The livestock department vaccinated 26,827 animals in the district to save them from ticks and ward off Congo virus.
In a statement issued on Monday, Livestock District Officer (DO) Dr Saliha Gull said that livestock department had launched a vigorous campaign against ticks as these were easy mean of transmitting Congo virus.
She said that livestock department teams had so far arranged 12 seminars for creating awareness among the cattle farmers about the vaccination of their animals.
She said that farmers’ days were organised across the district besides delivering lecturers to the students of various educational institutions.