Gadvasu ‘Pashu Palan Mela’ in offline mode after 3 yrs

Ludhiana: Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Gadvasu) will organize two-day Pashu Palan Mela on September 23 and 24. This fair is being held in physical mode after a gap of three years due to Covid-19 restrictions. The slogan of the fair is ‘Behold Science to Prosper’ and the objective is to encourage scientific farming in the state. The university would also bestow ‘chief minister award’ to three best farmers in cattle, poultry and value addition categories in the fair.
Gadvasu director of extension education, Parkash Singh Brar said, “There is a huge enthusiasm among the farmers to participate in this mela as evident from queries of farmers. In the Pashu Palan Mela, the university will showcase its technologies and impart knowledge through exhibition and interactions with farmer scientists. Technical lectures on both the days on various aspects of scientific livestock, fish and poultry rearing will be conducted so that farmers adopt the best practices which are suitable at their respective places. Question-answer sessions will also be separately arranged for the farmers on all the days.”
In the fair, varsity’s elite animals like cattle, buffalo, goat and poultry would be exhibited to motivate farmers to breed superior livestock by getting the superior germplasm from the university. University literature related to dairy farming, pig farming, goat farming and package of practices for animal husbandry and Gadvasu magazine ‘vigiyanak pashu palan’ would also be made available to the farmers.
Brar added, “Area-specific mineral mixture, uromin lick, bypass fat prepared by the university will also be sold at nominal rates. Urea treatment of wheat straw, preparation of uromin lick, bypass fat, teat dip practice and a caricide drug will be demonstrated at mela. The livestock farmers will be provided testing facilities for mastitis, internal parasites, milk, feed samples and nitrate poisoning of fodder.