SARGODHA:Consuming milk and eating meat of lumpy skin disease infected cattle is not harmful
for humans.
This was said by Director Livestock department Dr Wajid Zia while talking to reporter here
on Friday.
He said studies and research revealed that there was no evidence of lumpy skin disease which had affected person(s) and no case had been reported in the country. ” The cattle may affect due to bite of insects such as certain species of flies, mosquitoes, and possibly ticks”, he added.
The director said vaccination was being done in the division and teams were also meeting
farmers and informing them about precautionary measures regarding the disease.
He appealed to farmers to quarantine the infected animal for the protection of others.