admin | April 24, 2024
Like this edition’s stories, our Script of the week presents valuable information on caring for your livestock.
Veterinary paraprofessionals undertake formal training and are certified by a national veterinary statutory body to provide animal health services (for example, the Ugandan Veterinary Board, and the Nigeria Veterinary Council). Farmers can turn to veterinary paraprofessionals as trusted sources of advice and suppliers of quality veterinary services, including vaccines and medicines.
It is also important for farmers to understand that veterinary paraprofessionals do not just treat sick animals—they can also provide advice and care to prevent animals from getting sick. And prevention is better than treatment!
A preventive approach avoids the costs of treatment, including the cost of lost production (decreased milk, fertility, etc.), the cost of the treatment itself (veterinary drugs and the time of the VPP), and, when treatment fails—the cost of a dead animal(s). The cost of prevention through vaccination or implementing improved husbandry and biosecurity measures is often much less than treatment.
In these spots, you will learn more about the variety of services provided by veterinary paraprofessionals, including:
- Preventive animal care
- The services provided by veterinary paraprofessionals, and their training
- Feed formulation
- The benefits to farmers of using the services of a Veterinary Professional/Paraprofessional
- Animal health planning
The spots vary in length from about 45-60 seconds and can be played multiple times during programs on livestock. They could also be played at other times when farmers are listening, and when women are free to listen.
Note that some of these spots include specific information from Nigeria. Please adapt to the situation in your own country.
https://scripts.farmradio.fm/radio-script/radio-spots-on-veterinary-paraprofessionals-and-animal-health/: Veterinary paraprofessionals and animal health