LSD Keeping KP Livestock Authorities On Toes.

PESHAWAR -- Lumpy skin disease (LSD) has afAfected a large number of animals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as there has been no proper cure for the disease so far, relevant sources told The Nation on Friday.

Speaking to this correspondAent, Director Livestock Dr Iftikhar Khan said that there has been no proper cure discovered for the LSD so far as it is being treated through vaccination and antibiotAics at a moment. However, he said, the milk and meat from the affectAed animals can be used.

A farmer from rural Peshawar Khalid Khan said that his cow had got affected a week ago and ever since, he had been administering it Panadol tablets at morning and evening on daily basis to control fever, besides using an injection and Dettol spray.

'Owing to shortage of staff at livestock department, I hired the services of a private veterinarian,' he added.

He also said that the disease afAfects cows and bulls while there has been no case in buffaloes. He claimed almost 80 percent aniAmals had been affected by the disAease in his village.

He also claimed that the liveAstock authorities have so far failed to find a proper treatment of the disease, except vaccination of the cattle.

Meanwhile, Dr Masoom from the livestock department claimed that there were clinics of his deApartment in every nook and corAner of the province.

'In Peshawar alone, there are around 55 clinics and some bigAger facilities,' he added. He said that the farmers should take their...