Strange disease threatens livestock in Mocha

MOCHA, Sept. 14 (YPA) – A strange viral disease has spread among cattle northeast of the occupied coastal city of Mocha in Taiz province, southwest Yemen, threatening lives of hundreds of cattle.

“About 300 heads of cattle in al-Bawakeer village were infected with a viral disease caused by the spread of mosquitoes, where the cattle lose their embryos before they die,” said Mohammed Humaidan, director of Jufin village and head of the community committee in al-Zahari area in Mocha.

The cattle are infected with high fever, ulcers in mouth, severe diarrhea and loss of appetite, he added.

Humaidan called on the local authority and organizations working in this field in Mocha to provide a veterinary team to treat the infected cattle before the transmission of the disease to other areas.

He continued “the epidemic is spreading rapidly as citizens lack information about quarantine and how to isolate infected animals from healthy ones.”

YPA