UT Completes 3rd Round of Vaccination

To prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease (LSD) among cattle, UT Department of Animal Husbandry has completed the third round of vaccination for the contagious viral disease in Chandigarh.

- HT Correspondent

CHANDIGARH:

Animal husbandry department secretary Hari Kallikkat said in the third vaccination drive, a total of 9,000 cattle were vaccinated free of cost from January 1 to 15 and the department has been able to combat the disease since 2023, when an outbreak occurred in the northern states of the country. To keep cattle LSD-free in Chandigarh, the department holds vaccination drive every year.

"To date, three rounds of LSD vaccination have been completed and 25,641 doses have been administered against the disease," he added.