"The government has a plan to produce FMD vaccine for the livestock locally instead of importing", said the minister while responding to a supplementary question raised by treasury bench lawmaker Awlad Hossain of Dhaka-4 during the question-answer session at the Jatiya Sangsad here. To this end, the minister said this type of vaccine would be produced locally soon and a decision has been taken to build a research centre for manufacturing the vaccine. "The FMD is a major challenge for the livestock sector in Bangladesh," he said, adding that at present, the country meets the demand for vaccines mostly by import. The vaccine is expected to help boost the country's livestock sector as it incurs a loss of $125 million per year due to the disease. He said the price per unit vaccine will be halved when they start manufacturing those in the country.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 22, 2024 13:20 UTC