Five more cattle have been claimed by the 'mysterious disease' that spread in and around the Makhan village of Manipur's Senapati district even as state Veterinary Department is still has no clue about the disease.

On July 11, Newmai News Network had reported that over 50 cows and buffaloes had been killed by the mysterious disease. A team of officials of the state veterinary department led by its joint director had visited Makhan village and took stock of the situation on Wednesday (July 13).

While collecting samples require for determining the disease, the team also provided medicines apart. They also administered injection to the cattle infected by the disease as a step towards contentment of the disease.

Since the day, the number of cattle claim by the disease has been reduced but as steps to control the disease was yet to be taken up. There were still apprehensions of killing for cattle in the mind of the villagers, said Athuiliu, a villager over phone.

He also lamented that officials of the veterinary department had failed to revisit the village. "We are unhappy with attitude of the officials when they remain silent without informing us about the disease till date," he said.

As no help could be expected from the veterinary department, villagers have decided to consult with a veterinary clinic. They are raising fund among themselves to meet the expenditure to be incurred while consulting the clinic, he added.

The unknown disease, villagers believe, is a communicable to the cattle sharing grazing ground. When an uninfected cow or buffalo happened to share the grazing with infected cattle, the disease spread, they said, adding that the only precautionary measure taken up by them was to avoid their cattle sharing grazing ground with infected cattle.

In may be recalled that Newmai News Network had, on July 11, reported claiming of over 50 cattle by an outbreak of the mysterious disease in Makhan and its surrounding villages around two week back.