patna over 1763 lakh cattle have been vaccinated in the state against lumpy skin disease lsd in the past one week the vaccination programme rolled out in bihar from january 9 while 1276 affected cases of lsd have been found in the state a maximum of 574 have been reported in jehanabad followed by buxar with 219 such casesassistant research officer at institute of animal health and production dr manju sinha said even if one positive case is found post confirmation from the laboratory the area is declared as lsdaffected dr sinha said after jehanabad and buxar darbhanga 156 gaya 140 and kaimur 114 had the maximum lsd casesother districts in that category include purnia nalanda kaimur rohtas bhojpur and nawada while 1276 affected cases have been officially confirmed there have been two lsd deaths in kaimur so farshe further said they have targeted to administer doses in over 138 crore cattle head across the state of which over 1763 lakh have been vaccinated this vaccination is done in healthy cattle presently the vaccination is going on in 30 districts and the rest other districts will be taken up later as another vaccination against bacteria is already under waydirector at animal health and production dr md ali shabber said to confirm the lsd blood or swab samples are collected and sent to bhopal the report comes in 10 to 12 days he said no movement of cattle is allowed from around 1km of the area reporting lsd positive cases talking about the symptoms he said the cattle has skin lesions fever and reduced food intake the treatment is symptomatictalking about the less casualty in bihar so far compared to other states dr ramesh roy assistant director animal husbandry information and extension said the immunity of the cattle here is strong he said even the central team which had come recently to review a scheme related to the department found the deaths in bihar were negligible in comparison to exotic breeds or the cross ones the indigenous breed has strong immunity said dr roy