New Delhi: More than 7,300 cattle have died so far due to ‘lumpy skin’ in eight states, including the Union Territory of the country, and the vaccination drive has been intensified to prevent the infection.
According to the Centre, it has now spread to eight states/UTs and more than 1.85 lakh animals have been affected. More than 7,300 cattle have died since the outbreak of the disease in July.
As many as 74,325 cattle have been affected in Punjab so far, followed by 58,546 in Gujarat, 43,962 in Rajasthan, 6,385 in Jammu and Kashmir, 1,300 in Uttarakhand, 532 in Himachal Pradesh, 260 in Andaman and Nicobar.
According to the Centre’s data, 7,300 cattle have died so far, of which 3,359 have died in Punjab, 2,111 in Rajasthan, 1,679 in Gujarat, 62 in Jammu and Kashmir, 38 in Himachal Pradesh, 36 in Uttarakhand and 29 in Andaman and Nicobar.