LAHORE (03-11-26): The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore arranged an interactive session of Bangladeshi Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) students with Secretary Livestock & Dairy Development Department Punjab Mr Ahmad Aziz Tarar at City Campus on Tuesday.
Thirty DVM students from Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) and Gono University, Bangladesh, are on one-month externship at UVAS Lahore.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Masood Rabbani briefed the participants on the module and various aspects of the externship program aimed at enhancing students’ theoretical & practical knowledge and skills for treatment of animals. Study visits to clinics, poultry/dairy farms, labs and industry will be arranged for the students for their practical exposure, he added.
The Secretary gave a detailed presentation on Livestock & Dairy Development Department Punjab to the Bangladeshi students. He said livestock contributes 62.45 percent to the agriculture value addition and 14.64 percent to national GDP. He spoke about livestock population, livestock department’s major functions related to disease control, advisory services, breed conservation & improvements, research & development, regulatory control and companies and universities under its control. He threw light on Punjab Chief Minister’s initiatives for the development of Livestock sector in Punjab like livestock card, interest free financing for fattening, progressive control of Foot and Mouth Disease through purified vaccination, herd transformation in 15 targeted districts of Punjab for enhancing milk and meat production and prosperity of livestock farming community. He also spoke about service delivery based initiatives related to operation theaters, X-Ray, ultrasound, disease free compartments in different districts of Punjab, laboratories, model veterinary hospitals and CM Punjab internship program etc.
CVASU Focal Person Prof Dr Rashedul Alam, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science UVAS Prof Dr Kamran Ashraf and senior UVAS faculty members and officials from Livestock Department were present on this session.
Bangladeshi students highly appreciated the dedicated efforts of the Government of Punjab towards farmers` welfare and livestock sector development. They also expressed admiration for Livestock Punjab’s well-organised livestock management and farming practices to uplift livestock sector.
