The Livestock Department is taking measures including the prohibition of the use of artificial semen and educating farmers on the proper means of controlling the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) reported in Kundasale and Meda Maha Nuwara divisions, a senior Livestock Development Ministry official said.Cattle transportation in Kandy district had been halted after an outbreak of the disease.
“Last week the two areas were gazetted as infected areas and movement of cattle from the two areas were prohibited until the disease is fully controlled”, he said.
The official said that normally a person transporting an animal has to get a health certificate from the Health Department and get it certified from the Divisional Secretariat, but now both offices have been informed to desist from issuing the clearance certificate.
He said that already two animals were reported to have died from the disease and added that health officials have taken measures to vaccinate around 5,000 cattle in the infected areas.
According to him the most vulnerable are farm animals such as pigs, cows and goats. |
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