Adilabad/Hyderabad, Jan 23 (Maxim News): The inspecting teams of Telangana Drug Control Administration (TGDCA) have seized oxytocin injections from an individual Mautho Aravind Kumar in Adilabad, who had stocked them to administer to cows and increase their milk yield.
In coordination with Adilabad police, the TGDCA seized 109 unlabelled transparent PET bottles (200 ml), purported to be oxytocin injections, from Aravind Kumar.
Cattle farmers use oxytocin to get milk from cows and sometimes they administer the drug frequently in the hope of getting more yield. Oxytocin causes the small muscles in the udder of the cow to contract, pushing milk out faster and more completely.
However, over a period of time, the cow develops an addiction, and loses the ability to let down the milk naturally without a shot.
Aravind kumar illegally stocked oxytocin injections for sale, intended for misuse in cattle. Such misuse involves the administration of oxytocin to dairy animals to artificially increase milk production. However, this unauthorized use of oxytocin may have adverse effects on animal health, TGDCA clarified.
The TGDCA said that further investigation is underway and action will be taken as per the law against all the offenders. The abuse of oxytocin in livestock, particularly its illegal administration to artificially induce milk and increase milk production in dairy animals, constitutes an offence, DG, TGDCA, Shahnawaz Qasim clarified.
Unauthorized stocking and sale of ‘Oxytocin Injections’ is punishable under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, with imprisonment of up to five years.
The public can also report such incidents though toll free number 1800-599-6969, operational from 10.30 am to 5 pm on all working days. (Maxim News)
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