In the frames of “Animal Health Management in Cross Border Areas of Armenia and
Georgia” (financed by ADA) 5 veterinarians took participation in the Training of veterinary
trainers organized by Austrian Agency for Food Safety /AGES/. Employees of CARD
foundation – veterinarians Levon Movsisyan, Sergey Chakhmakhchyan, Nazeli Grigoryan took
participation from Armenia and from Georgia Heifer International Georgia workers – Armen
Mgdesyan and Irakli Dautashvili. Trainings were held in the Institute for Veterinary Disease
Control, in Mödling http://www.ages.at/ages/en/divisions/veterinary-medicine/ivet-moedling/.
Currently the main orientations of AGES are Food security, Food Safety, Animal Health, Public
Health, PharmMed and etc. Alois Leidwein
(Head of Research/Knowledge transfer),
Heimo Lassnig (Key expert Animal Health)
and Hermann Schildorfer (Local support) from
AGES were responsible for the organizational
work.
All the presentations had a vital importance
both for Armenia and Georgia as all the
diseases can be a cross border threat.
Participants were shown to the cultivation of the pathogen in the laboratory in a special
environment. They were presented to the active movements of the bacteria by the help of the
microscope. Besides vets were shown to the serological test of the infection agent’s detection
which helps to diagnose the disease. Participants
learnt about important transboundry animal
diseases laboratory diagnosis, control, laws for
liquidation in Austria. Overall trainings organized
by AGES totaled up to 32 hours.
In addition, by the request of one of the
participants vets went to the private vet clinic in
Vienna (TIERARTZ GmbH Dr. GLATZL). They
saw foreign private vet clinic example, explored vet specialized cars (vet track) that has a
freezer, special drawers for medicine, vaccines, vet tools.
All these topics are important for giving knowledge to Armenian and Georgian
veterinarians.
