August 13, 2025 1:36 pm
The Maharashtra Animal Husbandry department has said that the current outbreak of the lumpy skin disease is concentrated in Pune, Satara, Solapur, Ahilyanagar, and Jalgaon, and is milder compared to previous ones.
July 31, 2025 9:24 pm
A vaccination campaign launched on July 19 has so far covered around 100,000 cows in four Alpine departments, including Savoie and Haute-Savoie, where the outbreaks were detected, it said.
July 26, 2025 12:41 am
As of now, dairy farmers have not reported any dip in milk production due to the disease
January 11, 2025 10:33 pm
Sudhangshu Das said the state government has plans to launch cow shelters in all districts.
August 06, 2024 2:13 am
Participating in a debate on the demands for grants for the Ministry of Fishing, Animal Husbandry and Dairy, the TMC’s Jadavpur MP said wholesale fodder inflation hovering between 25% and 28.6% in the last two to three years.
September 10, 2023 4:22 am
Lumpy virus genetically related to the goatpox and sheeppox virus family.
September 03, 2023 4:27 am
Also, 40 cases of Lumpy skin disease have been reported across the taluka.
August 26, 2023 1:31 am
"Over 600 cattle in Verkui village have been vaccinated... Such cases are being reported across the country since last two years,” Sumul Dairy board member Jayesh Pate said.
June 08, 2023 5:55 am
India is gearing up to fight the disease – which, according to official data, infected 29.45 lakh cattle across 22 states and caused 1.55 lakh deaths in 2002 – by administering around 8 crore animals with goatpox and sheeppox vaccines.
December 11, 2022 4:18 pm
So far, the state has seen 24,430 cattle deaths due to the disease since the outbreak in mid-September.