Livestock
Pirojpur's livestock offices run with 25 staff against 87 posts
The shortage across the district office and seven upazilas is hitting vaccination, free medical camps and courtyard meetings; farmers turn to private vets at extra cost.
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Veterinary services
LivestockNo vets on Chilmari chars: sick cattle die on the river crossing
Three char unions of Chilmari in Kurigram keep about 29,000 cattle and buffaloes but have no permanent livestock doctor, so sick animals often die on the boat to the upazila town.
Livestock
Bangladesh's only state buffalo breeding farm runs 280 animals with 42 of 52 posts vacant and no veterinary surgeon in 42 years
The 95-acre farm at Fakirhat, Bagerhat, milks 44 buffaloes for about 130 litres a day, sold at the gate for Tk 70 a kilo; set up in 1984-85 with ADB funding, 111 animals and 50 staff, it now has ten revenue-post employees plus 22 outsourced hands, and distributed 141 calves to 101 farmers in 2024-25