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Coimbatore: The sporadic spreading of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in the district for the past one week has raised concerns among farmers.Pockets in Annur and Vellamadai have witnessed infection among cattle and there have been cases in Idikarai too. However, this time even after vaccination their cattle have contracted the disease.When contacted, animal husbandry department officials ruled out the shortage of medicine. But when he went to animal husbandry department’s dispensary in the area, they said they don’t have the medicine to treat pregnant cows. If we get to know of other ailing animals, we would confirm it and form team to treat them,” the official said. They said they vaccinate their cattle twice a year (March and September) to prevent the disease..