Animal welfare camp held

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, February 23

Directorate of Extension Education, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University organised an animal welfare camp at village Kalala in district Barnala under the ICAR sanctioned project “Integrated Approaches for Livestock Development: Farmer’s Context”.

Dr H K Verma, nodal officer of project said that five villages of Mehal Kalan block were selected for providing healthcare, nutritional interventions and training to rural farmers. This project has been sanctioned by the ICAR, New Delhi for Barnala district.

In this camp, animals were treated for gynecological, medicine and surgical problems. A total of 242 animals including cattle, buffalo, goats, pigs and dogs were treated in this camp. The farmers were also acquainted with balanced diet for their animals etc.