About 5,200 livestock have been inoculated against the Haemorrhagic Septicemia disease (HS) in the disputed Abyei Administrative Area.
Abyei’s ministry of animal resources and fisheries announced on Monday that the ongoing vaccinations started on 2nd August supported by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO.
Rou Manyiel, the ministry’s director general, told Radio Tamazuj Monday that the exercise was initiated following reports of animals dying early this month.
“There were cases reported to us in the ministry by the staff of animal health that animals are dying in the cattle camps. This was caused by insecurity that happened this year when cattle from Twic and Ruweng Administrative Area came to the Abyei area without accessing medicines,” Manyiel said. This year there was a report that a disease called Hemorrhagic Septicemia (HS) killed nine cows in the shortest time in the cattle camp within Abyei.”
He added, “After hearing this horrific report, we quickly responded with help of our partners FAO to vaccinate 5,000 cattle and 200 goats and sheep and we are continuing until we finish vaccination of livestock in all areas of cattle camps in the Abyei area.”
Manyiel said the livestock vaccinations will continue and be rolled out in rural parts of Abyei including in Awol-nhom and Madung-Achueng villages.
He urged livestock owners to bring their animals for the vaccinations that are aimed at preventing them from killer diseases.
Bulabek Deng Kuol, Abyei community Paramount Chief “We have to appreciate the FAO for animals vaccines because, in these few days, animals contracted fatal diseases. FAO vaccinated all animals including Misseriya cattle in the last year and this is very important because cattle are the sources of wealth and living for local populations.”
Chief Bulabek also called on cattle owners to bring their cattle for vaccinations.