Agriculture and livestock Development Minister Brijmohan Agrawal on Monday inaugurated a one-day workshop organised for prevention of epidemic disease ‘Brucellosis’ on domestic animals. The workshop was jointly organised by the National Dairy Development Board and the State livestock Development department, with the assistance of Indian Immunological limited.
Agrawal, who was the chief guest of the function, said that livestock had important place in the agriculture-oriented rural economy of the country. Domestic animals played vital role in cultivation. Seventy per cent people of the country were dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. Animals and human being were dependent on each other, he added.
Agrawal said it was necessary to pay attention on the health of livestock for cultivation. Now-a-days medical science has developed much to keep human being healthy and protected. But much to be done to prevent livestock from different diseases, he added. In this direction, efforts to organise the workshop for the prevention of brucellosis disease among domestic animals was appreciable, he added.
The Minister said that after much efforts ‘Brulex Plus’ vaccination has been invented for preventing animals from this dreaded disease. By the use of this vaccination, it is hoped that success will get on controlling this disease. Agrawal congratulated the company for the manufacture and publicity of the vaccine. By participating in the workshop, the departmental officers would get better information of the vaccine and they could motivate farmers and cattle-keepers at field level.
Additional Chief Secretary and APC Ajay Singh said that for the coordinated development, along with human being, animals should also be healthy. Animals would be healthy when, along with proper nutrition, they would get preventive vaccination in time to protect them from various diseases. He asked the departmental officers to reach the information they acquired from the workshop to the real cattle-keepers.
Vice-Chancellor of Kamdhenu University Dr UK Mishra and Director Veterinary services Dr SK Pandey also expressed their views in the workshop. The organisers honoured all the guests by presenting them citation.
Managing director of NDDB KV Balasubramaniyam, deputy managing director Dr K Anand Kumar and officers of livestock Development department in large number were present at the workshop.