Lumpy skin disease: As per the data, Rajasthan saw the most cattle deaths at 75,819, followed by Maharashtra (24,430), Punjab (17,932), Karnataka (12,244), Himachal Pradesh (10,681), Gujarat (6,193), Haryana (2,937) and Jammu & Kashmir (2,698).
Lumpy skin disease: According to the statement, keeping in view the contingency of the disease, vaccination was started in August itself by making emergency arrangements for 17.50 lakh doses of vaccine.
Lumpy skin disease: Cattle trading remains a key highlight of the colourful and vibrant fair which is held annually in the holy month of Kartik in Pushkar town.
Lumpy skin disease: So far 28 districts of Jhansi, Agra, Aligarh, Meerut, Saharanpur, Moradabad, and Bareilly divisions have been affected by this disease in western Uttar Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who held a meeting on Wednesday to review the situation, announced that the vaccination of cattle will be done free of cost.
BJP members gathered in Jaipur to protest against cattle deaths due to lumpy skin disease.
Lumpy skin disease: According to the animal husbandry department, a fund of Rs one crore per district has been made available through DPC for the purchase of medicines needed in the treatment of the disease.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed the officials concerned to take necessary measures the prevention the disease and stop the movement of domestic animals into the state from the neighboring states.
Lumpy skin disease: The disease has so far claimed the lives of 43 cattle in the state, a release from the animal husbandry said on Monday.
Lumpy skin disease: 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.
45 cases of the lumpy virus have been detected in the Goyla dairy area, 40 in the Rewla Khanpur area, 21 in Ghumanhera, and 16 in Najafgarh.
Major symptoms of this disease affecting cattle are fever, nasal and lacrimal discharge, ulcers in the eye, swollen lymph nodes, and a drop in milk production. The disease has been confirmed in Ratlam, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Betul, Indore, and Khandwa districts.
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Lumpy virus has been found only in cows and buffaloes. There is no danger to humans in eating meat or using milk of animals that do not have the symptoms of the said virus.
Lumpy skin disease: Animals affected by the disease go down with fever and develop rashes on their skin which turn into wounds after some time.
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Lumpy skin disease: Around 15 districts have reported instances of the LSD, with maximum cases being reported from western Uttar Pradesh region.
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