Information was received on Wednesday that Lumpy Skin Disease was confirmed in the test conducted at the central laboratory by PCR method.
Lumpy skin disease, which spread to domestic animals as an epidemic three years ago in 2080, has re-emerged in the Far West. According to the Animal Disease Research Laboratory at Dhangadhi, Lumpy Skin Disease has been confirmed in a calf reared by a farmer of Shuklaphanta Municipality-9 in Kanchanpur.
Head of Animal Disease Research Laboratory Dr. According to Naresh Prasad Joshi, the technical team of the laboratory collected the sample and sent it to the Central Animal Disease Research Laboratory in Kathmandu last week. "On Wednesday, information was received that lumpy skin disease was confirmed in the test conducted at the central laboratory by PCR method," said Dr. Joshi said.
dr. According to Joshi, more than 15,000 cows, buffaloes and bulls died in 2080 due to a widespread outbreak of lumpy skin disease across the Far West. At that time, 3.5 million animals were infected in the Far West alone.
The main reason for the re-emergence of lumpy skin disease is the inability to vaccinate all the animals when the disease is spreading, according to the technical staff of the laboratory. According to them, in 2080, when the disease spread widely, a very small number of animals were vaccinated in the Far West compared to other provinces.
