Farmers urged not to be panicked about lumpy skin disease

Experts urged the cattle farmers not to be panicked about the lumpy skin disease (LSD) because it’s not devastating but preventable.

They also told them various motivational programmes were launched to create awareness among the public in general so that they can mitigate the problem with courage.

The experts made the observation while addressing a farmers’ gathering related to generating public awareness organized by the Department of Livestock Services (DLS) at Bhugrail village under Paba upazila in the district on Monday.

DLS Divisional Director Dr Nazrul Islam, District Livestock Officer Dr Zulfiker Akter Hossain, Livestock Extension Officer Dr Mohorom Hossain and Monitoring Officer Mahamudul Hasan addressed the community meeting.

Dr Zulfiker Hossain told the meeting that 4,0000 dose vaccines were given to bring the cattle under vaccination in nine upazilas of the district.

Several preventive measures were discussed in detail in the meeting to prevent the outbreak of LSD in the district.