Lok Sabha Question No. 2818 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
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

ADMITTED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2818 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8.03.2025

## NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM

## 2818. SHRI ARUN BHARTI:

Will the Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to State:

- a) the  detailed  on  the  success  rate  of  Foot  and  Mouth  Disease  (FMD)  and  Brucellosis vaccinations in different  regions  of  India  under  the  National Animal  Disease  Control Programme (NADCP) in 2024;
- 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 to expand the programme's coverage to include pastoral sheep and goats in 2024 and their impact on FMD incidents;
- d) the impact observed after the introduction of annual vaccinations on the incidence of Brucellosis in female bovine calves in 2024; and
5. (e)  the  steps  taken  to  ensure  the  effectiveness  of  the  programme  through  different geographical regions?

## ANSWER

THE HON'BLE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY & DAIRYING

(PROF. S P SINGH BAGHEL)

- a) The  detail  on  success  rate  of  Foot  and  Mouth  Disease  (FMD)  and  Brucellosis vaccinations under the National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) in India in 2024 are as under:
- i. Vaccination against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is covered under 100% central assistance under Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) for all States/UTs. Around 44.57 crore FMD vaccines and 1.6 crore Brucella vaccines have been administered during 2024 in the country.
- ii. The coverage percentage of vaccination program has increased over last year across all regions of the country, by ensuring timely supply of quality tested vaccines for FMD and Brucellosis, along with awareness generation among stakeholders.
- iii. This  has  resulted  in  improvement  in  the  average  post  vaccination  antibody  titre indicating  increase  in  immunity. As  per  the  seromonitoring  data  post-vaccination protective titers in last round has increased to  82.3%, 76.7%, and 78.7% from 68.0%, 63.6%, and 66.0% of previous round against serotypes O, A, and Asia1, respectively
- iv. As per the information received from States/UTs, the number of outbreaks of FMD have reduced from 132 in 2019 to 49 in 2023. Similarly, the outbreaks of brucellosis decreased from 20 in 2019 to 8 in 2023. The tentative outbreak data of Brucellosis in 2024, is 15 restricted to few States.
6. (b) Overall  livestock  productivity  is  affected  by  nutrition,  management,  vaccination  and other  veterinary  care  factors.  No  specific  study  has  been  conducted  on  livestock productivity metrics  with  respect  to  vaccination  of  animals  under  NADCP.  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 201415 to 239.3 million tonnes in 2023-24. During this period, productivity across all animal categories,  including  descript,  non-descript  cattle,  buffaloes,  and  crossbred  cattle  has improved substantially.

- (c) DAHD has initiated supply of FMD vaccine for effective vaccination coverage of sheep and goat 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 reduce FMD incidence through bi-annual vaccination for definite period as per the program. Only one round of vaccination is administered and no impact assessment has been done.
- (d) Upto 2024, around 4.4 crore female calves have been cumulatively vaccinated in the country under NADCP contributing to a reduction in disease prevalence as per available data mentioned above.
- (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. State-wise sampling plan has been prepared for routine seromonitoring and serosurveillance of diseases covered under NADCP.
- iv. Financial  support  is  provided  to  Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research(ICAR)National Institute of Foot and Mouth Disease (NIFMD)-Bhubaneswar, ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institutes (IVRI)-Bareilly, ICAR-IVRI-Bengaluru, ICARNational  Institute  of  Veterinary  Epidemiology  and  Disease  Informatics  (NIVEDI)Bengaluru and Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Animal Health-Baghpat for FMD related activities
- v. Procurement and supply of the FMD & Brucella vaccine f for respective State and Union Territory is done centrally.
- vi. Data  related  to  registration  of  livestock  and  vaccination  is  uploaded  on  Bharat Pashudhan portal.

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