Free anti-rabies vaccination and awareness camp held in Tezpur

TEZPUR: A day-long free anti-rabies vaccination and awareness camp was held at the District Veterinary office, Sonitpur on Monday as part of the World Rabies Day program.

The event was organized by WE Animals, Tezpur in association with Indian Immunological limited, Tezpur and supported by Assam Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Service Association, Sonitpur district branch. The programme was inaugurated by Dr Binoy Kumar Barman, DVO, Sonitpur, and Dr Tirtha Singh in the presence of Aparoopa Sarma, founder president of WE Animals, and other senior officials took part in the event.

The free camp focuses on providing anti rabies dose and also created awareness regarding the importance of anti-rabies vaccination prophylaxis. It was attended by more than 40 pet owners from greater Tezpur town. They got their pets vaccinated for free. Doctors also gave tips to animal lovers during the camp and counselling was provided on feed and care of their pets.

Dr Tirtha Singh, while discussing the importance of ant-rabies vaccine, said these things were often neglected by pet owners and were major causes for other diseases in pets. He said rabies was a dreadful disease and vaccination was mandatory for pet dogs to safeguard the family and human population. Dr Singh also said that according to the World Health Organization statistics, most number of deaths due to rabies occur in India.

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