Water troughs kept ready by dept. at veterinary institutions for livestock
Livestock owners have been advised to take cattle for grazing between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. and between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The Animal Husbandry Department has set out on the task of lling water in water troughs set up at the veterinary institutions in Tiruchi district to quench the thirst of livestock when they were being brought for veterinary examination and treatment. The move comes in the wake of heatwave prevailing for the last one month and as per the direction of the district administration.
Tiruchi district accounts for over 100 veterinary institutions (dispensaries and hospitals) where water troughs had been established. Water was being
lled in over 95 of these veterinary institutions to quench the thirst of animals brought during the day for examination and treatment. Steps have been taken to rectify those water troughs which required repairs,
A cow drinking water from the water trough at the veterinary institution in Kariyamanickam village in Tiruchi district.
a senior ocial of the Animal Husbandry department here said.
The department has come out with detailed information
on the ways of managing livestock and poultry birds, especially during summer. Pamphlets containing information
in Tamil to the livestock and poultry owners were being circulated at the village level in Tiruchi district by the eld-level department ocials.
The pamphlets explain the symptoms of heat stress on livestock, number of times livestock need to be given water to drink, tying of salt lick in the farm shed, installation of water sprinkler within the shed and on its top, planting seedlings of fast-growing trees around the shed to keep it cool for the animals.
The livestock owners have been advised to take the cows for grazing between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. especially during summer.
The pamphlets contain steps for management of goats and poultry birds. The ocial said the veterinary institutions were ready for treatment of summer-related disease faced by the livestock.
According to ocial gures, there were more than three lakh cattle in the district and over six lakh goats and sheep.