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Animals, birds vaccinated

RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: The Punjab Livestock Department has vaccinated 78,22,037 animals, 4,85,015 ships & goats, 9,37,607 hens and other birds to save them from various diseases during the last six months.

According to a press release issued here on Monday, the Animal Health, Livestock Department Director disclosed this at a departmental meeting here.

Addressing the meeting, Provincial Livestock Secretary Shahab Anwar Khawaja directed the livestock officers to send him report about the number of animals present at the livestock farms.

He also directed them to point out losses and the death ratio of animals during the last year.