Veterinary Institutions cont.

VETERINARY INSTITUTIONS

Mobile Veterinary Units

  • Mobile Veterinary Units are taken care by Veterinary Assistant Surgeons who provide veterinary health services like vaccination, deworming and artificial insemination to livestock reared by farmers living in isolated areas who face problems to get veterinary assistance.

Upgraded sub-centres

  • To spread out the veterinary services to the rural mass, sub-centres were upgraded as Upgraded Veterinary Sub-centres manned by Junior Veterinary Assistant Surgeons. They mainly involved in AI, treatment, Deoworming, Vaccination and treatment of infertility cases etc.,

Sub-centres

  • Livestock inspector works in these sub-centres. They give first aid to sick animals and do AI. They are also involved in deworming and vaccination under the technical guidance of Veterinarians.

Duties and responsibilities of Veterinary assistant surgeon

  • He is responsible for budgeting and control of expenditure of his Institution.
  • He is responsible to run the Institution and attend to cases, perform castrations, inoculations and Artificial Insemination work in the Hospital.
  • He is responsible for maintenance of stock of stores and biological products.
  • He will arrange for Ranikhet Disease inoculation of poultry on specified day in a week.
  • He will attend meat inspection work.
  • He will attend to police requisition for Post-mortem examination (or) issue of wound certificate in his jurisdiction.
  • He will participate in Mass Contact Programme.
  • He will attend to Outbreak Reports of his jurisdiction and arrange for preventive vaccination immediately with the help of Assistant Director.
  • He will submit all periodicals and Tour Diaries prescribed for the Veterinary Hospital to the Regional Joint Director.
  • He will visit the dairy units of the Central jail if there is one in his area for technical advice and aid whenever requested.
  • He will maintain a register of private dairy, poultry units, etc and record the work done in the units in his jurisdiction.
  • He will co-ordinate the Assistant Director of Animal Husbandry in propaganda and arrange for exhibition as and when required.
  • He will be responsible to maintain the record of livestock and poultry census and also all the animal husbandry activities of his jurisdiction.
  • He will be responsible to maintain the buildings under his control neat and tidy and ensure the safety.
Last modified: Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 9:44 AM