Nizamabad: No cattle died in the district due to lumpy skin diseases, the officials of Animal Husbandry department declared. The lumpy skin disease is prevalent in about nine mandals of the districts and so far about 65 cattle got affected by it. According to a press release issued by district veterinary and animal husbandry officer […]
Hyderabad: Telangana today holds its pride of place as the only state to manufacture the goat pox vaccine in India. The vaccine, which is 100 percent effective against the lumpy skin disease, is being produced by the Veterinary Biological Research Institute (VBRI) in Telangana, with the support of the Animal Husbandry Department. VBRI found that […]
Lucknow: More than 5,000 cattle have been affected by the lumpy skin disease virus while 30 have died due to this so far in eight districts of Uttar Pradesh including Meerut, Baghpat, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, and Bijnor. Farmers have been told to keep affected animals away from healthy ones and to ensure fogging in […]
There is an increasing concern about the rise in the number of animals getting infected by lumpy skin disease in India. According to government data, more than 1.85 lakh cases have been detected so far and over 7300 cattle have died to date. The infection was first identified in Gujarat and spread to eight other […]
New Delhi: Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday launched the indigenous Lumpi-ProVacInd vaccine to protect livestock from Lumpy Skin disease. The vaccine has been developed by the National Equine Research Centre, Hisar (Haryana) in collaboration with the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izzatnagar (Bareilly). Describing this vaccine as a milestone for […]