Fears of lumpy skin disease resurgence at Eid festival in Pakistan

Published 2022년 5월 27일

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Pakistan is grappling with an outbreak of lumpy skin disease in cattle and buffaloes, following the arrival of vaccines from Turkey more than five months after the first cases were reported. The disease, transmitted by insects, can severely impact milk production and reproductive organs. The government is working to vaccinate millions of animals ahead of the religious festival Eid-ul-Azha, which could potentially trigger a second wave if cattle fairs are permitted. The disease has also affected animals in India and Iran. The origin of the disease in Pakistan is suspected to be imported livestock that were not quarantined as required.

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While Pakistan has managed to confine an outbreak of lumpy skin disease that affects cattle and buffaloes there are fears that cattle fairs ahead of the religious festival Eid-ul-Azha might trigger a second wave. The viral disease spread by insects can seriously affect cows' milk production and damage reproductive organs, say animal health experts.Vaccines arrived from Turkey in early April, five months after the first reported cases in Pakistan, and within two weeks of free-of-charge administration to 1.9 million cattle, the disease had begun to subside."Our target (for Sindh province) is four million cattle by June," said Nazeer Hussain Kalhoro, director-general of the Sindh Institute of Animal Health, Karachi. Overall, there are 42 million buffaloes and 51 million ...

Source: Phys