Lumpy skin disease in cattle spreads to Yen Thanh district

Information from the district Department of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentYen Thanhsaid that the lumpy skin disease epidemic has just appeared in Tan Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district, causing many buffaloes and cows to get sick, of which the locality had to destroy one dead cow.

Authorities in Tan Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district destroy cows infected with lumpy skin disease. Photo: NC

Mr. Nguyen Van Hong - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Yen Thanh district said: "With a total herd of over 40,000 buffaloes and cows, the occurrence of lumpy skin disease is very worrying. We have currently directed the commune toTan Thanhisolate and quarantine infected cattle for treatment. In addition, localities need to call on people to urgently register for lumpy skin disease vaccination, to prevent the disease from spreading widely."

Thus, Yen Thanh district is the 19th locality in Nghe An province to have this dangerous epidemic, currently there are only 2 localities left.Ky Sonand Tuong Duong has not had any epidemic.

Cows infected with lumpy skin disease will become thin and weak, and if their resistance is low, they will die. Photo: NC

By April 12, the lumpy skin disease had infected more than 1,500 buffalo and cows in the province, with a very high rate of spread. (From the beginning of the year to April 1, only more than 600 cows were infected.) The number of cows, calves, and calves that had to be destroyed was 108, with a total weight of nearly 18 tons.

The main reason for the strong spread of the epidemic is that the affected households have not been vaccinated.VaccineLumpy skin disease. In addition, many localities have not been resolute in inspecting and supervising the slaughter, transportation and trading of livestock; the practice of letting cattle roam freely is still common in epidemic areas, making it easy for the virus to spread from sick animals to healthy animals...

Localities in the province are increasing disinfection spraying to kill mosquitoes, ticks, gnats... which are intermediaries of disease transmission. Photo: NC

Faced with the complicated developments of the epidemic, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine has allocated over 200,000 doses of lumpy skin disease vaccine for simultaneous vaccination in localities. Nghe An province has also provided 13,000 liters of chemicals to spray disinfectants throughout the province.