“Anti-microbial resistance awareness is important because this is a serious problem. It affects human health as much as it affects animals,” said animal husbandry & veterinary services (AHVS) director, Santosh Desai.
“The diagnosis of the animal’s disease and administration of the antibiotic needs to be accurate. Very often, abuse of an antibiotic leads to residues (being present) in animals,” said veterinary doctor, Gustavo Pinto. “This happens when quacks and (unqualified) assistants to veterinary doctors or unqualified doctors are responsible for giving the dosage to animals”, he said. tnn