Milk output down 50,000 litres a day as lumpy skin disease batters Gujarat

Inoculation drive in full swing as over a million cattle get vaccinated

Milk production in Gujarat has taken a hit of around 50,000 litres per day due to the outbreak of viral infection Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) among the cattle. Though this accounts for a mere 0.25 per cent of the daily procurement of 20 million litres, officials in the state are scrambling to get cattle vaccinated.

“The impact on milk production has been minuscule at 50,000 litres per day as against a daily procurement of over 20 million litres. The outbreak is now being brought under control with all the major milk producing districts witnessing cattle vaccination,” said Gujarat Co-operative Milk