Training on scientific management on Mithun husbandry for better health and improve performance for greater survivability held at MGMG adopted village, Supliang.
ICAR, KVK Anjaw impart Training on scientific management on Mithun husbandry for better health and improve performance for greater survivability held at MGMG adopted village, Supliang, Anjaw on 24th October 2016.
Dr. Tilling Tayo, SMS-Animal Science, KVK Anjaw, briefly presented on all the aspect of Mithun husbandry right from feeding, breeding and disease management, through power point presentation. During cross question farmer informed that the major problem in mithun husbandry in Anjaw is outbreak of FMD and Theliza infestation, due to which many mithiun are lost every year, either due to secondary infection or starvation of mithun suffer with FMD. On the other hand eye worm infestation is second most economic importance of disease in mithun because often mithun fall from Clift during the course of grazing during eye infection time. He exhorted that the health problem related to mithun husbandry can be mitigate if regular vaccination schedule for FMD is followed and Ivermectin injection is given twice a year, one before onset of monsoon and other during September – October every year. The programme conclude with distribution of vitamin and mineral supplement (suplivet), deworming (Bandykind plus) along with Himax ointment. Altogether including rural youths, famers and dropout student 23 numbers have attended the training programe.
On the request of Mr. PagemsoChaitam his Mithun was treated. After physical observation of Mithun it was found that infected wound with pus in front of stifle joint, skin infestation with tick eggs and healed eye worm (theliza) infection. Wound was dressed with potassium permanganate 2% solution and paint with Himax. 2 ml of ivermectin was injected subcutaneously to check the endo and ecto parasite along with vitamin-A injection of early healing of wound.
Action Photographs
Pic No. 1. Delivering lecture
Pic No. 2. Distributing medicine
Pic No. 5. Painting Himax on wound
Pic No. 6. Injecting Ivermectin S/C
Pic No. 7. Injecting vitamin A I/M
