FAO: Efforts made to prevent livestock losses in Afghanistan

KABUL (TOLOnews): The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced that over one million doses of the Lumpy Skin Disease vaccine have been administered to livestock across Afghanistan.

According to the organization’s officials, this process is ongoing in various parts of the country, and efforts are being made to provide more vaccines to livestock owners.

Richard Trenchard, the head of the FAO in Afghanistan, said: “We did the first round of vaccination. Seven million heads of livestock were vaccinated.”

Meanwhile, some livestock owners in Kunduz have called for speeding up the vaccination process in the province to save their animals from death.

Gul Mohammad, one of the livestock owners, said: “We are very happy that these vaccines are being administered, and the process is still ongoing. These vaccines should also reach us.”

Another livestock owner, Sirajuddin, added: “The number of vaccines should be increased because people’s livelihoods depend entirely on farming and livestock. The animals of the people must not perish.”

Akhtar Mohammad, another livestock owner, said: “It’s great that this virus is being prevented, and if it is not addressed in time, it could even spread to humans. Currently, many diseases are spreading among livestock.”

Previously, some livestock owners in various provinces expressed concern about the outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease, stating that if the responsible organizations in the capital do not address this issue, the risk of animals dying and humans being affected by the disease will be very high.