The World Veterinary Day is commemorated to honour the veterinary profession every year on the final Saturday in April. Theme for 2025- Animal Health Takes a Team The 2025 World Veterinary Day is being held on 26th April 2025. This theme highlights the collaborative nature of veterinary practice and underscores the essential role that multiple professionals play in delivering high-quality veterinary services. This theme has been selected to shine a spotlight on the dynamic nature of veterinary services, which require cooperation and collaboration across various fields of expertise to address the diverse challenges in animal health and care. By working together, veterinary teams can ensure the highest standards of care and support for animals, their owners, and the globe India celebrations In order to recognize and celebrate the important roles of Veterinarians in animal and human health and welfare, food security, food quality and safety, ecology, drugs and pharmaceuticals development, biomedical research, rural development, as educators, trainers, and policymakers, economic development through livestock production and management and in wildlife conservation, and the protection of the environment and biodiversity, safeguarding our country by preventing the threat of bio terrorism, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying in close collaboration with Veterinary Council of India organises events to celebrate World Veterinary Day- 2025. Stakeholders of Veterinary profession across the nation participate in the events. Key institutions involved in Veterinary sciences in India Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying : The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying is one of the Departments under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. The Department is responsible for matters relating to livestock production, preservation, protection & improvement of stocks, dairy development, matters relating to Delhi Milk Scheme, National Dairy Development Board, Animal Welfare Board of India and Committee for Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CCSEA). For more details, visit https://www.dahd.gov.in/ Veterinary Council of India : Veterinary Council of India (VCl) is a statutory body established under the provision of Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984. Veterinary Council of India is responsible for regulating veterinary practices as well as for maintaining uniform standards of veterinary education through Minimum Standard of Veterinary Education Regulations in all veterinary institutes across the country. To meet the shortage of trained veterinarymanpower in the country, the number of recognized Veterinary Colleges has now increased to 58. For more details, visit https://vci.dahd.gov.in/ Source : Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying