In the frames of “Animal Health Management in Cross Border Areas of Armenia and Georgia” (financed by ADA) 5 veterinarians participated 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.
