One-day awareness cum animal health and vaccination camp was organised at Council Hall, Bongkolong on March 7.
Peren, March 8 (MExN): One-day awareness cum animal health and vaccination camp was organised by an expert team of the College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, CAU, Jalukie, Peren at council hall, Bongkolong on March 7.
The programme was organised under the guidance of the Dean, Dr I Shakuntala and funded by ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar, Haryana under TSP-Fund.
The chairman, Bongkolong Village Council, Jangkhongam in the welcome address encouraged the participants to avail the opportunities provided by the college for the welfare of their livestock and boost up their production performance, stated a press release received here.
Dr Tukheswar Chutia, Programme Coordinator in the keynote address urged the farmers to acquire knowledge and benefit from the programme through active participation. A technical session was also held under the programme to make aware of the farmers on various aspects of livestock production, health issues and management.
A series of lectures were delivered by the resource persons in the awareness programme followed by a farmer-scientist interaction. Dr Gunjan Das, Professor & Head, Department of VMD, delivered on “Seasonal livestock diseases and their management”, while “Scientific breeding for optimum production from farm livestock”, “Reproductive disorder and their management in farm livestock” and “Poultry farming and management for better economic return” were delivered by Dr Kh Mahesh Singh, Assistant Professor, Dept of AGB, Dr Tukheswar Chutia, Dept of VGO and Dr Imtiwati, Assistant Professor, Dept of LPM, respectively.
A total of 99 people attended the programme, including 86 farmers and 13 officials from the college. Free animal health check up, castration, treatment and anti rabies vaccination were carried out during the programme. Vitamins, mineral mixtures, probiotics, liver tonics, anthelmentics and other veterinary medicines were distributed to the needy farmers covering a total of 1881 livestock comprising of 281 pig, 169 buffalo, 73 cattle, 7 dog, 13 cat and 1338 poultry.
