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Title: Improvement in livestock discussed
Post by: sb on July 06, 2013, 11:27:32 AM
Improvement in livestock discussed
Lahore:July 06: SPECIAL Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab Ch Muhammad Arshad Jatt at a consultative meeting with University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha discussed various steps to further improve livestock sector of the province and resolve to work together for the socio-economic development of the country.
According to a press release issued on Friday, the meeting also mulled over short and long-term strategies with a focus on Punjab government’s prophylactic measures against deadly diseases like foot and mouth disease, HS, PPR in sheep and goats. Both Special Assistant to CM and Vice-Chancellor agreed to work on a proposal to produce large-scale vaccines in the country through private sector investment to ensure 100 percent vaccination of livestock against deadly diseases. The other areas came under discussion included breed improvement, use of molecular techniques for selection of progeny-tested bulls to increase productivity of local breeds and capacity building of field veterinarians through training and transfer of technology to these professionals for the benefit of farming community. Arshad Jatt desired that the university should establish a biogas resource centre and model biogas tube-wells and energy generation units on Ravi Campus Pattoki. He assured the Vice-Chancellor that the Punjab government would fully support the development needs of the UVAS. He also appreciated the role of the university in producing professionals, conducting need-based field-oriented research and providing extension services for the socio-economic development of the country.
The VC assured the CM’s Special Assistant that UVAS would fully assist the initiatives of the Livestock and Dairy Development Department and the government of the Punjab for the development of livestock and allied sectors of the country. The news.