Summary
Farmers gave many shots that protect cows, goats, sheep and pigs from sickness. 💉
Because of the shots, the number of sick animals went down a lot. 📉
Healthy animals mean families get more milk and meat. 🥛
Key Points
5 points1
More than 147 crore (1.47 billion) vaccine doses have been given to animals.
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Foot and Mouth Disease outbreaks fell from 132 in 2019 to 40 in 2025.
3
Brucellosis outbreaks fell from 22 to 15 in the same period.
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Over 39 crore (390 million) animals are now registered on a digital farm animal list.
5
Mobile veterinary teams travel to villages and help farmers directly.
New Words to Learn
7 wordscontagious
spreads easily from one animal to another
immunity
the body’s ability to fight off a disease
surveillance
watching and checking for signs of disease
vaccination
giving a safe medicine that teaches the body to stay healthy
antimicrobial
medicine that stops germs from growing
zoonotic
a disease that can move between animals and people
genomic
relating to the tiny parts that make up living things
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