Govt to import 40m livestock vaccine doses

The government has undertaken a major initiative to import vaccines to protect the country's livestock from various infectious diseases, reports BSS.
The Department of Livestock Services (DLS) has already initiated the private import of approximately four crore doses of vaccines-two crore doses each for Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) and Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD).
At the same time, domestic vaccine production is also being expanded. While local production stood at 500,000 doses last year, it is being increased to two million doses this year.
Director General of the Department of Livestock Services, Md. Shahjaman, told BSS that the department has taken a number of measures aimed at eliminating Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD).
As part of these efforts, initiatives have been taken to privately import around 20 million doses of LSD vaccine and 20 million doses of FMD vaccine, while local production is being increased to two million doses.
He added that since domestic production is insufficient to meet national demand, private companies are being allowed to import vaccines.