Volunteer Cowherd Project, a collaboration between the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, KKU, joins forces with KKU U2T, the University to Sub-district project, to combat the lumpy skin disease epidemic in cattle and buffalo in the Northeast.
From the new epidemic situation in cattle and buffalo, known as “Lumpy skin disease” in March 2021, coupled with farmers still lacking knowledge about this disease, including lack of medicine and lack of veterinarians and animal husbandry to help, the Faculty of Agriculture, together with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, established the Volunteer Cowherd Project to help farmers by going to the area together with the University to Subdistrict Project, Khon Kaen University, KKU U2T. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Darunee Chotithayangkun, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, mentioned about Lumpy skin disease that in March, there was a report of a new disease in cattle and buffalo, which is Lumpy skin disease, which is caused by a virus. The mortality rate is reported to be 5-10 % and the people who suffer the most are farmers and animal owners because it means a large loss of income. Khon Kaen University and the Faculty of Agriculture were established on the principle of being a university that is a reliance on by society, especially in our northeastern region at present. Under the University to Subdistrict Project or U2T […]
