Animal Health Code Needed, Say Philippine Scientists

The National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) of the Philippines is batting for a congressional enactment of an Animal Health Code.  The academy believes that the code would lay the “national policy and provide guidance to national government agencies and local government units towards concerted action in the prevention and control of animal diseases”.  The scientists observe that current regulatory issuances are insufficient to enforce the needed prevention and control measures.  This was one of the resolutions pronounced during the two-day 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the NAST, which concluded on July 12, 2007.

The NAST Annual Scientific Meeting, a multi-disciplinary assembly of scientists and the academe, convened with the theme “Building a Culture of Science in the Philippines”.

For details of the conference write to nast@secretariat.dost.gov.ph and spt@agri.searca.org