The District A.H & Veterinary Officer, West Jaiñtia Hills District, Jowai today celebrated the ‘World Zoonoses Day -2021’ at Mynthong, Jowai on the theme “Let’s Break the Chain of Zoonotic Transmission”.
A total of 24 farmers from West Jaiñtia Hills received farming aids from the department during the programme.
Director, A.H & Veterinary, Shillong Dr. K.B Sahkhar said that the day is celebrated to commemorate the French Scientist Louis Pasteur who invented the rabies vaccine in 1885. He urged the farmers to make the right use of the farming materials they received from the government and to inform others to apply for the scheme.
It was informed at the programme that West Jaiñtia Hills is a district that produces the least volume of milk in the state owing to the least number of cattle farmers and that by 2025 the State government aims to fortify the Piggery Development project at Saitsama- Jaiñtia Hills.
