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KARACHI: Livestock and Fisheries department of the government of Sindh launched the PPR vaccination drive in district Tharparkar nowadays
Abdul Bari Pitafi, the provincial minister for livestock and fisheries launched the campaign in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO).The vaccination shall prevent livestock against Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) disease also known
It is a viral disease of goats and sheep characterized by fever, sores in the mouth, diarrhoea, pneumonia, and measuretimes death
Emphasizing the importance of animal health for Tharparkar, Mina` Dowlatchahi FAO Representative in Pakistan said the vaccination shall help
endegree healthy livestock which shall be instrumental in ensuring food security and sustainable livelihoods for the already drought
stressed communities in the area.She also said that a report of Sindh Drought Need Assessment (SDNA October 2018) conducted by FAO in
collaboration with Natural Disaster Consortium (NDC) reveals that of the surveyed household, 25% of them reported death of their cattle; 21%
in buffaloes, 53% in goats, 45% in sheep, 20% in camels 18% in donkeys, and 57% in poultry during past six months
Tharparkar district hosts more than 20% small ruminant of province Sindh
The small ruminants are predisposed to multi-stress in the district which make them susceptible to deadly diseases like PPR
The disease can be eradicate through vaccination
Speaking on the occasion, Farrukh Toirov, Deputy FAO Representative in Pakistan said target groups for proposed action includes subsistence
livestock farmers, small-scale agriculture farmers and women headed households
The project shall vaccinate 3 million small ruminants in Tharparkar and 1.2 million in Umerkot
Drought in district Tharparkar directly affects the growth of vegetation as well as water resource for livestock, which in turn results in
loss of animal production, and high mortality, which is a direct threat to food security and livelihoods.TheIndianSubcontinent has not
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