Jonglei State Livestock Department Receives Additional Vaccines From Juba
Jonglei State Livestock Ministry has received vaccines from the central government to vaccinate against livestock disease outbreak which has killed more than 2,500 livestock in Twic East and Duk counties in the last three weeks. 17 February 2013 Pastoralists in Twic East and Duk counties are facing a lot of socio-economic challenges as a consequence of the disease. [Gurtong| File] By Jacob Achiek Jok BOR, 17 February 2013 [Gurtong] – The Acting Director General in the state Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Geu Wuon Thony said that they have sent a team to start vaccination in the affected counties. He said they will report back to them if there is any shortage of drugs so that the ministry can make a request to their mother ministry in Juba. “We received medicines which will treat at about 30,000 heads of cattle in both two counties. They are targeting half of the population in Twic East which is 95,000 heads of cattle and in Duk they are targeting half of 48,000 heads of cattle,” Thony said. He said that they have more challenges during rainy season where the road is not accessible. “Our question is the mobility we have no vehicles as mobile clinic, the only mobile clinic vehicle has broken down so we urge our government to send us four for covering the whole state,” he said. Geu said they have not received information about the livestock diseases in other counties. “It is only in Jalle of Bor County where we received the message that the disease has reached to Jalle Payam which is near Twic East County,” he said. In Twic East the disease had covered about five Payams and in Duk it is only in Poktap Payam. He urges the pastoralists not to move with their animals to where the disease does not occur to help them control the spread of the disease. The Ministry Director, Geu Wuol Thony said the Hemorrhagic Sectmania (HT) disease outbreak was detected three week ago in northern part of Twic East County. “This disease seems to be new disease in Jonglei state with symptom where cattle have fever, swelling at the neck and abdomen of the animals,” Geu Wuol Thony said. He said that for the last three weeks 2,500 head of cattle have been reported died while ministry has managed to vaccinate only 19,000 heads of cattle for Twic East County and Duk County. He added that they were targeting 95,000 heads of cattle for Twic East County and 48,000 for Duk County. Animal diseases are prevalent and affect animal productions in South Sudan, according to the National Animal Resources and Fisheries Ministry. The states which are most affected by the disease include Warrap, Jonglei and Lakes. Pastoralists in the states are facing a lot of socio-economic challenges as a consequence of the diseases. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
