Lok Sabha Question No. 3729 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-12
Subject: National Animal Disease Control Programme
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Shri Arun Bharti

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3729 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAMME

## 3729. SHRI ARUN BHARTI:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  success  rate  of  Foot  and  Mouth  Disease  (FMD)  and  Brucellosis vaccinations in different regions in the country under the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) in 2025;
- (b) whether  there  has  been  any  improvement  in  the  livestock  productivity  metrics  for  the vaccinated animals under the programme's ongoing vaccination campaigns, and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the measures taken by the Government to expand the programme's coverage to include pastoral sheep and goats in 2025 and their impact on FMD incidents;
- (d) the impact of the introduction of annual vaccinations on the incidence of Brucellois in female bovine calves in 2025; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to ensure the effectiveness of the programme through different geographical regions?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING

## (PROF. S.P. SINGH BAGHEL)

- (a) The  details  of  the  success  rate  of  Foot  and  Mouth  Disease  (FMD)  and  Brucellosis vaccinations under the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) under Livestock  Health  &  Disease  Control  Programme  (LHDCP)  in  India  in  2025  are  as under:
- i. The number of outbreaks of FMD has reduced from 132 in 2019 to 6 during 2025, till June. Similarly, the outbreaks of brucellosis decreased from 20 in 2019 to 0 in 2025 till June.
- ii. Vaccination against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) has resulted in improvement in the average post vaccination antibody titer indicating increase in immunity. As per the seromonitoring data post-vaccination average protective titers against FMD virus  serotypes  O,  A  and  Asia1  is  78.1,  71.7  and  77.6,  respectively.  Brucella infection rate has been reduced by 40-50% with considerable decrease in abortion cases upto 30-35%
- (b) Overall  livestock  productivity  depends  on  nutrition,  management,  vaccination  and other veterinary care factors. No specific study on livestock productivity metrics with respect to vaccination of animals under NADCP is known to have been conducted.

However, vaccination helps in increasing livestock productivity by reducing disease burden. Various initiatives of the Government has resulted in a significant increase in milk production i.e. 63.5%, over the past decade rising from 146.31 million tonnes in 2014-15 to  239.30 million tonnes in 2023-24.

Further,  between  2014-15  and  2022-23,  the  productivity  of  all  bovine  categoriesdescript and non-descript cattle, crossbred cattle, and buffaloes-increased by 27%, the highest rate globally. Specifically, productivity of indigenous and non-descript cattle rose by 35.38%, from 927 kg/animal/year in 2014-15 to 1255 kg/animal/year in 202223. Buffalo productivity increased by 17.6%, from 1880 kg to 2211 kg/animal/year during the same period.

- (c) Department has initiated supply of FMD vaccine for effective vaccination coverage of sheep and goat by including pastoral sheep and goat population in the States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in 2024. This aims to check the possible spread of FMD in migratory route in sheep and goats.
- (d) The vaccination against Brucellosis is administered once in a lifetime in bovine female calves of 4-8 months of age. During 2025, more than 56.27 Lakhs female calves have been  vaccinated  in  the  country  with  seroconversion  rates  of  75.63%  in  cattle  and 67.17% in buffaloes calves align with global benchmarks.
- (e) The  different  steps  taken  for  effectiveness  of  the  programme  through  different geographical regions are outlined as under:
- i. Department has streamlined the vaccination programs against FMD with regular quality testing, sero-surveillance, sero-monitoring and sampling plans.
- ii. Financial support is provided to States and Union Territories for procurement of vaccination accessories, strengthening of cold chain infrastructure and  for awareness generation amongst stakeholders.
- iii. Financial support is provided to Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR)National  Institute  of  Foot  and  Mouth  Disease  (NIFMD)-Bhubaneswar,  ICARIndian  Veterinary  Research  Institutes  (IVRI)-Bareilly,  ICAR-IVRI-Bengaluru, ICAR-  National  Institute  of  Veterinary  Epidemiology  and  Disease  Informatics (NIVEDI)-Bengaluru and Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Animal Health-Baghpat  entrusted to them for FMD vaccine related activities
- iv. State-wise sampling plan has been prepared for sero-monitoring and serosurveillance of diseases by ICAR-NIVEDI, Bengaluru.
- v. Procurement and supply of the FMD & Brucella vaccine for respective State and Union Territory is done centrally.
- vi. The supply of quality FMD vaccines have been streamlined
- vii. Data  related  to  registration  of  livestock  and  vaccination  is  uploaded  on  Bharat Pashudhan portal.
- viii. The interval between the consecutive vaccination rounds under FMD and the FMD vaccination campaign duration has been reduced considerably as per prescribed guidelines, in most of the States/UTs so that the desired immunity can be achieved