Dimapur, July 6 (MExN): The ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Medziphema organized a one-day webinar on ‘Impact of Zoonotic Diseases on Human Health and its Control Measures’ on the occasion of World Zoonosis Day on July 6.
The webinar was organized as a part of the capacity-building programme with the objective to educate and to create awareness among the stakeholders about Zoonotic diseases which are transmissible from animals to human beings and its control measures.
Dr M H Khan, Director, ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Nagaland welcomed all the participants and emphasized the need of breaking the transmission cycle of zoonotic diseases. Dr S Mukherjee, Associate Professor Head, College of Veterinary Science, Jalukie, Dr Vivek Joshi, and Dr Jayanta Chamuah, Scientists, ICAR-NRC Mithun were the resource persons who delivered lectures on viral, bacterial, and parasitic zoonotic diseases and made a detailed discussion on adoption of control measures.
The presentation was followed by an interactive session to discuss control measures of zoonosis in India. The workshop was attended by the staff and scientists of ICAR-NRC on Mithun and Scientists from NDRI, Karnal, KVK Phek, KVK Peren and KVK Longleng. Dr Kobu Khate, CTO anchored the programme and pronounced the vote of thanks.
