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- Impact on cattle milk production due to Lumpy: Weekly income falls from 1.25 liters to 1.10 lakh liters
- 26,037 herdsmen from 296 societies are connected, the partially affected animals still showed weakness and reduced milk yield.
As if Lumpy virus has wreaked havoc on animals across the state, the number of animals falling victim to Lumpy virus is increasing day by day, many of them have died, on the other hand, even those animals that have recovered after coming under the grip of a virus are still showing weakness. Cattle feed is very less which is directly affecting the milk production.
Decreased milk production after exposure to the virus
Mayur Dairy of Morbi district used to produce more than 1.25 lakh liters of milk before the lumpy virus, but after the virus hit, the milk production has decreased. Today, the dairy is producing only 1.10 lakh liters of milk and there is a decrease of 15 thousand liters per day. has been
Thousands of animals are victims of this virus every day
Lumpy virus has wreaked havoc across the state including Morbi. Thousands of animals are falling prey to this virus every day. A large number of animals have died due to which virus till today. So the animals which fell ill after being victimized by this virus are also showing weakness and due to this the milk production has also been severely affected. Talking about Morbi district, the milk production has been severely affected in Mayurderi of Morbi.
There was also a streak of anxiety among the cattle breeders
As many as 296 milk societies associated with Mayur Dairy in Morbi district with 26,037 cattle keepers used to get 1.25 lakh liters of daily income, but due to the spread of Lumpy virus in cattle, it has decreased by more than 15 thousand liters. And now the daily dairy is only 1.10 lakh liters. Lumpy virus spread among cattle, on one hand, cattle are also dying, on the other hand, milk production has also reduced to a large extent. Because of this, there has been a streak of worry among the animal husbandry.
609 cattle lumpy hunting in 11 villages
The infection of this virus has spread in 161 villages in Morbi district as well and till Tuesday 609 cattle in Morbi district have come under the grip of this virus. And due to this, fever, loss of appetite and tumor in the body have started in the animals. Apart from this, it has been officially announced that 11 animals have also died.
Milk is available in the market as per requirement, there is no shortage
Lumpy virus has reduced milk production. However, this reduction is not that much. The income in the dairy of the district is still according to the market requirement, so there is no possibility of creating enough milk shortage in Morbi district. > Sumit Kumar, Managing Director, Mayur Dairy
