Following the distribution of goats to the project participants, the local Village Animal Health Workers have been tagging and de worming as they have been trained to do so.
Peste des Petits Ruminants, or PPR for short, is still a prevalent virus in South Asia and can cause considerable productive losses. The vaccine covers for 3 years and is available free of cost from the Ministry of Agriculture. However, they don't provide trained personnel to do the vaccinating! To prevent this disease we (VIVA Nepal & AHTCS) have been vaccinating all the goats in the project sites, including those belonging to non-members.
We have vaccinated about 600 goats so far and I'm off into the field again for a few days to carry out 3 more camps. Interestingly, we originally planned to carry out a general health camp to coincide with the vaccinations. But the VAHW's have been working so well that there wouldn't be many sick animals at the camps!
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