To prevent the outbreak of Tuberculosis, Brucellosis and Rabies among livestock in Guyana, Government gave its no objection to the award of a US$541,766 ($108M) contract for the supply, delivery and testing of field supplies.
The body benefiting from this allocation is the Guyana Livestock Development Agency which comes under the purview of the Ministry of Agriculture.
According to Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, the Ministry has an ongoing campaign to prevent outbreaks of those three diseases. The annual provision helps to keep the diseases under control.
He noted that testing samples of animals across the country is an ongoing process that enables healthy meat on the local market.