Asian vets update their farm animal knowledge

VETERINARIANS from 12 Asian countries are taking part in a year-long training programme organised by the Japanese Veterinary Medical Association (JVMA). The programme has an emphasis on farmed animals and aims to train the vets in areas such as disease diagnosis and treatment, animal husbandry, preventive medicine, animal health control and veterinary public health. It aims to equip students with knowledge of farm animals so they can then play a leading role in controlling and eradicating infectious animal diseases in their own countries. This year's intake of students started their training in March, with participants coming from Afghanistan, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Viet Nam. Some of the veterinarians taking part in the training programme during a visit to Japan's National Veterinary Assay Laboratory: (from left) Gul Habib Habiby (Afghanistan), Kumarapatti Vithanage Isuri Niluka Kumaravithana (Sri...
Source: Veterinary Record - Category: Veterinary Research Tags: News section Source Type: research