KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MoAIL) on Monday said the distribution of the lumpy skin disease (LSD) vaccine has started in five provinces of the country.
Over the next six months, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will distribute three million doses of the vaccine throughout the country.
LSD is a contagious disease in animals and is mainly spread by insects such as flies and mosquitoes.
LSD initially surfaced in Nangarhar, Khost, Paktika and Logar provinces, but the virus has now been found in Laghman, Kunar, Paktika, Paktia and Parwan province as . . .
