NEPAL – Workshops with Nepalese veterinarians

Veterinarians doing chicken necropsies

Alongside colleagues from the Davis Thompson Foundation for Veterinary Pathology, Corrie Brown, Founder and Executive Director of LifeStock International, facilitated a workshop on Pathology and Diagnostics of Animal Diseases, for Nepalese veterinarians.

Veterinarians in protective aprons and gloves participating in a hands-on animal health training workshop

Educating field veterinarians

All participants received a copy of the LifeStock manual, A Field Manual for Collection and Diagnosis of Animal Diseases, which they worked through over the course of four days. Case scenarios were presented to emphasize differential diagnoses, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and control, of dangerous diseases in livestock and wildlife.

Veterinarians and students attending an international training workshop on veterinary pathology and diagnostics

The final day

Emphasis was on field surveillance and strengthening the animal health infrastructure, all in support of improving the economy and promoting food security. Workshops were hosted by their National Agriculture and Forestry University and the Nepalese Government.

Man in traditional Nepali topi hat receiving a buffalo figurine award at a veterinary pathology diagnostics training workshop

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