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Agriculture
Rajasthan's Mobile Veterinary Units Serve Over 6.8 Million Livestock
✍️ Business Standard
🗓 06 Nov 2026, 12:01 AM
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The state’s mobile veterinary programme has reached more than 6.8 million animals, providing on‑site health services and vaccinations across rural Rajasthan.
The Rajasthan government’s mobile veterinary scheme, launched to bring animal health care directly to farmers, operates a fleet of equipped vans that travel to remote villages.
Since its inception, the programme reports that it has attended to over 6.8 million livestock, delivering treatments, deworming, and vaccinations on the spot, thereby reducing the need for owners to travel long distances to veterinary clinics.
According to the state veterinary department, the initiative aims to curb disease outbreaks, lower animal mortality and enhance the productivity of the state’s substantial dairy and meat sectors, which are vital to rural incomes.
The department plans to expand the fleet further and integrate digital record‑keeping to monitor animal health trends more efficiently in the coming year.
Since its inception, the programme reports that it has attended to over 6.8 million livestock, delivering treatments, deworming, and vaccinations on the spot, thereby reducing the need for owners to travel long distances to veterinary clinics.
According to the state veterinary department, the initiative aims to curb disease outbreaks, lower animal mortality and enhance the productivity of the state’s substantial dairy and meat sectors, which are vital to rural incomes.
The department plans to expand the fleet further and integrate digital record‑keeping to monitor animal health trends more efficiently in the coming year.