(IN): Chandigarh declared Rinder pest free; no case of rabies, foot-and-mouth disease

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Chandigarh declared Rinder pest free; no case of rabies, foot-and-mouth

disease

 

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Chandigarh: The Union Territory of Chandigarh has been declared rinder pest

free by the Government of India and no case of such dreaded diseases

as rabies, foot-and-mouth disease and hemorrhagic septicaemia has

been reported in 2008-09. Besides, the city has topped the targets set for

livestock care.

 

¡ÉWith no case of rinder pest disease being noticed, Chandigarh has been

declared Rinder pest Free by the Government of India. The Animal Husbandry

Department has also achieved success in controlling dreaded afflictions like

rabies, foot-and-mouth disease and hemorrhagic septicemia and no case of

these diseases has been reported in 2008-09¡í, Dr A..V.S. Kohli, Joint, Animal Husbandry, Chandigarh, said here today.

 

Equipped with 14 veterinary hospitals and sub-centres, the Department has

come a long way in providing health care to its livestock population which

is estimated at 29,217. In practical terms, it means that Chandigarh has one

veterinary unit for every 2,447 heads of livestock, informed Sanjay Kumar

,Secretary Finance and Animal Husbandry.

 

Interpreting treatment as giving better health care to the livestock, the

department has topped the targets in both preventive and treatment segments.

During 2008-09, the department achieved more than prophylactic vaccinations

against dreaded diseases like rabies, foot-and-mouth disease and hemorrhagic

septicemia. Here go the targets and the achievements:

 

 

Targets Achieved

 

ARV 9000 9073

 

FMD 20000 21090

 

HS 18000 19000

 

Besides, the department also carried out 10,996 artificial inseminations

through the frozen semen technology for breed improvement of indigenous cows

and buffaloes under the Cattle Development Programme.

 

The Union Territory has four veterinary hospitals for large

animals; ten artificial insemination centres and nine veterinary

sub-centres; one veterinary hospital exclusively for pet animals in Sector

22 and one bird care centre to provide cattle health, disease diagnosis and

treatment and control of dreaded diseases.

 

According to the 18th livestock Census 2007, the livestock

population in Chandigarh is 29,217. The bovine population is 26,073 out of

which cattle population is 6,505. Besides, there are 8,118 domestic dogs and

5,309 stray dogs. The People for Animals (PFA) has been allotted two acres

of land at Raipur Kalan for setting up an animal welfare hospital to

undertake animal birth control project for stray dogs. The department has

also released financial assistance to the tune of Rs 10 lakh to PFA and

SPCA.

 

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