Mahdi Hasan, BAU :
Experts and scientists expressed that active public engagement is necessary to control and prevent the emergence and re-emergence of zoonotic diseases (diseases that transmit from animal to human and vice versa).
They also urged the government to make appropriate policy and operate extensive survey to understand the zoonotic diseases and control them in our country.
They were speaking in the symposium and plenary lecture session of two-day long annual scientific conference of Bangladesh Society for Veterinary Education and Research (BSVER) in Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin auditorium on Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU).
BAU Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Md. Ali Akbar inaugurated the conference as chief guest with president of BSVER Prof Dr Md Rafiqul Islam in the chair while Prof Dr Md. Golam Shahi Alam, Vice-chancellor, Sylhet Agricultural University as guest of honor, Prof Dr. Md. Abdus Samad, dean of Veterinary Science, Dr. Eric Brum, country team leader, ECTAD, FAO were present as special guests in the programme.
Prof Dr Abdul Alim presented the keynote paper on behalf of Prof Dr Md Motahar Hussain Mondal on ‘Emerging and Reemerging Parasitic Diseases of Zoonotic Importance’, the theme of the conference.
Former university Grants Commission (UGC) professor Dr Muzahed Uddin Ahmed received the BSVER annual lecture award in the inaugural ceremony.
