The Department of Animal Production and Health has advised the public to refrain from eating beef obtained from the North Western Province.
The directive was issued due to a virus rapidly spreading among cattle in the North Western Province.
The transportation of cattle from the North Western Province was suspended from Sunday (May 28), as a result.
An official from the Department of Animal Production and Health revealed that the decision was taken due to a virus spreading among cattle in the Kurunegala District.
According to reports, lumpy skin disease, a viral disease of cattle characterised by fever, nodules on the skin, mucous membranes and internal organs, emaciation, enlarged lymph nodes, oedema of the skin, and sometimes death, has now been spread to 34 out of the 46 Veterinary Officer Divisions in the North Western Province. (NewsWire)