By Bondry Kilenga
Kotido district veterinary department has launched a mass livestock vaccination drive aimed at combating the highly contagious Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), which can have devastating effects on livestock productivity and livelihoods.
In March this year, the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) dispatched a consignment of 150,000 doses of FMD vaccines to Kotido district for animal vaccination.
However, the vaccination exercise was halted as pastoralists migrated to the neighbouring districts of Teso in search of water and pasture.
Now that the pastoralists have returned due to the availability of pasture in the district thanks to the current rains, the veterinary department has begun the vaccination drive across the district.
Robert Kennedy Okuda, the Kotido district production officer, said that the campaign is a multi-disease intervention aimed at improving livestock, urging locals to embrace the exercise.
He explained that vaccination campaign is part of a nationwide initiative by MAAIF to improve animal health, bolster livestock trade, and promote sustainable pastoral livelihoods in Uganda’s semi-arid regions.
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