Lumpy Skin Disease

Lumpy Skin Disease: Maharashtra district authorities urged to speed up cattle vaccination

According to the release, a batch of 10 lakh vaccine doses has been received to vaccinate cows within a radius of five km of an affected area

67,000 cattle died since lumpy skin disease outbreak in India in July, Rajasthan alone seeing 600-700 deaths per day

Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department Secretary Jatindra Nath Swain said states are currently using the 'goat pox' vaccine to control lumpy skin disease (LSD) in cattle

Centre along with states trying to control Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle, says PM Modi

Many Indian states are grappling with Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle and the disease has emerged as a concern for the dairy sector

Lumpy skin disease: Delhi government to procure 60,000 doses of goat pox vaccine

The government will adopt the ring vaccination strategy in which healthy cattle in a 5 km radius of the affected areas will be given goat pox vaccine with the Uttarkashi strain of the virus, the official said

Lumpy skin disease: Over 2100 cattle found infected in across 10 districts in MP, bovine transportation banned

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, during a meeting on Friday to review the situation, directed the officials to ban the cattle being brought into Madhya Pradesh from other states and take extra precautions in the adjoining areas of disease-affected areas

Lumpy skin disease: Satish Poonia says Rajasthan govt not paying attention to vaccination of cows

The disease is spreading rapidly across districts including Jodhpur, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Jalore and Sirohi, said Poonia

Punjab: Milk output drops 15-20% as lumpy skin disease affects cattle; small and medium dairy farmers worst hit

According to data provided by the state's animal husbandry department, total 1.26 lakh cattle have been affected by lumpy skin disease while more than 10,000 animals have died so far because of the infectious disease

10 lakh animals to be vaccinated in Punjab to check spread of Lumpy Skin disease

The Lumpy Skin disease has mainly affected cows with Fazilka, Muktsar, Bathinda and Tarn Taran being the worst-affected districts in the state

Lumpy skin disease: Haryana chief secy directs officials to complete cattle vaccination in seven days

Sanjeev Kaushal directed the animal husbandry department to issue an advisory with immediate effect and make citizens aware that the milk of infected cows can be consumed after boiling it

What are yellow crazy ants that are causing cattle to go blind in Tamil Nadu?

As hordes of cattle in north India are succumbing to the lumpy skin disease, there is a different kind of insect attacking livestock in Tamil Nadu. Yellow crazy ants are known to be among the worst invasive species and the formic acid sprayed by them can cause blindness and even death