India, Aug. 6 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The implementation of vaccination programme under Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) has effectively reduced the spread of livestock diseases like Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Brucellosis and Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). The protective titres indicated by sero-monitoring are showing an increasing trend. The sero-surveillance values are also showing a decreasing trend indicating the effectiveness of the vaccination programme. The number of outbreaks of FMD have reduced from 132 in 2019 to 93 in 2024. During 2025, till June only 6 outbreaks of FMD has been reported. Similarly, the outbreaks of brucellosis decreased from 20 in 2019 to 5 in 2024. The ...