A vaccination campaign to protect cattle against lumpy skin disease has been launched in four local units of Banke district, with teams taking the programme to farmers’ sheds. The drive covers Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City, Kohalpur Municipality, Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality and one other local unit, according to Bhoj Bahadur Rawal, information officer at the Veterinary Hospital and Livestock Service Expert Centre, Banke. The infection was detected in the district last Shrawan, and the campaign is intended to help prevent its spread.
Vaccination brought to farmers’ sheds
The campaign is being conducted where cattle are kept, rather than relying solely on farmers to bring their animals to a central vaccination point. This approach places the vaccination work directly at livestock sheds across the areas included in the drive. The district veterinary and livestock service centre is coordinating the campaign, Rawal said.
The four local units named in the report are Nepalgunj, Kohalpur and Rapti Sonari, along with another local unit whose name was not specified in the available account. The programme therefore spans urban, municipal and rural areas of Banke, although the reported information does not provide a breakdown of how many animals or farms are covered in each location.
Infection detected last Shrawan
Lumpy skin disease was detected in Banke last Shrawan, according to Rawal. The current vaccination effort is aimed at preventing the infection from spreading among cattle in the district. The report does not state whether new cases have been recorded since the initial detection, or identify particular herds or settlements as affected.
The timing of the detection provides the immediate context for the vaccination campaign. The effort is being carried out across selected local units, with vaccination teams visiting farmers’ sheds. No further details were provided about the total number of vaccine doses, the number of cattle to be reached, or the schedule for completing work in each area.
Four local units included
Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City and Kohalpur Municipality are among the places covered, as are the rural communities of Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality. The fourth local unit was not named in the information available for this report. Rawal’s statement confirms the campaign’s coverage across four local levels, but does not indicate whether vaccination will later be extended to other parts of Banke.
For cattle owners in the areas included, the shed-based programme means vaccination is being offered at the place where their animals are kept. The stated purpose is prevention: to reduce the risk of lumpy skin disease spreading among cattle after it was detected in the district. Further details about the campaign’s scale, duration and progress were not included in the report.
