1 week Ago By Our Staff Reporter
LAYYAH - A farmer suffered a major financial loss after three of his valuable cattle died due to foot-and-mouth disease at Chak No 272 TDA, near Layyah. Ghulam Mustafa, the affected farmer, said that the cattle were worth between Rs1 and Rs1.2 million.
He said that his remaining livestock had also signs of the disease. Upon receiving a complaint, Dr Ramazan, a veterinary officer from the Livestock Department, visited the farm, inspected the animals, and administered medicines. Dr Ramazan assured that senior officials from the Livestock Department would soon arrive to examine the situation and conduct a post-mortem of the animals to determine the exact cause of death and ensure proper treatment of the rest.
Ghulam Mustafa appealed to the deputy commissioner Layyah and the relevant authorities of the Livestock Department to take immediate steps to identify the cause of the disease and provide treatment to his remaining cattle to prevent further loss. Water scarcity: A threat to much-needed food security in Pakistan Shopkeeper shot at, injured by robbers A shopkeeper was injured by robbers for putting up resistance in Layyah’s Chaubara tehsil on Sunday. According to police, two alleged robbers stormed into a shop near Head Weerari within the jurisdiction of Chaubara police station and shot at and injured shopkeeper, Muhammad Ismail, when he resisted their robbery bid.
The victim was shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital for medical treatment. Police have registered a case against the suspects and launched a search operation to arrest the culprits. Tags: cattle die foot mouth.
