Diphtheria is killing yaks in Manang highlands

The District Veterinary Hospital and Livestock Service Expert Centre has launched a vaccination drive against diphtheria in the affected area.

As many as seven yaks belonging to Kanchha Gurung died at Pipche grazing land in upper Mustang in the first week of August. The yaks, according to Kanchha, showed similar symptoms—excessive salivation, swollen throat and breathing difficulties—at the pasture land at an altitude of about 4,300 metres above sea level in Nisyang Rural Municipality-8.