Animal Husbandary Department officials in Tamiul Nadu said lorries carrying the cattle were stopped at various border check posts, including those at Gudalur, Kumili and asked to return.
The Kerala government had issued a circular to the check-posts not to allow lorries carrying cattle from Tamil Nadu, they said today.
Cattle traders said they were taking the cattle only after they were certified to be free of the viral disease by the Veterinary doctors. Even then Kerala officials were stopping the lorries, they said.