Decision to Produce Animal Vaccines Locally for The First Time in Pakistan

Decision to Produce Animal Vaccines Locally for The First Time in Pakistan

The five-year project will cost two billion 20 crore rupees. The federal government has decided to produce animal vaccines locally for the first time.

The Pakistani government has decided to domestically produce animal vaccines for the first time in the country, and the government has started working on a 5-year project in collaboration with China.

In collaboration with China, the veterinary vaccine will be developed in Pakistan at the Sindh Institute of Animal Health, Karachi. Live stock and dairy products will be protected with the foot-and-mouth disease vaccine.

The five-year project will cost two billion 20 crore rupees

Earlier, Pakistan used to order this vaccine from Russia and Turkey, but now the vaccine for animals suffering from the deadly foot-and-mouth disease will not have to be ordered from abroad, but both the production and packaging of this vaccine will be done in Pakistan.

The five-year project will cost two billion 20 million rupees, and China will provide technical support and financial support in the preparation of the vaccine. has directed.

In Pakistan, 21.3 million animals require 45 million doses of vaccine every year, which were previously imported from Russia or Turkey. One dose costs Rs. 300 in Pakistan and 2 doses per animal per year.

Animal keeping centers will be set up at 8 places between Sindh and Punjab to determine the stages of vaccine preparation, milk and meat can be protected by vaccination, foot-and-mouth disease outbreak zones will be created in Tharparkar.