Delhi Minister Gopal Rai calls meeting on lumpy skin disease
10 September, 2022 | Pravina Srivastava
In response to the virus causing lumpy skin illness, Delhi Minister Gopal Rai has scheduled a meeting of the involved ministries for this coming Saturday.
In response to the virus causing lumpy skin illness, Delhi Minister Gopal Rai has scheduled a meeting of the involved ministries for this coming Saturday.
The discussion will cover the steps to take to safeguard animals in the nation’s capital against the virus, which has only been identified in cows and buffaloes. Consuming meat or utilising milk from animals who do not exhibit Lumpy signs poses no risk to humans. Animals with Lumpy can be healed, however the virus can still influence the milk from such animals.
According to research, cattle are susceptible to the viral ailment lumpy skin disease. It is spread by ticks or other insects that feed on blood, such as some types of flies, mosquitoes, and ticks.
It might result in the death of the cow and produces fever and skin nodules.
On August 10, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar introduced the indigenous vaccine Lumpi-ProVac to prevent cattle against Lumpy skin disease, offering relief to the nation’s livestock.
National Equine Research Center in Hisar, Haryana, and the Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Izzatnagar worked together to create the vaccine (Bareilly).
Research centres have been working to create the vaccine ever since the illness arrived in India in 2019.