mysuru animal lovers are now worried over the health of stray cattle which are abandoned by their owners as many of these animals are suffering from suspected foot and mouth disease fmd a contagious viral disease they are demanding that the mysuru city corporation mcc or the state animal husbandry department treat these cattle besides providing them shelter and preventive vaccines nishanth l a resident of dewans road and abhishek m a resident of ramakrishna nagar are treating over six cattle in ramakrishna nagar for the last one and half months with medicines and food they are procuring medicines including sprays for the wounds from their pocket and arranging fodder these cattle are abandoned by their owners as many of them are bulls they are roaming on the roads freely after noticing the fmd symptoms we are treating them with medicines as prescribed by veterinarians we are trying to ensure proper treatment and care through ngos but we are not getting the expected support they said we get fodder first to ensure these cattle will allow us to spray medicines what has worried us is the condition of these cattle as no government agency or ngo is coming forward to treat them to ensure the infection does not spread they said meanwhile locals fear that if vaccination and medical care are not provided to these stray cattle the disease may spread to other livestock we dont know what this disease is but the cattle are seen limping and look unhealthy the agencies concerned must vaccinate the stray cattle too said rohini r a local resident mayor sunanda palanetra said she will look into the issue and find a solution for the health issues faced by stray cattle