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Mon, 08/18/2008 - 17:42
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AUSTRALIA ASSISTS NTB'S ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICE
Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Aug. 18 (ANTARA) - The Australian Center For International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) has provided 120,099 Australian dollars for West Nusa Tenggara (NTB)'s Agriculture Service in an effort to help increase animal health services in the province, a regional government official said.
"The fund from the ACAIR is intended for animal health service project in 2008," H Abdul Muthalib, head of NTB's Animal Husbandry Service, said here on Monday.
He said that the fund was used to finance a pioneer project for the elimination of anthrax disease, a magistrate scholarship program and a study tour to Australia of NTB's veterinarians.
Last month, a number of Australian veterinarians under the ACIAR conducted a field study and held a workshop on animal diseases in West Nusa Tenggara province.
Muthalib said the 120,099 dollars was part of the 149,326 dollars the ACIAR was providing this year for the development of animal services in the province.
He said that the main activities financed with the assistance were cattle traffic control and animal disease service management such as the avian influenza (AI), which was more popularly called bird flu.
He said that his office had prepared various kinds of vaccines reaching 262,500 doses, which included 100,000 doses of anthrax vaccines, 100,000 doses of SE vaccines and 62,500 doses of AI vaccines and other forms of medicines.
"The fund from the ACAIR is intended for animal health service project in 2008," H Abdul Muthalib, head of NTB's Animal Husbandry Service, said here on Monday.
He said that the fund was used to finance a pioneer project for the elimination of anthrax disease, a magistrate scholarship program and a study tour to Australia of NTB's veterinarians.
Last month, a number of Australian veterinarians under the ACIAR conducted a field study and held a workshop on animal diseases in West Nusa Tenggara province.
Muthalib said the 120,099 dollars was part of the 149,326 dollars the ACIAR was providing this year for the development of animal services in the province.
He said that the main activities financed with the assistance were cattle traffic control and animal disease service management such as the avian influenza (AI), which was more popularly called bird flu.
He said that his office had prepared various kinds of vaccines reaching 262,500 doses, which included 100,000 doses of anthrax vaccines, 100,000 doses of SE vaccines and 62,500 doses of AI vaccines and other forms of medicines.
