A fumigator truck disinfects round a cow farm in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, the place lumpy pores and skin illness was reported, Sept. 19. Yonhap
Korea reported two further circumstances of lumpy pores and skin illness (LSD) in cattle Thursday, officers mentioned, elevating the variety of circumstances confirmed this 12 months to seven.
The 2 circumstances broke out at livestock farms positioned in Yangyang, Gangwon Province, and Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, in response to well being authorities and the agriculture ministry.
To stop additional infections, the federal government has cordoned off the affected farms and applied quarantine measures, in response to the officers.
The agriculture ministry known as on provincial governments to remain vigilant towards further circumstances breaking out throughout the nation and full vaccination of cattle by the tip of this month.
LSD is a extremely infectious illness that causes pores and skin lesions, fever and lack of urge for food, usually resulting in a fall in milk manufacturing and even loss of life. It impacts cattle and buffalo through mosquitoes and different blood-feeding bugs.
This 12 months’s first LSD case was reported at a livestock farm in Anseong, on Aug. 12. (Yonhap)
