The Indian dairy farming and agriculture business has grown to Himalayan heights to put the country as number one milk producer in the world today with above 92 million tons record production. The country has a huge livestock population of cattle, buffaloes, sheep and goats 170 million mainly in desert and hilly track of Indian continent e.g. HP, J & K, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu are the major habitant for small numinants for rural economy with a marginal and landless community. The production of livestock products like milk, meat, wool, hides and other byproducts have also increased tremendously in recent years.
Goattery is becoming more popular as compare to poultry in recent times the problems are mainly breeding, the good quality of mutton breed and the milk breed so that the vegetarian and non vegetarian dietery system in the Indian family has been popularized, the problem has also due over grazing in the forest area at grass root villages since stall feeding system of farming is on way as viable alternative for economic production but the disease is like haemorrhagic septicaemia and other viral disease are need to be control through vaccinatioin programme.
Improvement in the genetic potential of the livestock by means of cross breeding have made the cross bred animals, apart from increasing stressful productivity management practices have made animals more susceptible to diseases like Foot and Mouth disease infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, haemorrhagic septicaemia, black quarter, brucellosis. Most of these diseases can be controlled by systematic vaccination and monitoring.
The export market of livestock products is ever increasing. The increase is particularly significant to other Asian countries, countries of the MIddle East and Europe. The world trade organization (WTO) plays a significant role in determining trade policies, it would be of utmost importance that export products be free of important infectious diseases especially those listed by the OIE. A stringent monitoring and control policy should be implemented to prevent spread of these diseases (FAO/OIE/WTO).
India has followed the OIE proposal for the eradication of Rinderpest disease. Sero surveillance and disease diagnosis was vigorously followed along with compulsry vaccination of all animals. It should be noted that the OIE would recognize India to be Rinderpest free soon. An immune belt has been created along the borders of the endemic areas.
