Chief Secretary Punjab Kamran Ali Afzal has directed the livestock department to speed up the vaccination process in areas affected by Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD).
He issued this directive while presiding over a meeting at the Civil Secretariat here on Wednesday. The meeting reviewed measures being taken to prevent lumpy skin disease in cattle.
The Chief Secretary said that a system should be developed for effective monitoring of the situation, adding that the government would provide all the resources on priority basis for the elimination of lumpy skin disease. He asked the livestock department to take emergent measures to enhance the capacity of preparing vaccines.
Officials of the livestock department gave a detailed briefing to the Chief Secretary. They said that so far the livestock department has prepared 2.40 million doses of (Caprivac) vaccine that has been provided to all the districts.
They maintained that machinery would be imported to increase the capacity of vaccine production.
The Secretary Livestock and officers of the department participated in the meeting.
