Lumpy Skin Disease Treatment Rolled Out Nationwide as Cases Reach 1,061

MASERU – Government has begun nationwide distribution of medication to combat lumpy skin disease following weeks of concern from livestock farmers across the country. Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Thabo Mofosi, confirmed at a press conference on Thursday that the long-awaited antibiotics have now arrived and are being dispatched to affected districts. Veterinary teams will administer the treatment free of charge directly at farmers’ homesteads. The delay, according to the Minister, was caused by temporary factory closures in South Africa…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...