Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Department, Karbi Anglong

Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Department, Karbi Anglong:

The department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary is entrusted with the responsibility of all aspect of Livestock and Poultry Development like production, processing and marketing of livestock and poultry and their products through augmentation of production of milk, meat, eggs, animal health care and prevention of animal diseases, creation of suitable infrastructure for breeding, feeding and management of livestock and poultry, processing of milk, meat and eggs and marketing of livestock and livestock products. Besides, the department is engaged in free distribution of Livestock and Poultry to the different beneficiaries like SHGs and individual farmers; providing the required training and extension support to livestock producers so as to promote scientific rearing of livestock and poultry amongst them with consequent generation of employment avenues in the rural areas.

To intensify the facilities for treatment and preventive measures through vaccination, a network of hospitals, dispensaries, mobile dispensaries and aid centres have been established covering a vast area of the district. In addition to these, schemes like Animal Diseases Surveillance, Rinderpest Eradication, Foot and Mouth Diseases Control, Systematic control of Livestock diseases of National Importance have also been sanctioned and implemented. Thousands of animals were treated by the technical staffs of veterinary institutions. Apart from treatment of animals, these institutions look after other aspect of livestock development through preventive inoculations, artificial insemination, removal of undesired scrub-bulls, recording of improved breed and development of poultry population etc.

On Animal Husbandry Sector, schemes of far reaching effect like Intensive Cattle and Buffalo Development Project, Cross Breeding Schemes, Fodder Development, Piggery Development, Sheep and Goat Development and Poultry Development have been implemented. There are two Poultry Farms, one Duck Breeding Farm, two Pig Farms, one Cattle Demonstration Farm, one Buffalo Breeding Farm and one Fodder Demonstration farm functioning during the year under report. These farms supplied improved breeding stock to the people to take up Livestock and Poultry farming to substantiate their income and also for augmenting the production of Meat, Milk and Eggs.