Rabies is Fatal, Protect Your Pets and Yourself-GADVASU

Ludhiana- 28-Apr-2011



"Rabies is Fatal, Protect Your Pets and Yourself", This is the final conclusion that emerged out of lecture and discussion on Rabies held at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University which was organized in view of the World Veterinary Day celebrations. The College of Veterinary Science, GADVASU celebrated the extended "World Veterinary Day" from 21st to 28th April this year. This is celebrated all over the world on the last saturday of April. DR V.K Taneja, Vice-chancellor of the University inaugurated the free deworming and anti-rabies vaccination camp on 21st April 2011 in the University Veterinary Hospital. Every Year the World Veterinary Association proposes a theme for this day and"Rabies" is the chosen topic for this year. It is a vaccine-preventable disease however it kills more than 50,000 people worldwide every year, mostly children. 99 % of all human cases are caused by bites from infected dogs. Vaccination in animals reduces the incidence of the disease, eliminates suffering and avoids recourse to mass culling while also saving human lives. Action against such a deadly zoonosis offers an opportunity to put the focus on the positive contribution of veterinarians to public health as they are key players in the prevention and control of animal diseases. On the closing of the World Veterinary Day a function was organized where Dr B.S Sandhu, Associate Professor opined his views while speaking on Rabies and Dr. SS Rath, Professor of Parasitology talked about the parasitic infestations of the pets and their control measures. Dr. P.D Juyal, Registrar GADVASU talked about the role of a Veterinarian to safeguard the human health and not only as a means to treat animal disease. Also as a member of World Veterinary Association he informed that Rabies is a dreadful disease and vaccination against this disease is mandatory for pet dogs to safeguard the family members and human population. The Function was also attended by Dr. SPS Sangha, Dean, College of Dairy Sciences and Technology and Controller of Examination of GADVASU. Dr.S.Prabhakar, Head Department of the Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex informed that during the free anti rabies vaccination and deworming camp organized during the week for the pet dogs, a total of 140 pets were given Anti rabies shots and 108 pets were dewormed. The faculty members and students of College who attend clinical cases have already been vaccinated. An oral Hygiene camp was also organized on the 25th and 26th April in the Small animal hospital of the department for the benefit of the pet owners.

A Photography competition and photography workshop was also organized at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) on 26 April, 2011 in connection of world veterinary day . In this competition students of different colleges of GADVASU submitted photographs on various themes and there were more than 60 entries for this competition. Mr Arunbber Singh, Parteek Jindal and Varun Prabakar won first, second and third prize respectively. Mr Satinder Saini and Deepjot Singh won the appreciation award.

Janmeja Singh Johal an eminent photographer gave tips to the students for improving the various photographic techniques In the workshop,. He also told the students about the various soft-wares that can be used to improve the photographs. Dr Kirti Dua President of Fine arts and Photography club, who organized this function was of the opinion that students should engage in different types of extracurricular activities that help in channelizing their energies and develop a multifaceted personality.




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