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McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted-Friday, November 04, 2011
Nov 04, 2011 (The Daily Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Nilphamari, northern Bangladesh (The Daily Star/ANN) -- Cattle markets in northern districts in Bangladesh see a good number of giant cattle brought for sale as sacrificial animals ahead of the Eid ul Azha but a large portion of the impressive animals are artificially fattened and diseased.
Consumers are exposed to serious health hazards as a section of unscrupulous traders, out to make quick bucks, use their own methods to fatten the cattle, ignoring the livestock department's scientific formula for the purpose, said cattle traders and officials of health and livestock departments.
About 40 per cent sacrificial cattle brought to markets in Rangpur, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts are artificially fattened, said Taslimuddin Ahmed, a well-known ijaradar (lessee) of Eid cattle markets in Nilphamari district.
Different well-known varieties of oxen including Pabna breed, Indian Horiana breed, Australian Friesian breed, Pakistani Sahiwal breed and local cross breeds are especially subjected to artificial fattening, said cattle traders and farmers.
As per the government's livestock department suggestions for fattening cattle, the animals should be dewormed and then fed with 2-2.5 kg of specially prepared mixture of urea, molasses and straw (UMS) daily for a period of six months along with other balanced food, said Rangpur District Livestock Officer Sekendar Ali.
The preparation process comprises mixing 1kg straw cut into 2-3 inch pieces with 700 ml water, 225 gram molasses and 30 gram urea. After keeping the mixture in a closed container for eight days it should be dried in the sun to make it ready for use as fodder.
If the cattle traders and farmers follow the process suggested by the livestock department, cattle may gain up to one and a half times weight uniformly within six months and consumption of their meat is safe for human health, said Shamsul Alam, upazila livestock officer in Jaldhaka.
But a section of greedy cattle traders apply unscientific methods to make the cattle weigh double or triple within the period, he said.
For artificial fattening, dishonest traders push 25-30 ampoules of high dose steroid injections like Oradexon and Decason into cattle body within two to three months, said several cattle farmers and traders including Prodip Choukidar, Rashidul Islam, Bhorot Roy and Azizul Islam of Khokshabari village in Nilphamari district.
The callous people also push high dose hormonal and vitamin injections into the animals' body and feed them harmful chemicals and excessive urea for months together.
They even have the cattle take harmful smuggled Indian steroid tablet 'Pump' for rapid fattening of the animals, said Shahidul Islam, a cattle farmer of Bhasanir Char on Teesta basin in Lalmonirhat district.
"We never suggest using steroid, hormone, high dose vitamin injections or chemicals to fatten cattle," said Rezaul Karim, district livestock officer in Nilphamari.
"Steroids cause accumulation of much fluid in animal body, making them look fatter. But as this fluid spreads throughout the body, the animals' immune system is affected and they become vulnerable to deadly diseases. Excessive use of vitamins also makes cattle sick while consumption of too much urea has toxic effect," he added.
Although look fleshy, the artificially fattened and diseased cattle become too weak to show natural liveliness, let alone move a long distance at a stretch, said livestock officials as well as cattle traders.
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McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted-Friday, November 04, 2011
Nov 04, 2011 (The Daily Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Nilphamari, northern Bangladesh (The Daily Star/ANN) -- Cattle markets in northern districts in Bangladesh see a good number of giant cattle brought for sale as sacrificial animals ahead of the Eid ul Azha but a large portion of the impressive animals are artificially fattened and diseased.
Consumers are exposed to serious health hazards as a section of unscrupulous traders, out to make quick bucks, use their own methods to fatten the cattle, ignoring the livestock department's scientific formula for the purpose, said cattle traders and officials of health and livestock departments.
About 40 per cent sacrificial cattle brought to markets in Rangpur, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts are artificially fattened, said Taslimuddin Ahmed, a well-known ijaradar (lessee) of Eid cattle markets in Nilphamari district.
Different well-known varieties of oxen including Pabna breed, Indian Horiana breed, Australian Friesian breed, Pakistani Sahiwal breed and local cross breeds are especially subjected to artificial fattening, said cattle traders and farmers.
As per the government's livestock department suggestions for fattening cattle, the animals should be dewormed and then fed with 2-2.5 kg of specially prepared mixture of urea, molasses and straw (UMS) daily for a period of six months along with other balanced food, said Rangpur District Livestock Officer Sekendar Ali.
The preparation process comprises mixing 1kg straw cut into 2-3 inch pieces with 700 ml water, 225 gram molasses and 30 gram urea. After keeping the mixture in a closed container for eight days it should be dried in the sun to make it ready for use as fodder.
If the cattle traders and farmers follow the process suggested by the livestock department, cattle may gain up to one and a half times weight uniformly within six months and consumption of their meat is safe for human health, said Shamsul Alam, upazila livestock officer in Jaldhaka.
But a section of greedy cattle traders apply unscientific methods to make the cattle weigh double or triple within the period, he said.
For artificial fattening, dishonest traders push 25-30 ampoules of high dose steroid injections like Oradexon and Decason into cattle body within two to three months, said several cattle farmers and traders including Prodip Choukidar, Rashidul Islam, Bhorot Roy and Azizul Islam of Khokshabari village in Nilphamari district.
The callous people also push high dose hormonal and vitamin injections into the animals' body and feed them harmful chemicals and excessive urea for months together.
They even have the cattle take harmful smuggled Indian steroid tablet 'Pump' for rapid fattening of the animals, said Shahidul Islam, a cattle farmer of Bhasanir Char on Teesta basin in Lalmonirhat district.
"We never suggest using steroid, hormone, high dose vitamin injections or chemicals to fatten cattle," said Rezaul Karim, district livestock officer in Nilphamari.
"Steroids cause accumulation of much fluid in animal body, making them look fatter. But as this fluid spreads throughout the body, the animals' immune system is affected and they become vulnerable to deadly diseases. Excessive use of vitamins also makes cattle sick while consumption of too much urea has toxic effect," he added.
Although look fleshy, the artificially fattened and diseased cattle become too weak to show natural liveliness, let alone move a long distance at a stretch, said livestock officials as well as cattle traders.
___ (c)2011 the Asia News Network (Hamburg, Germany) Visit the Asia News
Network (Hamburg, Germany) at ASIA NEWS NETWORK Distributed by MCT
Information Services
Copyright (C) 2011, The Daily Star, Dhaka, Bangladesh
