LAMJUNG: Sheep farmers in Lamjung district are currently worried after more than 100 sheep died in last one month.

The series of death has not stopped.

As many as 100 sheep died since March 22 in a shed operated by Bel Bahadur Gurung in Bhujung-7.

There were total 260 sheep in the shed owned by 35 farmers.

Khamba Gurung, a farmer in Bhujung-7 of the district, said that 10 sheep out of 350 owned by more than 70 households have died so far in the shed which he has been operating.

At first, the livestock suffered from fever, followed by diarrhoea, dehydration, acute breathing problems and no appetite, which lasted from two to four days before succumbing to the symptoms, the farmer said.

Veterinary doctor Narayan Kusum of the District Livestock Services Office, Lamjung, informed that a team has been dispatched to inspect the situation at the sheds.

According to Kusum, a specimen had been sent to the Regional Disease Research Centre, Pokhara, to test for peste des petits ruminants (PPR), but the result was negative, meanwhing they were not affected by the disease.

Even the postmortem reports of the sheep have not helped to determine the cause behind the deaths, Kusum added.

The doctor said that additional 11 samples have been sent for further investigations.