Pashu Palan Mela ends with tips on value-added farming

Mela attracted a huge gathering with a thought to develop livestock professions on modern terms. Arvind Kumar Deputy Director General ICAR today visited the mela ground. He emphasised that GADVASU should pursue for patents of different products like bypass fat and other delicacies.

Kulbir Singh Sandhu Director of Extension Education said that some of their departments were providing services for rearing livestock and in the field of value addition of livestock products.

He said that these professions help farmers earn a handsome income. Women do these professions comfortably with their household responsibilities.

He said that young entrepreneurs can earn good returns in goat and pig farming.

Sandhu said that a large number of farmers visited the stalls and showed keen interest in the measures to be adopted for the control of parasitic diseases of livestock.

Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine addressed the commonly prevalent disease conditions of the dairy animals of Punjab which are mastitis,mineral disorders,foot lameness and fore-stomach disorders.

The college of fisheries displayed different varieties of fish. College of Dairy Science and Technology displayed value added milk products with better technology.

The Livestock Products Technology Department has exclusively demonstrated meat products.

Farmers were highly enthusiastic to be trained for the development of milk and meat products and the department has ensured to provide them literature and training on their requirement.

A number of farmers said that Pashu Palan Mela is a good platform to meet the experts of different animal husbandry departments of state,technical experts and financial institutions.