At least 22 cattle have died of lumpy skin disease in Maharashtra over a period of one month, an official from the state animal husbandry department said on Monday. The outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD), which affects cattle, has been reported in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu-Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi.

In Maharashtra, the disease has spread in 133 villages of Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Akola, Dhule, Pune, Latur, Aurangabad, Beed, Satara, Buldana, Amravati, Osmanabad and Kolhapur districts, the official said. "A total of 2,21,090 livestock in 622 villages, within 5 km radius of the infected areas, have been vaccinated. Of 1,224 infected cattle, 752 have recovered after treatment, while 22 have died so far," the official said.