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ANIMAL HEALTH

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The success of various livestock development programme mainly depends upon providing efficient health cover to the livestock. Animal Husbandry Department has set up a well knit Animal Health Programme by setting up Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries, Disease Diagnostic Laboratories and Polyclinics etc.

At the end of the previous year 2006-07, 1367 Vety. Hospitals and 1485 Vety. Dispensaries were functioning in the State. During the year 2006-07, 582 veterinary hospitals were transferred to Panchayati Raj . Out of these 582 hospital only 340 Veterinary service provider doctors could be appointed by Department of Rural Development. The institutions transferred to Panchayati Raj was for administrative purpose only . As for their working is concerned, they are reporting to Department of Animal Husbandry, Punjab. No new hospital and dispensary was opened and upgraded during the year under report.Thus the strength of veterinary hospitals and dispensaries stands 1367 and 1485 respectively as on 31.3.2008.

During the year 2007-08, average number of livestock units served per veterinarian was 5159. The average number of villages covered per veterinary institution was 4 during the year under report.

VETERINARY INSTITUTES IN PUNJAB

NAME	NUMBER
Veterinary Hospitals	1367
Veterinary Dispensaries	1485
Frozen Semen Banks	4
Cattle Breeding Farms	2
Buffalo Breeding Farm	1
Sheep Breeding Farm	1
Sheep And Wool Extension Centers	38
Wool Grading Center	1
Poultry Breeding Farms	1
Poultry Service Center	58
Pig Breeding Farms	6
Veterinary Poly-Clinics	9
Animal Health Institute , Sanitary Lab	1
Veterinary Vaccine Institute	1
Veterinary Training Center (Polytechnic)	1

The district wise strength of veterinary hospitals and dispensaries , average area covered per veterinary institution and average number of livestock units served per veterinarian is given below

Statement showing the number of Hospitals and Dispensaries, No of villages, Livestock units and Area served per vety institution during the

Sr.No	District	Veterinary Institutions			No of Livestock units (Projected)	No of villages	Area in Sq Km.	Av. No of Livestock units served / Veterinarian	Av, no of villages covered / Vety Instt.	Av. Area covered per institution in Sq.K.m
		Hosp	Disp	Total
1	Gurdaspur	127	108	235	461079	1532	3564	3631	7	15.17
2	Amritsar	73	131	204	408390	720	2647	5594	4	12.98 21.87
3	Tarn taran	59	53	112	376944	465	2449 1632	6389	4	12.98 21.87
4	Kapurthala	45	41	86	198061	618	2449 1632	4401	7	18.98
5	Jalandhar	92	92	184	401400	934	2632	4363	5	14.30
6	N. Shahar	52	45	97	174339	465	1267	3353	5	13.06
7	Hoshiarpur	92	95	187	369603	1386	3365	4017	7	17.99
8	Ropar	43	46	89	199444	401	1369 1093	4638	5	15.38 13.84
9	Mohali	38	41	79	203421	463	1369 1093	5353	6	15.38 13.84
10	Ludhiana	114	135	249	693710	897	3767	6085	4	15.13
11	Firozepur	113	82	195	590308	968	5303	5224	5	27.19
12	Faridkot	32	36	68	177857	163	1469	5558	2	21.60
13	Muktsar	54	79	133	255874	234	2216	4738	2	16.66
14	Moga	43	64	107	342328	321	2615	7961	3	24.44
15	Bathinda	87	88	175	392848	280	3385	4515	2	19.34
16	Mansa	53	60	113	296948	238	2171	5603	2	19.21
17	Patiala	76	88	164	443214	1054	3218	5832	6	19.62
18	F.G Sahib	48	42	90	198377	442	1180	4133	5	13.11
19	Sangrur	97	113	210	627723	547	3610	6471	2	17.19
20	Barnala	29	46	75	241040	150	1410	8312	3	18.80
	2007-08	1367	1485	2852	7052908	12278	50362	5159	4	17.66
	2006-07	1367	1485	2852	8560844	12413

VETERINARY INSTITUTES IN PUNJAB

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Veterinary Institutions