UP has emerged as the safest state for cattle suffering from lumpy skin disease. The state reported the least number of deaths due to the disease over the past one year. While the all-India mortality rate was 5%, in UP only 0.05% of the affected cattle died due to the lumpy disease.
The vector-borne disease had created a lot of anxiety among cattle owners as it resulted into an alarming situation inRajasthanandHaryanain July last year. More than 1.55 lakh cattle died due to the disease in the country and affected the milk production capacity of several states including Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana and Punjab.
While 18 doctors who were instrumental in carrying out the high vaccination rate were felicitated by the government on Wednesday, the department is ensuring that the payments to the maitri volunteers who work under the UP development board was done directly into their bank accounts.
UP has a cattle Population of 1.9 crore out of which 1.58 crore have been vaccinated. About 1.12 lakh cattle got affected by the disease out of which 1.1 lakh cattle have recovered.