World Veterinary Day in India News / World Veterinary Day Posted by JimEdwards on May 01, 2008 - 04:08 PM World Veterinary Day celebrated In Kashmir Srinagar April 26: World Veterinary Day which is observed every year on the last Saturday of April was celebrated here today with fervour. The main function was held at the valley’s oldest veterinary campus situated in the heart of the city on the Red Cross Road here under the aegis of Jammu And Kashmir Veterinary Doctors’ Association where a large number of Para Vets and engineering staff of Animal Husbandry Department also participated. Dr Bhupinder Singh, Director Animal Husbandry Kashmir presided over the function while Dr A A Baba, CEO, Kashmir Livestock Development Board, Dr N A Khan Former MD, KVMPCF, Dr FA Kaloo, Dy. Director, Animal Husbandry, Kashmir and Dr Sheikh M Saleem President, JKVDA and shared the dais with him. Dr Saleem welcoming the participants urged the vets and Para vets to rededicate them-selves to the cause of the humanity, as the veterinary profession’s ultimate aim is human welfare. Adding that the vets were now much sought after professionals in the entire world. Speaking on the occasion Dr Aejaz Ahmad Kamili, a former Disease Investigation Officer in the department offered a token amount of Rs 5000 towards the best veterinarian award to be instituted for honouring best vets and Para vets annually on the eve of World Veterinary Day. Dr N A Khan, addressing the participants recounted as to how livestock improvement was brought about in the valley and the difficulties the vets and Para vets had to encounter in educating the overwhelmingly illiterate rural folk about the importance of cross breeding in improving livestock production and productivity. Dr A A Baba sought the cooperation of the vets and Para vets in making the livestock development board a success. He urged them to work in tandem with each other so as to achieve the objectives. Dr FA Kaloo, told the participants as to how diversified the role of vets had become under the changed circumstances. He said that with more than two hundred fifty diseases having been identified as zoonotic in nature the role of vets in human health had become more important. Studies carried out across the globe during last twenty years have proved that more than eighty percent of human infections including the new and emerging diseases have had animal origin, added Dr Kaloo. He also identified scores of vets who were contributing to human welfare in different positions including bureaucracy and even police. Dr Bhupinder Singh, Director AH Deptt. shared his experiences in Kashmir with the participants and lauded the role of vets and Para vets in transforming more than 70% of livestock in Kashmir to high yielding hybrids. He urged the vets and Para vets to work with more zest and zeal. Others who spoke on the occasion included Drs Javaid Ahmad Khan Dy Director © Sheep Husbandry Deptt, AR Malik CAHO, Kupwara, GA Nahvi, APMO, NDA Reshi, EO PW, M S Surma AIO and several Para Vet leaders. Earlier Kaisar Ahmad Fazili opened the meet with recitations from Holy Quaran. The association also presented a memento each to Drs N A Khan, PK Abrol, AA Kamili and felicitated Dr Baba on his assumption of office of CEO. The Faculty Forum of vets of Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of SK University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology organized a mega Veterinary Medical Camp at the Department Of Clinics where about 1100 ailing animals were treated for various ailments.. Submitted by Dr Farooq Ahmad Dy Director, Animal Husbandry Department, Kashmir farooqashah@gmail.co Cell No +919419015608 This article is from World Veterinary Association   http://worldvet.org/ The URL for this story is:   http://worldvet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4221