Ludhiana, Sept. 28 -- The survey conducted by the animal husbandry department has pegged the flood losses at over Rs.100 crore, officials said .

According to the data compiled by the department, a copy of which is with HT, as many as 508 milch animals, 172 pigs, 6,515 poultry birds, and 50 draught animals across the state perished in the recent floods.

Rahul Bhandari, financial commissioner of animal husbandry, during his visit to Ludhiana on Saturday, said that the only relief was that no outbreak of disease was reported from the flood-hit districts.

"While livestock deaths were unfortunate, there was relief in the fact that no epidemic outbreak had been reported from any district. The animals that died were either due to roof collaps...