Argentine ambassador visits UVAS

LAHORE: Ambassador of Argentine Leopoldo Francisco Sahores along with deputy head of the mission Camilo Ernesto Silberkasten called on University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) vice chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad on Friday and discussed potential areas of cooperation for the development of livestock and dairy sector in Pakistan.

Sahores said that his country was ready to collaborate in all areas identified by UVAS to strengthen relationships with Pakistan, especially for boosting the livestock sector.

Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad said that there was a scope of collaboration in the areas of breed improvement, combating deadly disease of foot and mouth, fodder production and reproductive technology.

He also talked about the types of constraints involved in the export of halal meat.

Earlier, he gave an overview on UVAS history, academic, research and development projects, national and international collaboration, dairy farmers’ capacity-building training, etc.

During an open discussion, the participants spoke about the collaborative areas between UVAS and Argentine. Prof Dr Khushi Muhammad spoke about the objectives of the establishment of the Training Centre for Biologics Production at UVAS, Prof Dr Masood Rabbani and Prof Dr Tahir Yaqub sought collaboration, especially in the improvement of vaccine and learn about all the procedures to make disease-free zone, while Prof Dr Amjad Riaz mentioned about In Vitro fertilisation (IVF) techniques for the improvement of local breed of dairy animals.

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