Bangladesh, Aug. 17 -- Outbreak of severe foot and mouth disease (FMD) of cattle across the country has been severely causing immense economic loss to the farmers as it is increasing drastically year-on-year basis, according to a recent study.
The study, conducted by Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI), has recently revealed country's farmers are incurring loss worth Tk 160 billion per year due to the endemic disease which has been a major barrier to them to thrive their cattle rearing and fattening.
The economic loss was Tk 100 billion in 2010 and Tk 120 billion in 2012 to 2013, another study of BLRI disclosed.
For calculating financial loss due to FMD outbreak, only direct losses such as milk production loss of affected in-m...