Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is spreading in cows in different parts of Sindh due to which hundreds of cattle has been infected
Lumpy Skin a skin disease spread from Africa
has also been reported in Sindh Province of Pakistan.
Lumpy is dangerous skin disease which spreads
from animal skins to the body.
Experts say the outbreak of the disease affected
8 million animals in Africa.
As per experts, the lumpy virus is spread
by one type of fly the saliva which infects animals.
Lumpy Skin Disease is viral disease which
affects animals. This disease is transmitted by blood feeding insects, like a
certain type of flies, mosquitoes or impulses.
The disease causes knots on the skin,
fever as well as leads to death of animals. Lumpy Skin disease is dangerous of such
animals which have not been exposed to such disease and such animal can expire
due to this type of disease.
The veterinary experts say that there is
no anti lumpy skin disease medicine in Pakistan. However, it can be controlled
by limited movement of cattle; taking care of cattle to avoid any other skin
disease as well as sprays may be executed to prevent the disease.
Moreover, the experts say that the
animals get recovered from this after 6-8 months.
Lumpy Skin disease spread during 2012
from Middle East to South East Europe. The disease spread in Russian states
during 2015, while it spread in South Asian country till 2021 and reached China,
Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Hong Kong .
Dairy and Cattle Farm Association of
Karachi says that hundreds of cows and bulls in different parts of the city are
suffering from this disease.
The association said hundreds of limpy infected
animals have been seen who have been gathered in one shed of Buffaloes. They
further revealed that 2% of total infected cows have expired in Bhanis Colony
of Karachi
The Dairy and Cattle Farm Association of
Sindh has demanded to ban inter-provincial movement of animals.
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