HEALTH

Herbal treatment for animals
Tribune News Service

Herbal treatment is no longer restricted to human beings. Veterinarians and animal scientists are of the opinion that judicious use of herbs can drastically reduce the cost of treatment of sick animals. This was one of conclusions drawn by the scientists who attended the Indian Veterinary Congress organised by the College of Veterinary Science, PAU, here recently.

The therapeutic effects of neem, haldi and other indigenous medicines were discussed in detail during the congress. The adverse effects of mycotoxins in food and feed were also discussed and it was found that aflatoxin contamination in food and feed of animals were injurious to even human consumers.

While discussing the treatment for the commonly prevalent animal disease ‘mastitis’ it was recommended that for its treatment, administration of antibiotics should be preferred over the intra-mammary infusion. It was also emphasised that early diagnosis of the disease was essential for effective treatment.

A special feature of the congress was a one-day workshop on ‘Disease diagnostic techniques’ for the practising veterinarians. The latest techniques for detention of various toxicant in biological material were explained. The role of diagnostic ultrasound in veterinary practice were also discussed.

The congress was attended by about 400 delegates from all over the country. Thirty-five research papers on the subjects of microbiology, parasitology, pathology, biotechnology, immunology, biochemistry, livestock and poultry production, management, product technology, extension education, anatomy and histology, surgery, physiology, reproduction, nutrition, pharmacology and toxicology, and medicine were presented in 13 sessions. Besides, conferences on topics mastitis, indigenous medicine, hemorrhagic septicemia, rabies, mycotoxins in food and feed and clinical pharmacology were also organised in the congress.

Show on battle against bulge
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Feb 28 — A very interesting and informative exhibition on diets and nutrition was organised by the Department of Dietetics, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana. “We are What we eat.” “We must eat to live and not live to eat,” are the points which all human beings must keep in mind for maintaining good health.

Ms Molly Joshi, the Chief Dietician, CMC Hospital, with the help of dietetics students presented a poster exhibition.

There were very nice slogans like “Your scales tell you how many sides your bread is buttered on”, “The more you indulge the more you bulge”.

Not only were the posters prepared to highlight the facts of causes of the diseases and the right diet, but actual diets for jaundice patients, cholesterol patients, and other were cooked and displayed in a very attractive manner.

Low cost nutritious snacks were prepared and their recipes were also given to people. Special emphasis was laid on obesity as it is the root cause of many illnesses irrespective of age or sex. Ms Molly said, “It is very important to educate the public regarding the hazards of over and under eating. The services of dietician should be availed by one and all and every hospital should have a qualified and trained dietician for giving proper dietary guidelines.”

“Malnutrition among children, pregnant and lactating mothers can be curbed to a large extent by proper nutrition education, for this reason, we have displayed low cost nutritious snacks. Diet during old age is also very important and quality and quantity of food, intervals of feeding , fibre content has to be taken into account, she said.”

Blood donation camp
From Our Correspondent

KHANNA, Feb 28 — A blood donation camp was organised by the Blood Bank Society, Khanna at Lalheri Road on Wednesday. The camp was inaugurated by Mr Jagdish Singh Garcha, Technical Education Minister, Punjab. 39 units of blood were collected in the camp. The camp was conducted by a team of the DMC, Ludhiana. Doctors, Partap Nanda and Gyan Chand made efforts for success of the camp.

SPORT

PAU athletic meet
Raminder, Balbir shine on first day
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, February 28 — Raminder Singh of College of Agriculture and Balbir Kaur of College of Basic Sciences and Humanities stole the show in the two-day 35th Annual Athletic Meet of Punjab Agricultural University which started here today.

Raminder Singh clinched two gold and a bronze in 110m hurdles, broad jump and 400m hurdles while Balbir Kaur won two golds and a silver in 100m hurdles, shot put and javelin throw.

The other results are as follows:

In boys section: 100m: Harnarinder Singh 1, Khushal Singh 2, Chander Shekar 3; 1500m: Jeetinder Singh 1, Manpreet Singh 2, Ramanjit Singh 3; 110m hurdles: Raminder Singh 1, Jagbir Singh 2, Navdeep Singh 3; 21 km half marathon: Manpreet Singh 1, Harish Chander 2, Anubhav Khattar 3; broad jump: Raminder Singh 1, Navdeep Singh 2, Anubhav 3; Shot Put: Kanwaljit Singh 1, Narinder Pal 2, Dushyant 3; 400m hurdles: Jagbir Singh 1, Navdeep Singh 2, Raminder Singh 3; 400m: Harnarinder Singh 1, Jagbir Singh 2, Gurdeep Singh 3.

In girls section: 800m: Sumedha Ghai 1, Jyothy 2, Sukhjeet Kaur 3; 100m hurdles: Balbir Kaur 1, Sumedha Ghai 2, Sukhjeet Kaur 3; shot put: Balbir Kaur 1, Maninder Kaur 2, Ishadeep 3; Javelin throw: Kamaldeep 1, Balbir Kaur 2, Kamaljit 3; 100m: Seema 1, Sukhjeet Grewal 2, Manpreet 3.