Punjab Government has launched a vaccination campaign across the State to effectively control foot and mouth disease (FMD) in livestock, which would continue till December end.
It has also taken timely measures in order to check the break of diseases in animals so as to provide a healthy livestock in the State, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike said on Tuesday.
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is one of the most infectious disease in livestock because it rapidly transmits among wide ranges of species, and often leading to a decline in meat and milk production in dairy cattle.
Ranike said that the vaccinations would be provided to the livestock owners door-to-door by the field officers of Animal Husbandry Department and directions have also been issued to the concerned veterinary officers to use new vaccination.