A two-day international workshop titled “Udder Health Control Programme in Developing Countries: Learning from each other and sharing global experiences” begins at Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) 30th-May-2016.

Swedish government is financing the international workshop under a CVASU-run research project titled “Development of Udder Health Control Programme in Dairy Cows in Bangladesh”.
CVASU, National Veterinary Institute (NVI) of Sweden, Utrecht University of Netherland and National Institute for Agricultural Research, France are jointly arranged the workshop which began at the Conference Hall of CVASU academic building at 9am.

University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof Abdul Mannan attend ed the workshop as the chief guest while UGS member Prof Dr Akhtar Hossain, Health Coordinator of the Food and Agricultural organisation (FAO) Dr Nitish Chandra Debnath and Project Leader of NVI, Sweden Prof Dr Ylva Persson attended it as special guests.

CVASU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Goutam Buddha Das presides over the workshop duly participated by different researchers from India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Kenya and Bangladesh. Dean of CVASU Veterinary Medicine Faculty Prof Dr Mohammad Ahsanul Hoque presented the welcome address while international project leader Prof Dr Mizanur Rahman informed different information and data on the project, a CVASU sources said.Source: The Daily Nation

Workshop Theme: Together towards better udder health in Bangladesh:
Sharing field and laboratory findings and training of dairy practitioners and farmers

Mastitis is a global problem for the dairy industry. To monitor and control this situation there are national platforms and programs in the developed countries. To establish a similar program in the low income countries or developing world setting, an udder health control research program was started in Bangladesh with the financial support from the Swedish government (Swedish Research Council- Vetenskapsrådet) and partnerships with the National Veterinary Institute, Sweden, Utrecht University and Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands and Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU), Bangladesh in 2016. This is the third and final year of this collaborative project. Major parts of the field and laboratory activities have almost been completed. For sharing the findings, experiences and getting feedback from different stakeholders, an international workshop will be held on 23-25 of October, 2018 at CVASU, Chittagong, Bangladesh.