Lumpy skin disease outbreak in Pakistan | |
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Location | Pakistan |
Date | November 2021 – present |
Deaths | 7,000+ |
Lumpy skin disease was spotted in Pakistan in
Jamshoro district, Sindh in November 2021.
[1] By 9 September 2022, over 7000 cattle had died.
[2] Pakistan has 93 million cattle and buffaloes.
[3]
In the beginning of March 2022, a representative of the Dairy and Cattle Farmers Association had requested government intervention in closing provincial borders for cattle. [4] The association had also sent a letter to the Prime Minister in this regard. [5] [6] Samples from Karachi were sent to Islamabad for testing. [4]
A goat pox vaccine has been found effective. [7] Approval for imported vaccines was given in March 2022. [8] [9]
No LSD outbreaks have yet been reported in Pakistan, which has approximately 85 million cattle and buffaloes and the third largest cattle and buffalo populations in Southeast Asia (Roche et al., 2020).
Lumpy skin disease outbreak in Pakistan | |
---|---|
Location | Pakistan |
Date | November 2021 – present |
Deaths | 7,000+ |
Lumpy skin disease was spotted in Pakistan in
Jamshoro district, Sindh in November 2021.
[1] By 9 September 2022, over 7000 cattle had died.
[2] Pakistan has 93 million cattle and buffaloes.
[3]
In the beginning of March 2022, a representative of the Dairy and Cattle Farmers Association had requested government intervention in closing provincial borders for cattle. [4] The association had also sent a letter to the Prime Minister in this regard. [5] [6] Samples from Karachi were sent to Islamabad for testing. [4]
A goat pox vaccine has been found effective. [7] Approval for imported vaccines was given in March 2022. [8] [9]
No LSD outbreaks have yet been reported in Pakistan, which has approximately 85 million cattle and buffaloes and the third largest cattle and buffalo populations in Southeast Asia (Roche et al., 2020).