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Veterinarian webinar: is it safe to have poultry meat, chicken and fish?


As district administration restarts the delivery of fish to homes, many people wonder whether it is safe to have fish and poultry meats and whether it can increase the likelihood of covid-19 infection. Solving their queries, veterinarians from all over the country discussed difference in pathogenesis of human and animal corona viruses in three-day webinar.
The webinar concluding on Thursday was organised by Veterinary and Animal Husbandry College, Mhow, and Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur. The organising committee of veterinary doctors from Indore coordinated the webinar.
“SARS- CoV-2 virus is usually transmitted through direct contact with an infected person’s body fluids like from coughing or sneezing or indirectly through contact with surfaces. Coronaviruses need a host and cannot grow in food,” veterinarian Dr Jawaharlal Vegad, scientist at Emeritus Department of Animal Pathology, said.
He cited reports of World Organization for Animal Health, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and Indian Council for Agricultural Research have proved that there is no known effect of COVID-19 on Poultry, Fish or Meat.
"As far as food is concerned, there is currently no evidence that food can be a route of transmission of the virus or a determinant of any form of infection. So eating non-vegetarian food is perfectly safe,” Vegad said.
He added that as a precautionary measure one can avoid going to slaughterhouses until the infection is controlled.
Dr Nitin Kurkure, director of research at Maharashtra Animal and Fishery University, said, “Current advice from the World Health Organisation is that there’s no evidence that pets or any stray animal can be a source of infection or that they can become sick from coronavirus,” he said.
Over 750 students, teachers, research and PhD scholars, veterinarians of many states including Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh etc. participated in the discussion.

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