Govt set to ban two vet drugs to protect vultures

New Delhi: In a lift to preserve vultures within the nation, the well being ministry will quickly come out with a notification to ban veterinary medicine Ketoprofen and Aceclofenac, individuals within the know informed ET.

India’s drug technical advisory board-Medication Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) has beneficial banning the medicine. “Pursuant to the advice, the well being ministry will impose a ban on the use, sale, and manufacture of those veterinary medicine. A notification is probably going quickly,” the particular person stated. A illustration was made earlier than the board requesting for ban on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicine (NSAIDS) Ketoprofen and Aceclofenac for therapy of livestock animals to preserve vultures.

Within the illustration, it was talked about that Ketoprofen and Aceclofenac in cattle as poisonous as Diclofenac and may kill vultures. Research confirmed that the Aceclofenac was quickly metabolised into Diclofenac and Ketoprofen is poisonous to Gyps vultures.

The identical matter was additionally referred to the Division of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare for his or her skilled opinion. “The matter was examined by DAHD in session with the topic specialists and it was beneficial to impose a ban on the medicine,” stated the minutes of the assembly.