Unknown disease claim cattle in Tamei

  IMPHAL, JUNE 19 (NNN): Outbreak of an unknown disease has reportedly claimed some cattle in Tamei area of Tamenglong district, Manipur in the past one month or so. Villagers informed NNN over phone that cows and buffaloes have been affected with the disease which is yet to be diagnosed. Sources said that at Nchiang (Langmei) village which is located some 5 km south-west of Tamei the disease has claimed some cattle. The cattle usually find it hard to move around or eat as the disease affects hooves and mouth, the sources said. The sources further said that the cattle drool a lot. The number of villages affected by this unknown cattle disease is not clear as yet.