More than 48,000 cattle have died so far from lumpy skin disease that has affected all of the country’s 77 districts.
According to the latest data available with the Department of Livestock Services, 48,133 cattle died and 1,054,055 have been infected by the highly contagious viral disease since its outbreak in April.
“Farmers in Sudurpaschim and Karnali provinces have been greatly affected,” said Dr Chandra Dhakal, information officer at the Department of Livestock Services. “Currently, the virus has been found to be spreading in the cattle of Bagmati Province and those in the hills and mountainous parts of other provinces as well.”
