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'Quality research must to eliminate poultry
diseases'
LAHORE (April 17
2004): Huge financial cost is one of the major
hurdles in conducting high quality research which
is necessary for checking the disease threat being
faced by the poultry industry of Pakistan.
Dr Manzoor Ahmad vice-chancellor University of
Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore told
Business Recorder here on Thursday that "cost
accrued for the treatment of even minor diseases
usually increased the production cost of poultry
products which adversely effect it's
competitiveness in the international market.
In order to eliminate diseases from poultry sector
it is necessary to conduct high quality research
but lack of funds is hindering the efforts of
researchers", he added.
He has asked the private sector of Pakistan to
come forward for helping the educational
institutions in conducting high quality research
for avoiding disease threat to the poultry sector
of Pakistan.
He added that poultry industry of the country,
which has worth of 80 billion of rupees, is not
spending due amount on research and development
areas.
In order to establish Pakistani poultry industry
on strong footings, before the implementation of
WTO conditions, it is necessary to invest in
research and development areas of this sector, he
asserted.
He was of the view that poultry businessmen must
allocate a certain percentage of their profit for
research purpose.
At present, all research activities are being
carried out on ad-hoc basis. It is unfortunate
that not a single well-equipped fully loaded lab
is available in the country, he said.
With a project of Rs 4 billion, University of
Veterinary and Animal Sciences has chalked out a
10-year plan to implement a number of projects for
the betterment of poultry and veterinary sector.
With a project cost of Rs 90 million, the
University is also undertaking a project regarding
the quality of the Pakistani food, egg, chicken
and meat etc.
Courtesy Business Recorder |
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