Promotion of livestock top priority

Secretary Livestock and Dairy Development Balochistan Arshad Hussain Bugti on Monday said that the government was making all out efforts for the promotion of livestock in Balochistan.

He expressed these views during a visit to the offices of Sibi Beef and Research Center, Civil Veterinary Hospital and Deputy Director Livestock in Balochistan.

The secretary said that Beef and Research Center Sibi is the largest research institute in Balochistan where Australian Drought Master and cross breed of Balochistan Bhag Nadi has been introduced.

The production of high breed animals on the banks of Sibi and Nadi rivers is certainly a symbol of the growth of livestock, he added. He said that the provincial government is trying its best to promote livestock in the province.

Expressing his concern over the animal's disease, he said that in the last three months, a number of animals have been killed in Balochistan due to a dangerous and deadly disease called Lumpy skin. "Specialists and veterinarians of the Livestock Department are working day and night to ensure the vaccination of the animals,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 14^th, 2022.