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LAMB-MEAT-HEALTH (with picture)
Hygienic lamb meat can ensure sound public health: experts
RAJSHAHI, Nov 6, 2020 (BSS) – Veterinary experts and scientists observed
that consumption of safe and hygienic lamb meat can be the vital means of
ensuring sound public health.
They also unequivocally called for hygienic lamb slaughter houses for safe
meat to protect the public health from various infectious diseases including
the fatal Covid-19.
Many of the existing slaughter houses are very vulnerable to spreading
various communicable diseases, they said, adding so, utmost emphasis should
be given on transforming the slaughtering houses into hygienic ones.
The experts put the stress while taking part in a virtual meeting titled
“Production of safe and nutritious lamb meat- Bangladesh Context” on Thursday
night. Bangladesh Safe Agro Food Efforts (BSAFE) hosted the meeting.
BSAFE Member and Former Director of Poultry Research and Training Center
Dr. Kazi Kamaruddin moderated the discussion, while BSAFE Chairman of Dr
Zainul Abedin was in the chair.
Prof Abul Hashem from the Department of Animal Sciences in Bangladesh
Agricultural University, Prof Jalal Uddin Sarder from the Department of
Veterinary and Animal Sciences in Rajshahi University and its Deputy Chief
Veterinary Officer Dr Hemayetul Islam took part in the open discussion as
resource persons.
Dr Ahmed Masiha Jamil from the Department of Medicine in Rajshahi Medical
College and Chairman of the Department Medicine and Public Health in Sher-E-
Bangla Agriculture University Prof Saiful Islam and lamb farmers Shalma
Khatun, Masuma Begum and Suratun Nessa also spoke.
In the meeting, the discussants evaluated and assessed the performance of
the ‘Validation of Good Practices of On-farm Lamb Production System’.
Bangladesh Livestock Society (BLS) and the Department of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences in Rajshahi University are jointly implementing the project
in the region with financial support of Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) for
the last couple of years.
Dr Zainul Abedin observed that a large-scale promotion of commercial sheep
farming can be the effective means of meeting the existing protein demands as
it can contribute to the increased production of woolen fibre and improvement
of rural livelihood as well.
He said rearing and conserving of native sheep should be given priority to
poverty reduction and creating employment opportunities.
In his remarks, Dr Kazi Kamaruddin has urged the rural people to start
sheep farming commercially using modern methods and technology to meet
nutritional demand and produce valuable wool to help develop woolen textile
in the country.
Prof Jalal Sarder told the meeting that a model sheep slaughterhouse and
lamb meat sale centre has been launched for the first time in the city for
the sake of public interests with initiative of the project.
Besides, 59 farmers were given 600 lambs besides imparting them with need-
based training on how to rear those in three categories in Paba and Godagari
upazilas in Rajshahi district.
As a whole, the project is intended to boosting the supply of high
nutritious lamb meat with improving the living and livelihood condition of
the marginal farmers through rearing lambs.
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