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Special camps to vaccinate 2.88 lakh livestock against foot-and-mouth illness (FMD) volition beryllium held crossed the territory from December 29, 2025 to January 28, 2026.
A merchandise from District Collector S. Kandasamy said that, arsenic a preventive measurement to support livestock from foot-and-mouth disease, the Department of Animal Husbandry is implementing a district-wide vaccination programme nether the National Livestock Disease Control Programme. Livestock plays a important relation successful agrarian improvement and serves arsenic a large root of further income for farmers. The illness continues to beryllium 1 of the astir superior challenges faced by livestock rearers, arsenic it results successful dense economical and accumulation losses. It commonly affects cattle and buffaloes, starring to a crisp diminution successful beverage accumulation successful milch animals, disruption of conception, reduced moving ratio of bulls, and an summation successful calf mortality.
To forestall outbreaks, the section is providing escaped vaccination to each cattle and buffaloes with 100 per cent coverage. As portion of this initiative, the eighth circular of FMD vaccination volition beryllium carried retired successful the territory during 2025–26.
The vaccination thrust volition screen each hamlets, gross villages, municipality panchayats, municipalities and municipal Corporation areas successful the district. As galore arsenic 114 vaccination teams person been formed, and astir 2.88 lakh livestock are expected to beryllium vaccinated during the campaign.
To guarantee uninterrupted vaccination, 3.26 lakh doses of FMD vaccine person been procured and safely stored successful the Walk-in Cool Room of the Animal Disease Intelligence Unit of the Erode District Animal Husbandry Department.
The Collector has appealed to livestock farmers to utilise the vaccination camps and guarantee timely vaccination to safeguard their animals from the disease.
