Foot-and-mouth disease claims livestock in Arunachal

ITANAGAR: There have been reports of outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh. Following the outbreak, six mithuns died at Pungrung and Layang villages under Sangram circle of the district, sources said here on Thursday.
Sangram BDO T Riba has requested a veterinary doctor and his team from Koloriang to visit the village for vaccination and provide medicines to cure the affected mithuns as they have been unable to treat the mithinsdue to insufficient medicines supply.
The Rural Development and Heritage Society requested Kurung Kumey DC to send a team of veterinary doctors with sufficient medicines for those, working in the affected areas to stop the disease from spreading.