Lok Sabha Question No. 727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Outbreaks of Disease among Cattle
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Manjulata Mandal, C.N. Annadurai, Ganesan Selvam, Dhanush M Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND  DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 727

TO BE ANSWERED ON. 07 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## OUTBREAKS OF DISEASE AMONG CATTLE

727. SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL:

SHRI C. N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालनऔरडेयरीमंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of outbreaks of disease among cattle;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  diseases  observed  in  cattle  during  the  last  three years and the current year in the State of Odisha and Tamil Nadu;
- (c) whether the Government has looked into the reasons for the outbreak of disease among cattle and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has reimbursed farmers for the expenses incurred by them in the course of caring for ailing cattle and if so, the amount of funds disbursed to farmers; and
- (e) whether the Government has started vaccination of cattle to protect them from disease and if so, the number of cattle vaccinated?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING ( SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

(a) to (c): Yes Sir.The major diseases observed in cattle during the last three years as well as the current  year  including  in  the  States  of  Odisha  and  Tamil  Nadu  are  Foot  and  Mouth  Disease (FMD), Brucellosis and Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). While FMD and LSD are viral in nature, Brucellosis is bacterial. However, there are other factors for e.g.issues relating to bio-security, animal  movement  and  animal  hygiene,  which  makes  the  animals  susceptible  to  diseases. Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India implements the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) in all States /UTs, with the aim of reducing risk to animal health, by prophylactic vaccination against animal diseases.

(d):No Sir. Animal Husbandry is a State subject and at present there is no central scheme which reimburses  farmers  for  expenses  incurred  by  the  latter  in  the  course  of  caring  for  their  ailing cattle.

(e): The number of cattle vaccinated  under the on-going vaccination  against LSD and  those vaccinated under national vaccination  programme (against FMD and Brucellosis) is attached   at Annexure 1.

## LSD vaccination details:

| Name of State/UT   | Cattle vaccinated against LSD   |
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
| Gujarat            | 63,19,005                       |
| Himachal Pradesh   | 7,34,830                        |
| Punjab             | 9,21,615                        |
| Rajasthan          | 1,08,39,126                     |
| Uttarakhand        | 6,96,811                        |
| Madhya Pradesh     | 37,04,903                       |
| Jammu &Kashmir     | 19,64,241                       |
| Uttar Pradesh      | 1,57,87,400                     |
| Haryana            | 17,36,348                       |
| Maharashtra        | 1,42,31,372                     |
| Goa                | 21,895                          |
| West Bengal        | 2,600                           |
| Andhra Pradesh     | 1,33,886                        |
| Delhi              | 25,067                          |
| Bihar              | 91,95,419                       |
| Tamil Nadu         | 1,21,700                        |
| Jharkhand          | 1,76,274                        |
| Karnataka          | 1,01,01,343                     |
| Telangana          | 32,06,369                       |
| Kerala             | 1,64,782                        |
| Chhattisgarh       | 2,474                           |
| Odisha             | 41,11,500                       |
| Sikkim             | 290                             |
| TOTAL              | 8,41,99,250                     |

Annexure 1

Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD)vaccination details

## Annexure 1 (contd.)

As on 02/02/2023

| Name of State/ UT                        | Total animals (cattle and buffaloes) Vaccinated   |
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 94,63,031                                         |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 88,49,702                                         |
| Kerala                                   | 11,93,930                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 1,98,62,012                                       |
| Odisha                                   | 91,97,817                                         |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 86,33,141                                         |
| Telangana                                | 61,17,715                                         |
| Puducherry                               | 58,262                                            |
| Bihar                                    | 1,89,84,982                                       |
| Goa                                      | 53,548                                            |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 17,10,732                                         |
| Jharkhand                                | 22,43,602                                         |
| Karnataka                                | 99,45,846                                         |
| Maharashtra                              | 1,68,78,945                                       |
| Rajasthan                                | 1,03,90,516                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 4,30,01,587                                       |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 17,099                                            |
| Gujarat                                  | 1,58,87,385                                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 1,60,000                                          |
| Assam                                    | 60,36,119                                         |
| Haryana                                  | 52,82,852                                         |
| Manipur                                  | 2,38,282                                          |
| Meghalaya                                | 3,62,873                                          |
| Mizoram                                  | 14,375                                            |
| Nagaland                                 | 45,788                                            |
| Punjab                                   | 58,61,674                                         |
| Sikkim                                   | 75,030                                            |
| Tripura                                  | 4,38,037                                          |
| Uttaranchal                              | 19,00,594                                         |
| West Bengal                              | 1,29,99,219                                       |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands                 | 8,247                                             |
| Chandigarh                               | 18,900                                            |
| Delhi                                    | 1,30,469                                          |
| Jammu &Kashmir                           | 25,76,449                                         |
| Ladakh                                   | 82,055                                            |
| Lakshadweep                              | 942                                               |
| TOTAL                                    | 21,87,21,757                                      |

## Brucellosis

## Annexure 1 (contd.)

## As on 02/02/2023

| Name of State/ UT   | Total animals (Bovine female calves) vaccinated   |
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| DDNH                | 469                                               |
| Odisha              | 4,49,000                                          |
| Gujarat             | 7,31,125                                          |
| Chandigarh          | 2,300                                             |
| Haryana             | 2,01,516                                          |
| Telangana           | 4,08,396                                          |
| Delhi               | 14,976                                            |
| Manipur             | 15,506                                            |
| Mizoram             | 910                                               |
| Karnataka           | 8,93,146                                          |
| Sikkim              | 4,671                                             |
| West Bengal         | 21,55,910                                         |
| Punjab              | 2,33,860                                          |
| Ladakh              | 4,283                                             |
| Uttarakhand         | 1,71,217                                          |
| Meghalaya           | 12,365                                            |
| Tripura             | 10,318                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 30,69,123                                         |
| Jharkhand           | 6,35,028                                          |
| Chhattisgarh        | 3,49,418                                          |
| Nagaland            | 2,132                                             |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 9,75,361                                          |
| Goa                 | 1,195                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 56,23,881                                         |
| Jammu And Kashmir   | 1,01,846                                          |
| Maharashtra         | 3,74,523                                          |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 10,304                                            |
| Assam               | 3,74,664                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 60,543                                            |
| Kerala              | 25,923                                            |
| Total               | 1,69,13,909                                       |