GOVERNMENT with her cooperating partner the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is capacity building veterinary experts to man regional laboratories that have been constructed around the country to provide diagnostic skills of livestock diseases.Director of Veterinary Services in the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Dr. Swithine Kabilika was speaking when he officially opened a five-day national workshop to develop and strengthen diagnostic skills of regional diagnostic laboratories in Choma.Dr. Kabilika said the seven regional diagnostic laboratories have been constructed in Mongu, Kasama, Chipata, Choma, Isoka and Ndola to ensure disease control and human protection.He commended FAO and Government for constructing regional diagnostic laboratories to help in fighting livestock diseases. Meanwhile, National Project Coordinator under the FAO Foot and Mouth Disease Frank Banda expressed gratitude with the technical and financial support from the United Nations agency. Mr. Banda said the staff undergoing training at the Choma Laboratory are being equipped with diagnostic skills on analysis of samples of […]
STATE, FAO, PARTNER TO BOOST VET TRAINING
