International Buffalo Congress Begins Today

International Buffalo Congress begins today

The International Buffalo Congress (IBC) 2019 arranged by the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore and Livestock and Dairy Development Department Punjab will start on Monday (today)

LAHORE (Pakistan Point News - 18th February, 2019) The International Buffalo Congress (IBC) 2019 arranged by the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore and Livestock and Dairy Development Department Punjab will start on Monday (today). Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Buzdar has consented to preside over the inaugural ceremony of the congress. He will also inaugurate the Sino-Pak Joint Research Centre for Buffalo on the occasion.

More than 500 delegates from Pakistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and the United States of America are attending the congress. The two-day congress is spread over one plenary and 14 technical sessions and a farmer-industry forum, 12 business meetings, seven pre-congress workshops, 100 each poster and oral presentations on 10 different aspects of buffalo. The congress will follow the national livestock show/buffalo fair at Buffalo Research Institute Pattoki.