Veterinary officials of the Adamawa State Government have started mass vaccination of

cattle in several local government areas after a disease killed more than a thousand

cows in neighbouring Taraba State.

The mass vaccination in Adamawa State which began at the weekend targets LGAs

sharing borderlines with Taraba State and Cameroon Republic after the disease named

haemorrhagic septicemia killed more than 1000 cows in Taraba.

The Adamawa State Commissioner in charge of Livestock and Aquaculture, Tijjani

Marksha who led a delegation of ministry officials and veterinary doctors for the flag-off

of the vaccination exercise at Gongoshi in Mayo Belwa Local Government Area, said,

the dreaded cattle disease mostly affected cows in Sardauna Local Government Area of

Taraba State and further spread to some other LGAs in that state, which led to the

cattle deaths.

The Director of the State Veterinary Services, Dr Berthilimous Nyalas gave the names

of the targeted LGAs for the first phase of the vaccination to include Numan, Demsa,

Lamurde, Toungo, Fufore, Maiha, Mubi North and Mubi South and the Mayo Belwa

where the exercise has now started, and the nine LGAs to be reached were selected

because of their proximity to both Taraba and the Cameroon Republic.