550,600 vaccination doses for livestock in Al Dhahirah

DHANAK: The Directorate-General of Agricultural and Water Resources in Al Dhahirah Governorate provided 550,622 vaccination doses for livestock in the governorate during the vaccination season, which extended from September 1, 2024, to the end of June 2025.

The move comes within the framework of the implementation of the National Livestock Vaccination Project, overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources.

Eng Mohammed bin Ali al Shandoudi, Director of the Animal Wealth Department at the Directorate-General of Agricultural and Water Resources in Al Dhahirah Governorate, said: “The national project aims to protect livestock from epidemic and infectious diseases, reduce economic losses incurred by breeders, and improve the quality of animal production. Animal health is the foundation of the rural economy, which makes this project a fundamental pillar for achieving the sustainability of this vital sector in the Sultanate of Oman.” The Directorate-General of Agricultural and Water Resources in Al Dhahirah Governorate carried out 25 field camps during the vaccination period covering villages with high livestock density in the governorate’s three wilayats of Ibri, Dhank and Yanqul. Specialised veterinary teams provided the vaccinations as well as awareness-raising guidance to livestock breeders on best practices in livestock health care.

The vaccination operations focused on diseases that pose a major threat to livestock.

The vaccination operations focused on diseases that pose a major threat to livestock, such as foot-and-mouth disease, sheep and goat pox, small ruminant plague and clostridiasis.

The directorate explained that the doses were as follows: 202,030 doses for sheep, 338,457 doses for goats, 8,508 doses for cows, and 1,349 doses for camels. The number of breeders who benefited from these services reached 3,216, reflecting the project’s widespread positive impact across the governorate.

Data published by the Statistics and Information Department at the Directorate-General of Agricultural and Water Resources in Al Dhahirah Governorate indicate that the total livestock population in Al Dhahirah Governorate exceeds 310,000 heads of goats, cows and camels by the end of June 2025.