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Safe and affordable eggs, meat, and milk are vital for a developed and healthy nation, experts said at the opening ceremony of the 5th WPVA Asia Meeting-2022 on Saturday.
Held at a hotel in Dhaka, over 300 delegates from home and abroad including poultry veterinarians, allied professionals and other public and private sector stakeholders joined the meeting.
A total of 12 invited plenary lectures and 70 scientific papers and posters will be presented in the two-day-long meeting. Scientists will share their knowledge and experiences on the detection, prevention and control of emerging poultry diseases, and mitigation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from poultry health and public health (one health) perspectives.
“Bangladesh is dreaming of a developed nation by 2041. The government has set a target for 160 gm per capita daily availability of meat and annually 208 pieces of eggs. To achieve the goal, we have to make egg & poultry meat available and safe,” said Department of Livestock Service (DLS) Director General Dr Monjur Mohammad Shahjada said at the event.
Outlining the significant contribution of the poultry industry to the rural economy and reversing migration from village to big cities, Breeders Association of Bangladesh (BAB) Senior Vice-President and Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council (BPICC) executive member Abu Luthfe Fazle Rahim Khan Shahriar said, “Our main concern is now to reduce production cost. If we can reduce disease load, we can reduce cost.”
“We are planning to export poultry meat and meat products. If we cannot control diseases and cannot ensure food & feed safety, we will have to face hurdles to enter into the competitive international market,” he added.
WVPA Bangladesh Branch President Professor Dr Md Rafiqul Islam and Secretary Dr Bishwajit Roy thanked WVPA Global Committee for allowing organising the event in Dhaka. They requested scientists and Vets to come forward to combat emerging diseases in the poultry sector.
