Cattle culls, jabs start as disease found LUMPY SKIN DISEASE: Eight cows were culled, cremated and buried in New Taipei City, while restrictions were imposed on the movement of cattle in the nearby area By Chou Hsiang-yun and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer The Council of Agriculture (COA) yesterday began vaccinations of cattle in northern Taiwan after eight cows in New Taipei City tested positive for an infectious disease. Beef cattle infected with lumpy skin disease were discovered on a farm in New Taipei City’s Linkou District (林口) on Thursday — a first for Taiwan proper, the council said.