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Update: 23.10.2024 06:40
AFP
... farmer has lost almost half his cows to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, a highly contagious illness affecting hoofed animals.
Output has now fallen to 20,000 per day, according to Salem al-Badri, 45, head of the city's committee of cattle farmers.
Tantoun, 27, said "the future looks bleak".
"I almost lost everything," he said. "From 742 cows, we lost about 300. This disease is destroying our livelihoods."
The disease particularly affects ruminant livestock, such as cattle, sheep and goats. It causes fever, blisters -- and sometimes death.
- 'Heading towards a catastrophe' -
In Misrata, some farmers have reported losing about 70 percent of their cattle to the disease, according to Badri's committee.
"We are heading towards a catastrophe," Badri, who is also in charge of the city's animal health office, said during a visit to Tantoun's farm. ...
Badri (in charge of the city's animal health office) said another cattle ailment called lumpy skin disease has also had an impact, with foreign buyers growing wary of importing Libyan cowhide. ...
AFP
... farmer has lost almost half his cows to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, a highly contagious illness affecting hoofed animals.
Output has now fallen to 20,000 per day, according to Salem al-Badri, 45, head of the city's committee of cattle farmers.
Tantoun, 27, said "the future looks bleak".
"I almost lost everything," he said. "From 742 cows, we lost about 300. This disease is destroying our livelihoods."
The disease particularly affects ruminant livestock, such as cattle, sheep and goats. It causes fever, blisters -- and sometimes death.
- 'Heading towards a catastrophe' -
In Misrata, some farmers have reported losing about 70 percent of their cattle to the disease, according to Badri's committee.
"We are heading towards a catastrophe," Badri, who is also in charge of the city's animal health office, said during a visit to Tantoun's farm. ...
Badri (in charge of the city's animal health office) said another cattle ailment called lumpy skin disease has also had an impact, with foreign buyers growing wary of importing Libyan cowhide. ...