RAMECHHAP, AUGUST 3
Lumpy skin disease has spread in yak sheds of Sailung Rural Municipality areas of Ramechhap.
The outbreak of lumpy skin disease has affected more than 14 yak sheds in the northern part of the district. As many as 46 yaks have died due to the disease. Yak farmers said the animals began to die one after another after the outbreak of the disease.
There are as many as 480 yaks in 14 yak sheds.
Livestock Health Technician Rajendra Dhungel of Sailung Rural Municipality said the pandemic had spread in the remote areas due to lack of vaccine.
Most of the yaks have been badly affected after lumpy skin was first seen inthe rural municipality a week ago.
A local, Dawa Sherpa of the rural municipality, said the yaks began to die even though farmers themselves took initiatives to control the disease. The farmers said it was difficult to arrange medicines due to difficult geographical terrain. They further said the affected area was situated in the high hilly and remote parts of the district. The farmers have failed to contain the disease as it was not seen before.
Earlier, they used to treat the animals with the help of locally available medicinal herbs.
The disease has not only spread in yaks but other animals as well in the district. So far, as many as 677 livestock have succumbed to the disease in the district. As many as 28,482 animals have been affected.
A version of this article appears in the print on August 4, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
