Atal Dulloo reviews status of Lumpy Skin Disease in JK
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Atal Dulloo reviews status of Lumpy Skin Disease in JK

Post by RK News on Wednesday, November 2, 2022

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Jammu, Nov 01: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo, on Monday chaired a meeting to review measures being put in place towards containment of spread of lumpy skin disease in Jammu and Kashmir.
The concerned officers highlighted district wise present status of the disease besides elaborating on controlling measures being taken up like vaccination, use of medicines, procurement of vaccines, sample collection for testing through a power point presentation.
While taking district wise details of LSD, ACS directed the concerned officers to follow proper protocols of treatment as per recommendation of government of India besides accelerating the animal vaccination process so that further spread of the disease is prevented speedily.
ACS stressed upon the officers to conduct more awareness camps on the disease at different places in both the divisions especially in highly affected areas to spread awareness on the disease among the people so that precautionary measures could be taken in time.
Dulloo exhorted upon the officers to involve adequate field staff to ensure proper vaccination and launch door to door awareness campaign and inspections in more affected areas. He also asked for ensuring regular visits by field staff to make farmers aware about the Lumpy Skin Disease.
ACS also enquired about the availability of medicines while directing both the Directors to ensure sufficient medicines in all the affected areas so that the spread can be tackled timely and effectively.
Earlier, it was informed that till date 64479 animals have been affected with Lumpy Skin Disease.
Director, Animal Husbandry Kashmir, Purnima Mittal, Chairmen and members of Task Force, Kashmir/Jammu, Chief Husbandry Officers besides other senior officers attended the meeting in person and through VC.
 
 
 

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