Karnataka - Foot and Mouth disease outbreak

[Ronan Kelly]

KARNATAKA

KOLAR, September 21, 2013
Updated: September 21, 2013 03:58 IST
Farmers panic as cattle die of foot-and-mouth disease

VISHWA KUNDAPURA

Cases reported from Kolar district and Maddur taluk of Mandya

The death of several head of cattle due to foot-and-mouth disease in the last few weeks in Kolar district has caused panic among farmers.

Though the exact figures are not available with officials of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, it was estimated that more than a 100 head of cattle died of the disease in the last month. Of these, 29 cases were reported from Kolar town and 19 from Rachenahalli in Malur taluk.

In Doddagurki village in Mulbagal taluk, 23 head of cattle, 40 goats and four buffaloes died of the disease. Five head of cattle died in Beechagondanahalli, seven in Vanarasi and eight in Gaddekannur, all in Kolar taluk. However, according to farmers, the actual number of deaths is more.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/farmers-panic-as-cattle-dieof-footandmouth-disease/article5151023.ece

[Shiloh]

India: Foot and mouth disease outbreak in Karnataka

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...cle5172791.ece


National ? Karnataka
BANGALORE, September 27, 2013
Updated: September 27, 2013 02:54 IST
Foot-and-mouth disease claims 730 head of cattle


In one of the biggest cattle deaths due to foot and mouth disease in the State, the outbreak in southern districts has claimed 730 head of cattle so far this month.

Negligence on the part of farmers to get the cattle vaccinated and also delay in starting the seasonal vaccination is said to have contributed to the outbreak even as the officials suspect that a new strain of the virus may have emerged.

Though sporadic cases had been reported in the last fortnight, a majority of them have died in less than one week, causing panic among farmers in Mandya (230), Kolar (222), Ramanagaram (129), Chickballapur (63) and Mysore (42) districts where the majority of deaths have been reported, according to an Animal Husbandry Department official.

Chamarajanagar (12), Bangalore Urban (11), Bangalore Rural (3), Tumkur (16) and Dharwad (3) districts have also reported cattle death due to the air-borne viral disease. However, sources in the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) put the cattle toll between 800 and 900...

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Karnataka - Foot and Mouth disease outbreak

KARNATAKA

BANGALORE, October 4, 2013
Updated: October 4, 2013 02:12 IST
Severe monsoon blamed for increased cattle deaths

DIVYA GANDHI


Toll from foot-and-mouth disease reaches 1,485, mostly in south Karnataka

The steep death toll among cattle from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) could have been exacerbated by an unusually heavy rainfall this monsoon, even as an inefficient vaccination programme left thousands of animals vulnerable to the disease.

While FMD (a viral infection affecting animals with ?cloven hooves? such as cattle, deer and wild boar) is not fatal by itself, a secondary infection called ?haemorrhagic septicemia,? known to propagate quickly during heavy rain or extreme climatic conditions, was responsible for majority of the deaths among cattle and zoo animals infected by FMD this monsoon, say scientists at the Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals (IAH&VB).

Official figures with the Animal Husbandry Department place FMD-related deaths among cattle at 1,485 so far in the State. Another 12,691 heads of cattle have contracted FMD, the records say, with south Karnataka districts ? Kolar, Mandya, Ramanagaram, Chamarajanagar and Chickballapur in particular ? being worst affected. IAH&VB, which conducted disease investigations on several heads of cattle this season, found that almost all FMD-related deaths were due to haemorrhagic septicemia.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/severe-monsoon-blamed-for-increased-cattle-deaths/article5197775.ece

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Karnataka - Foot and Mouth disease outbreak

BANGALORE, October 8, 2013
Updated: October 8, 2013 14:26 IST
Foot-and-mouth disease claims 2,060 cows; afflicts 16,573 head of cattle

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

The foot-and-mouth disease has claimed 2,060 cows and affected 16,573 animals in 1,304 villages in 19 districts of the State between September 1 and October 5.

Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly H.D. Kumaraswamy, who released data related to the disease, said that shortage of veterinary doctors and non-availability of vaccine were the major reasons for the spread of the disease. Several families, who depend on income for dairying, have been severely affected as a large number of cows died of the disease, he said.

Lakshmamma Prakash, resident of Nanur in Channapatna, committed suicide unable to bear the loss of cows. She lost two cows and three sheep, he said.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/footandmouth-disease-claims-2060-cows-afflicts-16573-head-of-cattle/article5210873.ece

There are also concurrent outbreaks in Kerala http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=211941 and Tamil Nadu http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=210882

[Shiloh]

Re: Karnataka - Foot and Mouth disease outbreak

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...cle5247061.ece

Updated: October 18, 2013 09:48 IST
3,060 head of cattle have fallen to foot-and-mouth disease

The foot-and-mouth disease appears only to be spreading geographically and in intensity across the State, even as the Animal Husbandry Department reiterates that the cattle disease is ?under control?.

By Wednesday, the disease had claimed 3,060 head of cattle (since September 1), according to official figures with the department, a significant jump from last week?s casualty figure of 2,060. Another 23,500 animals have been infected with the virus, as against 16,573 last week.

The disease, which so far had South Karnataka under its grip, now appears to have spread to several other districts, including those in the north of the State such as Bidar, Bellary and Belgaum...

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Karnataka - Foot and Mouth disease outbreak

Hard to say who is at fault here - Farmers reporting false FMD deaths to receive the cash compensation or officials under reporting to reduce the payout - Ro


KARNATAKA

MYSORE, October 31, 2013
Updated: October 31, 2013 09:41 IST
262 head of cattle die of foot-and-mouth disease

K. JEEVAN CHINNAPPA

T. Narsipur, K.R. Nagar taluks register highest number of 57 deaths

The toll among cattle from foot-and-mouth disease has risen to 262 in Mysore district.

T. Narsipur and K.R. Nagar taluks have registered the highest number of 57 deaths each since September. Surprisingly, Nanjangud taluk has not reported any cattle death so far.

A final report on this is expected after November 5, as the taluk-level committees are assessing the situation.
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Dr. Devadas denied that veterinary doctors were involved in attributing cattle deaths to FMD by creating fake documents.

Making a reference to a report about some veterinarians creating records to project certain cases as FMD, he said though the Assistant Directors (veterinary doctors) were under ?severe pressure? from farmers and a few elected representatives, they were taking utmost care to record the exact cause of death.

He said a veterinary inspector who had gone to verify the death of a cow at Vajamangala village in Mysore taluk on Wednesday was forced to attribute the cause of death to FMD by the residents of the village. When the official refused to do so, he was ?held? at the spot and not allowed to go out, he said.
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According to the order by the State government, Rs. 25,000 would be paid for the death of a cow and Rs. 20,000 for a bullock and buffalo. Also, Rs. 10,000 would be paid for each calf death.

Of this, Rs. 16,400 would be contributed by the calamity relief fund of the government and the rest would be made good by the respective milk unions under the KMF.
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Carcasses of animals were being photographed and even lesions in the foot and mouth of the dead animals were being recorded for official purposes. If the official death toll in Mysore district as on date is 262, the KMF statistics has put it at 1,025.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/262-head-of-cattle-die-of-footandmouth-disease/article5299583.ece