BSS, Rajshahi :
Speakers at a participatory discussion in Rajshahi unequivocally called for forging social movement against using steroid for fattening cattle ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha in Rajshahi region.
They viewed a section of unscrupulous farmers and traders are allegedly feeding and injecting their cattle steroid hormones to fatten up the sacrificial animals posing a serious threat to the public health. The observations came at a seminar styled “Fattened Animals with Steroid is Harmful for Public Health” held at the conference hall of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industries yesterday afternoon. Bangladesh Livestock Society (BLS) organized the seminar. Vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University Prof Dr Mijanuddin and Prof Dr Aminur Rahman from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University in Gazipur addressed the programme as chief and special guests respectively with Prof Dr Jalal Uddin Sarder, President of BLS, in the chair.
Prof Dr Tanzima Yeasmin of RU, Director of Krishi Goveshona Foundation Dr Kazi Komor Uddin, Upazila Livestock Officer Dr Asim Kumar Ghosh, Deputy Director of Health Dr Gaziul Alam and BLS Secretary Dr Hemayetul Islam also spoke.
The discussants said that a number of greedy cattle farmers are allegedly using human drugs like Periactin Vita, Oradexon and Decason tablets belonging to dexa-methasone group, a kind of steroid, for rapid fattening of the sacrificial animals in short days before the Eid as they are out to earn windfall profit from cattle business during this time.
