Mahdi Hasan :
Students and teachers of faculty of veterinary science of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on Saturday celebrated world veterinary day with much enthusiasm and festivity on the campus.
The Veterinary Students Association of BAU and faculty members chalked out different programmes to mark the day including decorating faculty building with paints and lights, flying lanterns, fireworks, colorful procession, and seminar.
The participants brought out a procession decorated with colorful banners and festoons from the faculty which ended at Shilpacharya Jainul Abedin auditorium after parading on the main streets of the campus.
Meanwhile, dean of FVS inaugurated a daylong vaccination program at Veterinary Teaching Hospital of BAU.
Later, a seminar was held in the auditorium on “Antimicrobial Resistance: From Awareness to Action”, the theme for this year of the day.
Prof Dr Mahbub Mostafa, Dean of Veterinary Science Faculty Veterinary Science (FVS) presided over the seminar.
Prof Dr Md Ariful Islam of Microbiology Department, in his keynote presentation, said that awareness of health professional is necessary for preventing resistance against antimicrobial drugs.
Among others, Prof Dr Md Iqbal Hossain and Prof Dr Md Rafiqul Islam of Pathology Department, Siam Ahmed, Sports Secretary of Bangladesh Veterinary Students Association and Mahdi Hasan, Exchange Officer of International Veterinary Students Association of Bangladesh BAU, spoke in the programme.
In the seminar the speakers urged the health professionals to use antimicrobial drugs wisely and appropriately for treatment and prevention of diseases to fight against antimicrobial resistance.
They also asked the government to regulate the production, distribution, marketing and selling of antibiotics as uncontrolled use of is one the top causes of antimicrobial resistance.
Students and teachers of faculty of veterinary science of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) on Saturday celebrated world veterinary day with much enthusiasm and festivity on the campus.
The Veterinary Students Association of BAU and faculty members chalked out different programmes to mark the day including decorating faculty building with paints and lights, flying lanterns, fireworks, colorful procession, and seminar.
The participants brought out a procession decorated with colorful banners and festoons from the faculty which ended at Shilpacharya Jainul Abedin auditorium after parading on the main streets of the campus.
Meanwhile, dean of FVS inaugurated a daylong vaccination program at Veterinary Teaching Hospital of BAU.
Later, a seminar was held in the auditorium on “Antimicrobial Resistance: From Awareness to Action”, the theme for this year of the day.
Prof Dr Mahbub Mostafa, Dean of Veterinary Science Faculty Veterinary Science (FVS) presided over the seminar.
Prof Dr Md Ariful Islam of Microbiology Department, in his keynote presentation, said that awareness of health professional is necessary for preventing resistance against antimicrobial drugs.
Among others, Prof Dr Md Iqbal Hossain and Prof Dr Md Rafiqul Islam of Pathology Department, Siam Ahmed, Sports Secretary of Bangladesh Veterinary Students Association and Mahdi Hasan, Exchange Officer of International Veterinary Students Association of Bangladesh BAU, spoke in the programme.
In the seminar the speakers urged the health professionals to use antimicrobial drugs wisely and appropriately for treatment and prevention of diseases to fight against antimicrobial resistance.
They also asked the government to regulate the production, distribution, marketing and selling of antibiotics as uncontrolled use of is one the top causes of antimicrobial resistance.
