jammu the experts and scientists claimed that 48 new epicenters have been added in jammu division during this weeka total of 38083 animals have been affected with lumpy skin disease till date of which 28619 have recovered so far while 213250 doses have been administered to the cattle across jk said an official here on mondaythis was apprised during a high level meeting presided over by additional chief secretary acs agriculture production department apd atal dulloo on monday acs mr dulloo reviewed measures being taken up for controlling the spread of lumpy skin disease in jammu and kashmirthe chief animal husbandry officers caho of both the divisions gave detailed report about all measures being taken up under the guidance of experts scientists and task forcethe meeting received feedback inputs and recommendations from the task force teams experts and scientists alike in order to contain the spread of the disease during the meeting acs mr dulloo asked the officers to keep a control on movement of animals besides ensuring maximum vaccination to the migrating animals so that further spread of this disease is prevented further he stressed that fogging is most important part of the vaccination drive while asking for engaging maximum field staff to ensure proper fogging in rural area as well as far flung areashe directed the officers for ensuring visits of expert teams from skuast jammu to udhampur reasi and poonch to check the current situation in the wake of this diseaseacs mr dulloo said that a team from skuast kashmir would also be visiting kupwara to assess the situation and called upon the concerned officers to implement all the guidelines of government of india in letter and spirit to contain the diseasehe also enquired about the availability of medicines while directing both the directors to ensure availability of required medicines in all the affected areas so that the spread can be tackled timely and effectively he directed the cahos to ensure vaccination of animals reach 2000 to 3000 per day in every districthe directed the concerned to launch awareness campaign and door to door inspections besides visits by field staff to make farmers aware about the lumpy skin diseasesecretary apd special secretary apd director finance apd director animal husbandry and other concerned officials attended the meeting in person and through video conferencing