According to latest report, it has come to light that 14 animals were detected with the deadly lumpy skin disease in Thane. It has now been spread to Shahapur, Bhiwandi and Ambernath of Thane district.
The blood samples were sent to a lab in Bhopal for tests and they were found to be positive for the disease on Tuesday, September 12.
Moreover, blood samples of animals from Ambernath and Bhiwandi taluka also indicated lumpy disease infections.
Besides, on the same day, work on the lumpy preventive vaccination of the animals began in the villages with in a 5 km radius in Shahapur, Bhiwandi and Ambernath, and Ramesh Wadi of Badlapur for all the animals, said the district health officers of the animal husbandry department of Thane zilla parishad.
In order to vaccinate the infected animals and others in their herds, the commissioner of animal husbandry has ordered to take up a vaccination drive on a war footing.
The zilla parishad has arranged for 10,000 vaccines from its own funds and will get an additional 10,000 vaccine vials from the state government.
Meanwhile, Thane collector Rajesh Narvekar declared Thane district a 'controlled area' and banned the movement of cattle to and from the district to prevent further spread of the viral infection. A total of 5,017 animals have been inoculated in the three tehsils so far.
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