Tridge summary
A severe outbreak of the lumpy skin disease has ravaged India's livestock, leading to the death of nearly 100,000 cows and buffalo and affecting over 2 million more. This catastrophic event has caused significant financial damage to farmers, with the loss of income due to dead animals, reduced milk production, and increased healthcare costs. The disease, transmitted by blood-sucking insects like mosquitoes and ticks, has been particularly hard on small farmers in 15 states, doubling the number of dead animals in just three weeks. This calamity comes amidst other natural disasters that have adversely affected crop production in India. The disease, which was first identified in 1929 in Zambia and has since spread to various parts of the world, including South Asia since 2019, is believed to be underestimated by government figures, according to agricultural policy experts.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — A viral disease has killed nearly 100,000 cows and buffalo in India and infected more than 2 million more. The outbreak has caused devastating loss of income for farmers, as the disease not only results in the death of their animals, but also in reduced milk production, malnourished animals and birth problems. The disease, called lumpy skin disease, is transmitted by blood-sucking insects such as mosquitoes and ticks. Infected cows and buffalo get a fever and develop bumps on their skin. Farmers have suffered severe losses due to natural disasters in the past year: An unprecedented heat wave in India reduced wheat production in April, lack of rain in the east of the country affected winter crops such as pulses, and a particularly rainy September has damaged rice paddies in the north. And now, the virus has spread to at least 15 states, doubling the number of dead animals in three weeks, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. The contagion in livestock has ...
Source: Elperiodicodemexico
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