Lumpy skin disease

Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, Dr Beduram Bhusal, has said lumpy skin disease had come under control.

As high as 15,000 livestock have been vaccinated against lumpy skin disease in eight local levels in Udayapur district.

Since the outbreak of the lumpy skin disease, a total of 5,748 cattle died of the disease in Lumbini Province.

Seven hundreds thirty-six cattle have died so far from lumpy skin disease in Khotang district.

More than 2,000 cattle died of lumpy skin disease in Madhes Province. It is a huge toll on livestock, thereby impacting agriculture and income.

As high as 381 livestock died of lumpy skin disease in Ramechhap district while the number of infected ones reached 21,000 plus.

The National Farmers Network (NFN) has demanded the announcement of the pandemic of lumpy skin disease in the country.

A total of 53 per cent of the paddy transplantation has been done so far in the country.

Lawmakers speaking during zero hour of the HoR on Friday drew the government's attention to control the outbreak of lumpy skin disease.

Lawmakers have drawn the attention of the government on various contemporary issues.