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| Workshop on ‘Prevention and treatment of bovine Mastitis’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 26- Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Jammu organized symposium and workshop on "Update on Prevention and Treatment of Bovine Mastitis" at RS Pura today. Vice-Chancellor SKUAST-J, Prof. B. Mishra was the chief guest at the inaugural function, while Dr D. Swarup, Principal Scientist and Head, Division of Veterinary Medicine, I.V.R.I., Bareilly was the guest of honour.
Prof. B. Mishra in his presidential address said that the perpetual growth in human population and sustained growth in per capita income has adversely affected the growth for animal feed and better breeding stock of livestock. To meet the future demand of these products not only for domestic purpose but also to create surplus for export, there is a need to increase the produce for the live stock and live stock products scientifically, he added. 'Mastitis, the inflammation of mammary gland continues to be the major problem confronting the dairy industry. The disease causes heavy economic losses through decreased milk production, poor quality; of milk, discarded milk losses, reduced productive life, reduced market value and cost of veterinary service and drugs. The disease besides causing great economical losses to the farmer greatly confronts the dairy industry. He emphasized that prevention and control of mastitis is warranted in post WTO scenario, to export good quality dairy products. India is marching ahead with quality improvement program in agricultural sector and dairy industry is attracting maximum attention on quality front.
In his inaugural address, Dr. A. R. Nazki, Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences informed that key issues in India's milk production are low productivity of milch animals and lack of quality control and monitoring mechanisms across the supply chain. There is huge potential for processing and value addition, particularly in Indian milk products, which are largely sold in unbranded form in the market. The solution lies in promoting investment in quality control and developing scalable efficient technologies for the unorganized sector.
Dr. Abdul Rashid, retired Director-Resident-Instruction appreciated the efforts of the University in organizing such seminars related with the field oriented problem and hoped that participants will be immensely benefited.
More than hundred veterinary doctors/officers of Animal Husbandry Departments are participating in the program. The symposium is cosponsored by J&K State Council for Science & Technology, DST, J&K Government.
Among others the function was also attended by Dr. R. K. Sharma, Registrar, Dr. Karnail Singh, Director Extension Education, Dr. N. A. Sudhan, Director Research, Dr Bhagat, Director-Resident-Instruction, V. K. Soi. |
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