of vaccination- among 12,325 cattle
However, vaccination has been awaited in Saptari, Siraha, Mahottari and Parsa districts.Inaugurating the vaccination programme at Gaushala
of Janakpur on Monday, Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives, Govind Bahadur Neupane, informed that the province
government had sent each district with 8,000 doses of vaccine against lumpy skin.Minister Neupane vowed government initiative for
sustainable solution of this problem
The vaccination drive was a special campaign at present, he added.
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