Lt. Col. DV Nehra in this image released to media at the free vet camp held at Samziuram village in Jalukie on Monday.
Dimapur, February 18: The 14 Mobile Field Veterinary Hospital (MFVH) under the aegis of 32 AR/ 5 sector of HQ 3 Corps today conducted a free veterinary camp at Samziuram village in Jalukie.
A total of 2385 animals including cattle, pigs, poultry and dogs were treated, de-wormed and given vaccination under the supervision of Lt. Col. DV Nehra, Commanding Officer 14 MFVH along with a team of 4 veterinary dressers from the 14 MFVH. At the free camp availed by more than a thousand people, livestock and poultry were administered vaccines for communicable diseases like rabies, foot and mouth disease, HS and BQ etc.
Veterinary medicines worth Rupees Twenty Thousand were also distributed, besides pregnancy diagnosis of a few cattle and infertility treatment was also carried out. Moreover guidance queries of farmers on livestock feeding were answered by Lt. Col. DV Nehra, stated a release by Chairman SVC.
Addressing the gathering at the camp, Lt. Col. DV Nehra informed that under the Military Civic Action Aid Programme of Spear Corps the army had taken up the task of assisting villagers who depend mostly on their livestock for a living.
He said that in the past 4 months 14 MFVH has organised 13 such camps in Nagaland, Manipur, South Assam and Tripura.
He also disclosed that 25 such camps were planned for the financial year 2008-09, this being the 14th camp, the note stated. The region being a high rainfall area with marshy conditions, animals and livestock are more susceptible to out break of diseases for which vaccination of animals in necessary, Lt. Col. DV Nehra said.
The village chairman along with elders of the village expressed gratitude to the Army for the camp which benefited the local farmers, and further expressed desire of more such camps in the future.
A total of 2385 animals including cattle, pigs, poultry and dogs were treated, de-wormed and given vaccination under the supervision of Lt. Col. DV Nehra, Commanding Officer 14 MFVH along with a team of 4 veterinary dressers from the 14 MFVH. At the free camp availed by more than a thousand people, livestock and poultry were administered vaccines for communicable diseases like rabies, foot and mouth disease, HS and BQ etc.
Veterinary medicines worth Rupees Twenty Thousand were also distributed, besides pregnancy diagnosis of a few cattle and infertility treatment was also carried out. Moreover guidance queries of farmers on livestock feeding were answered by Lt. Col. DV Nehra, stated a release by Chairman SVC.
Addressing the gathering at the camp, Lt. Col. DV Nehra informed that under the Military Civic Action Aid Programme of Spear Corps the army had taken up the task of assisting villagers who depend mostly on their livestock for a living.
He said that in the past 4 months 14 MFVH has organised 13 such camps in Nagaland, Manipur, South Assam and Tripura.
He also disclosed that 25 such camps were planned for the financial year 2008-09, this being the 14th camp, the note stated. The region being a high rainfall area with marshy conditions, animals and livestock are more susceptible to out break of diseases for which vaccination of animals in necessary, Lt. Col. DV Nehra said.
The village chairman along with elders of the village expressed gratitude to the Army for the camp which benefited the local farmers, and further expressed desire of more such camps in the future.
