Fisheries and Livestock Ministry
Take necessary steps to tackle LSD of cattle: Ministry
The Fisheries and Livestock Ministry has asked the Livestock Department to take necessary measures immediately for preventing lumpy skin diseases (LSD) of cattle.
The Ministry issued a circular in this regard on Thursday.
It also asked to take necessary measures for the treatment of the cattle, infected with the viral diseases.
The Ministry also asked to form a medical team consisting of an Upazila Livestock officer, one veterinary surgeon and a Livestock Extension officer. Deputy assistant livestock officer and veterinary filed assistant and filed assistant will be a part of the team, the release said.
It also asked the medical team to ensure physical presence and visit the cattle infected by the disease and ordered the District/Division Livestock officer to monitor it.
The Ministry also asked to make a list of the cattle owners, infected with the virus, address and mobile numbers.
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) of cattle has been reported from Sadar, Khansama and Bochaganj upazilas in Dinajpur.
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Fisheries and Livestock Ministry’s Public Relations Officer Iftekhar Hossain was diagnosed with coronavirus on Thursday.
Fisheries Ministry opens control room over super cyclone ‘Amphan’
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Ministry sells fish, poultry worth Tk 47 crore in one day
Operating a fleet of mobile stalls across the country, the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry raked in Tk 47 crore on Thursday selling fish and poultry products purchased from farmers and fish cultures who couldn’t bring their goods to market amid the lockdown imposed in the face of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Fisheries ministry’s control room to remain open till May 16
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Livestock Ministry sold milk, egg and poultry worth Tk 176cr last week
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Move underway for marketing of milk, egg, poultry
Fisheries and Livestock Ministry has taken a move for marketing milk, egg, fish and poultry goods produced by marginal farmers and entrepreneurs of the country.
Plans worked out to save livestock, fisheries sectors: Minister
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Rezaul Karim shifted to Fisheries Ministry
In a reshuffle in the cabinet, SM Rezaul Karim has been shifted to the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry from the Housing and Public Works Ministry while two junior ministers have been given new charges.