Lok Sabha Question No. 1485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-03
Subject: Infectious and Contagious Diseases among Animals
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1485 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  MAY, 2016

## INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG ANIMALS

## 1485. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और कृ िक कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government is aware about the infectious and contagious diseases spreading among animals in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the steps taken/being taken by the Government to prevent and control the infectious and contagious disease among the animals in the country;
- (c)  whether  any  guidelines  have  been  issued  by  the  Union  Government  to  the  State Governments and Union Territories to do the needful in this regard; and
- (d)  If so, the details of the guidelines issued by the Government along with the steps taken by the state Governments and union territories to prevent the contagious diseases among the animals?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## (SHRI MOHANBHAI KUNDARIYA)

(a) Government is aware about the occurrence of various infectious and contagious diseases amongst  the  animals  in  the  country.    As  per  the  available  information  on  animal  diseases received from State and Union Territory (UT) Governments, the diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Black Quarter (BQ), Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (HS), Enterotoxaemia,  Peste  des  Petits  Ruminants  (PPR),  Bluetongue,  Classical  Swine  Fever, Rabies, Glanders, Anthrax etc. are regularly reported in animals. Further, Infectious  Bursal Disease, Coccidiosis, Fowl Cholera and Salmonellosis are also being reported in poultry.

(b)  to  (d)  Prevention,  control  and  containment  of  animal  diseases  including  infectious  and contagious diseases is carried out by respective State/UT  Governments.  In  order  to supplement these activities of the State Governments, the Central Government is providing financial  assistance  through  various  components  of  Livestock  Health  and  Disease  Control (LH &DC) Scheme.

Under  the  scheme  funds  are  also  provided  for  capacity  building  of  technical  manpower, strengthening  of  disease  diagnostic  laboratories,  biological  production  units,  veterinary hospitals and dispensaries, epidemiological surveillance and monitoring of diseases including disease  forecasting.    Four  National  Animal  Disease  Control  Programmes  for  the  control  of FMD, PPR, Brucellosis and Classical Swine Fever are being implemented as component of Livestock  Health  &  Disease  Control  Scheme.  Further,  advisories  are  also  issued  by  the Department  to  the  State  Governments  for  undertaking  necessary  prevention,  control  and containment measures for various animal diseases including zoonotic diseases such as Avian Influenza, Glanders etc. as per the provisions of the Prevention and Control of Infectious & Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009. For control of Avian Influenza, Department has circulated  revised  action  plan  in  March,2015  for  Prevention,  control  and  containment  of Avian  Influenza  under  which  State  Governments  carry  out  all  control  and  containment measures. Department has also initiated National Animal  Disease Reporting System (NADRS), a computerized system of animal disease reporting linking each block, district and State Headquarters to the Central Disease Reporting which Monitoring Unit in New Delhi to ensure prompt disease reporting.

With the implementation of robust animal disease control programmes in the States/UTs, there has been overall reduction in the incidence of animal diseases e.g. 2,270 outbreaks of FMD  were  reported  in  the  country  in  2005  which  have  been  reduced  to  109  in  2015. Similarly,  PPR,  Haemorrhagic  Septicaemia,  Anthrax    outbreaks  were  1071,  775  and  72  in 2005 and have been reduced to 116, 89 and 49 in 2015 respectively.

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