6.81 lakh cattle expected to benefit from special health camps in Salem district: Minister
Tourism minister R Rajendran inaugurates a livestock health and awareness camp in Salem district on Sunday.
SALEM: Around 6.81 lakh cattle are expected to gain from 240 livestock health and awareness camps in Salem district, minister of tourism R Rajendran said on Sunday.
The minister was speaking to reporters after inaugurating an animal health and awareness camp in Kannankurichi town panchayat in the district.
Twenty camps would be held per union. 'The camps are being organized in the district to prevent livestock diseases,' he said.
At these camps, vaccinations are given to cattle against diseases like gonorrhoea, smallpox, calf dysentery, cholera and sheeppox.
"Cattle treatment, deworming, artificial insemination, uterine examination, estrus coordination, sterilization, minor surgeries, examination of infertile cows using advanced scanning technology and removal of external parasites are performed in these camps.
The veterinary disease investigation unit conducts tests for skin diseases, dung, blood, mucus, and milk in cattle," the minister said.
The animal husbandry department operates 149 veterinary dispensaries, seven mobile dispensaries, seven veterinary hospitals and one veterinary multi-specialty hospital in the district.
District collector Dr R Brindha Devi, Salem corporation mayor A Ramachandran and town panchayat president S Kubendiran were present.
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