JAMMU, Nov. 12 -- Minister for Agriculture Production Javid Ahmad Dar on Thursday called for a sustained village-level awareness campaign across Jammu and Kashmir to prevent, detect and control mastitis among dairy animals, stressing the need for timely veterinary intervention to protect farmers from economic losses.
He made the remarks while inaugurating the two-day International Conference of the Association of Mastitis (AOMCON-2026) and its annual convention at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-Jammu), R.S. Pura.
Dar directed the concerned departments to strengthen field-level outreach and educate dairy farmers about preventive mea...