Lumpy skin disease worries Parwan livestock owners

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Livestock owners in central Parwan province have expressed their concern over the loss of domestic animals to a viral disease known as Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) and have urged serious attention of relevant authorities.

Officials in Parwan acknowledge the spread of the virus and say efforts have been made for prevention of the disease and the administration of LSD vaccine has been started in some areas.

Mohammad Aziz, a resident of Laghmani village in Charikar and a livestock owner, said he lost two cows to LSD. Each cow was worth nearly 100,000afs.

“I had two dairy cows, they were sick for a period of 12 days, they contracted the same disease, we tried hard, but unfortunately they died, it was a great economic shock, we run our daily life from the income of dairy items sale.”

Senior Agriculture and Livestock official Dr. Mohammad Arif Aqeel said LSD infected up to 40 percent livestock in Parwan and the loss ratio stood at 10 pc.

He said the Agriculture Ministry was striving to import LSD vaccine from other countries.

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