Each farm animal in Armenia to be taken stock of
09.09.2015,
09:51
Armen Hayrapetyan, the head of the State Food Safety Service, an affiliation of the Armenian Ministry of Culture, and a Swiss expert Ronald Luis discussed on Tuesday in Yerevan the upcoming process of tagging and giving numbers to every farm animal in Armenia, the ministry told ARKA.
YEREVAN, September 9. / ARKA /. Armen Hayrapetyan, the head of the State Food Safety Service, an affiliation of the Armenian Ministry of Culture, and a Swiss expert Ronald Luis discussed on Tuesday in Yerevan the upcoming process of tagging and giving numbers to every farm animal in Armenia, the ministry told ARKA. It said also the preparatory work to this end was completed already.
Hayrapetyan said the move is an initiative of the State Food Safety Service adding also that tags with coded information about each animal will be fixed on each farm animal’s ear. This, he said, would make the movement of animals and supervision of both morbidity and conduct of anti-epidemic measures more effective by creating simultaneously an integrated database.
Hayrapetyan said given that this is going to be the first large-scale process of numbering the animals the importance of international experience and cooperation with experts and professional bodies is very important.
Hovhannes Mkrtchyan, head of the Veterinary Inspection of the State Food Safety Service, spoke about a successful pilot program of tagging farm animals conducted in the southern region of Vayots Dzor, covering approximately 23,000 cattle.
According to the Swiss expert, an important precondition for the success of the process is the active involvement of farmers and refresher training for local specialists.
The ministry said also that the State Food Safety Service continues to work to attract donor organizations for implementation of the program.-0-
Hayrapetyan said the move is an initiative of the State Food Safety Service adding also that tags with coded information about each animal will be fixed on each farm animal’s ear. This, he said, would make the movement of animals and supervision of both morbidity and conduct of anti-epidemic measures more effective by creating simultaneously an integrated database.
Hayrapetyan said given that this is going to be the first large-scale process of numbering the animals the importance of international experience and cooperation with experts and professional bodies is very important.
Hovhannes Mkrtchyan, head of the Veterinary Inspection of the State Food Safety Service, spoke about a successful pilot program of tagging farm animals conducted in the southern region of Vayots Dzor, covering approximately 23,000 cattle.
According to the Swiss expert, an important precondition for the success of the process is the active involvement of farmers and refresher training for local specialists.
The ministry said also that the State Food Safety Service continues to work to attract donor organizations for implementation of the program.-0-
