Lumpy Skin Disease News

Restrictions on cattle movement in Maharashtra will continue for one more month in view of the lumpy skin disease even as a massive vaccination drive is underway against the viral infection.

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday targeted the Bharatiya Janata party with a bizarre claim, saying that the Centre 'deliberately' brought "cheetahs from Nigeria to spread Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)".

Lumpy skin disease has spread to 15 states and affected over 20 lakh animals, according to government data.

As many as 126 cattle have died and 25 districts have been after being infected by the Lumpy virus in Maharashtra, informed the state's animal husbandry department on Saturday.

Farmers across India are watching with horror as their cattle collapse across fields, infected with the deadly lumpy skin disease. Rajasthan is the worst-affected state where, since July, over 50,000 cattle have died.

Lumpy Skin Disease: Due to this viral illness, approximately 3,000 cattle have died in the states of Rajasthan and iGujarat in August alone.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that the Centre along with states is making efforts to control Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle.

Rajasthan has been worst hit by the outbreak of lumpy skin disease with 11 districts reporting a surge in cases, Union Animal Husbandry Minister Purushottam Rupala has said.

Restrictions on cattle movement in Maharashtra will continue for one more month in view of the lumpy skin disease even as a massive vaccination drive is underway against the viral infection.

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday targeted the Bharatiya Janata party with a bizarre claim, saying that the Centre 'deliberately' brought "cheetahs from Nigeria to spread Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)".

Lumpy skin disease has spread to 15 states and affected over 20 lakh animals, according to government data.

As many as 126 cattle have died and 25 districts have been after being infected by the Lumpy virus in Maharashtra, informed the state's animal husbandry department on Saturday.

Farmers across India are watching with horror as their cattle collapse across fields, infected with the deadly lumpy skin disease. Rajasthan is the worst-affected state where, since July, over 50,000 cattle have died.

Lumpy Skin Disease: Due to this viral illness, approximately 3,000 cattle have died in the states of Rajasthan and iGujarat in August alone.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that the Centre along with states is making efforts to control Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle.

Rajasthan has been worst hit by the outbreak of lumpy skin disease with 11 districts reporting a surge in cases, Union Animal Husbandry Minister Purushottam Rupala has said.