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Meherpur farmers fattening cows with natural methods

Published : Saturday, 27 August, 2016 at 12:00 AM  Count : 1419
MR Alam
MEHERPUR, Aug 26: Centring the Muslim's religious festival Eid-ul-Azha after some days, the local cattle farmers are passing busy days in cow-fattening following natural methods since the artificial method is risky. But they are worried about possible fall in prices if the Indian cows are imported ahead of the Eid.
However, animal experts have advised to purchase the sacrificial cattle after proper test.
According to official sources, there are 386 commercial cow-rearing farms in the district. Besides, several hundred families are also rearing about 31,440 sacrificial cattle for sale before the Eid.
The cattlemen are optimistic about fair price of their animals since the price was reasonable throughout the year.
This year the cattle farmers used straw, green grass, oil cake, wheat, gram, and boiled rice to feed the sacrificial animals. They demanded identification of unscrupulous owners who rear cows using steroids and hormones.
A cattleman Enamul Haque of Malshadah village said, there are 18 Nepalese and 12 Haryana varieties of cows at his farm which he has been rearing following indigenous system.
Mohibul of Bout village under the same upazila said, "I have been involved in cow fattening for the last 10 years. This year I reared some 41 cows of Nepalese, Haryana and native varieties through indigenous system. Last year some of my cattle died as I used artificial medicines for fattening."
Shafiuddin, a cattle trader of Kunjo Nagar village informed The Daily Observer, "I had marketed some 210 sacrificial cows in capital Dhaka last year. This year I will send 500 cows which I have collected from different villages."
Arobindu Sarkar, former principal of Alamdanga Veterinary Training Centre, advised the customers to buy sacrificial animals after examining those properly.
Dr. S K Haldar, district livestock officer, said, all precautionary measures have been taken so that no Indian cows enter Bangladesh ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha. More than one team of Livestock Department including mobile court will monitor the cattle markets in the district so that no artificially reared cows are marketed, he added.






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