BSS

Bangladeshi veterinary scientists has invented the preventive vaccine for cattle’s foot and mouth disease (FMD), a major viral ailment that causes the country an estimated loss of Taka 10,000 crore annually.

“Our veterinary scientists have invented the master-seed of anti-FMD vaccine . . .

it is a landmark achievement for the livestock sector,” state minister for Livestock Narayan Chandra Chanda told BSS.

He added that the invention was now expected to drastically reduce the cattle mortality rate as the contagious disease often claims lives of 51 percent of adult cattle heads and 70 percent calves, incurring a loss estimated to be as high as 10,000 crore every year.

Chanda’s comments came as the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) formally handed him over the maser-seed of the anti-FMD vaccine at his office.