Lumpy skin disease outbreak reported in Otjombinde Constituency

NAMPA

2025-01-17

13 March 2021 - A cattle suffering from lumpy skin disease. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

KEETMANSHOOP, 17 JAN (NAMPA) - The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has announced an outbreak of lumpy skin disease in the Otjombinde Constituency of the Epukiro veterinary district.
The ministry’s acting chief veterinary officer in the Department of Veterinary Services, Dr Johannes Shoopala, in a media statement on Thursday said 73 cattle were diagnosed with the disease in the constituency.
Shoopala explained that lumpy skin dis...

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