The emergency livestock vaccination and treatment launched last Wednesday in Eastern Equatoria by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization is to benefit over 6,000 households across the state.
The project titled ‘Emergency Livestock Response Programme’ was launched under the theme” “Healthy livestock, healthy people – sustainable development”.
Dr. Guali John Tana, Extension Associate for Animal Production and Heath, FAO Torit field office says the vaccine will target the animals against the endemic disease.
He explains that the vaccine is targeting cattle, goats, sheep, and poultry and among others.
“We are targeting endemic diseases in cattle, sheep and goats, donkey, poultry including rabbits. In cattle we are vaccinating animals against Contagious Bovine Pelerine Pneumonia, in goats we are targeting three disease Anthrax, Black quarter, HCS diseases, in sheep, we are targeting two diseases, Pestipetidro ruminant diseases and sheep and goats pox, in goat we are targeting three diseases, PPR, contagious caprine diseases, sheep and goat poxes. In poultry we are targeting one disease, Newcastle disease, in dogs we are targeting dogs against rabies disease including donkeys which are going to be vaccinated against rabies disease”, the official explained.
Dr John states that the vaccines will be targeting 90,000 cattle, 30,000 sheep, 60,000 goats and about 14,000 poultry in the whole of Eastern Equatoria State.
“Based on our direct intervention we target more than 6850 households to be covered and we are also targeting cattle estimated about 93,500 and 34,500 sheep, 62500 goats and 14,000 poultry, 850 dogs, 500 donkeys and then we are also planning to treat some clinical cases about 72,900 livestock to be targeted under the treatment and de-worming against the endemic diseases. Every year we are giving doses of vaccines to the animals depending on the types of the vaccine”, he clarified.
The doctor was speaking to Radio Emmanuel in an exclusive interview from Torit.