300 cattle have died due to spread of diseases in Sudan’s Blue Nile state along the border with neighboring Ethiopia, according to a veterinary official in the state.

The source who preferred not to be named told Radio Tamazuj there is spread of disease in Barndu and al-Dem along the border with Ethiopia, adding that more than 500 cattle have been infected with diseases.

He pointed that the ministry of livestock has sent a team of veterinarians to the area to stop the spread of diseases.