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VETERINARY SERVICES: OVERVIEW

Veterinary Services involves:

  • Animal health: monitoring animal disease risks, preventing the spread of diseases, control of outbreaks of animal diseases, and epidemiological surveillance on the occurrence of animal diseases to enable livestock producers to compete in the modern global economy.
  • Food safety: monitoring veterinary public health risks and promotion, regulation and monitoring of the implementation of hygiene management practices at abattoirs, food producing and export establishments.
  • Veterinary laboratory services: conducting a veterinary diagnostic laboratory service in accordance with national and international norms and standards to enhance acceptance of health certification for trade in animals and animal products.
The content on this page was last updated on 30 October 2003
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