The Centre on Thursday said that about 57,000 cattle have died so far due to lumpy skin disease across various parts of the country and asked affected States to boost the vaccination process to control the disease.
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a contagious viral disease that affects cattle and causes fever, nodules on the skin and can also lead to death. The disease gets spread by mosquitoes, flies, lice, wasps, and by direct contact among the cattle, and through contaminated food and water.
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