LIVESTOCK SEMINAR (GOOD ANIMAL HUSBANDARY PRACTICES/ SIJIL AMALAN LADANG TERNAKAN-SALT)

SEMINAR PENTERNAKAN
(GOOD ANIMAL HUSBANDARY PRACTICE /
SIJIL AMALAN LADANG TERNAKAN - SALT)

Penternak / Pengusaha ladang serta orang awam yang berminat adalah dijemput untuk menghadiri seminar di atas seperti maklumat berikut :

Tarikh : 6 November, 2009
Tempat : Conference Room, Aras 3 Ibu
Pejabat Perkhidmatan
Veterinar, Sarawak.
Jam : 9.00 pagi - 11.00 pagi
Penganjur : Bahagian Veterinar,Jabatan
Pertanian Sarawak.

Untuk maklumat lanjut serta pendaftaran, sila berhubung dengan Puan Satija Parijan.
Tel: 082 - 628248/628249 ext 224 atau alamat seperti dibawah:-

IBU PEJABAT PERKHIDMATAN VETERINAR SARAWAK
JABATAN PERTANIAN SARAWAK, LOT 877, JALAN SEMENGGOK, OFF BATU 12, JALAN KUCHING/SERIAN, JLN. PUNCAK BORNEO, 93250 KUCHING

GENERAL LINE : 082-628255, 082- 628250,
082-628249, 082-628248

FAX : 082-628277(SADV)
082-628122(VET. LEVEL 1)
082-629628 (DVO KUCHING)

MENARA PELITA 12th FLOOR: TEL: 082-319904
FAX: 082-440702



TARIKH TUTUP PENDAFTARAN : 30 OKTOBER, 2009
(SEMINAR ADALAH PERCUMA)

Pathological condition- Give me your views/diagnoses

Just to show that we are veterinary people, I post these pixs of an adult Barbados Black Belly Sheep that suffered from the Malaysian No.1 complaint ( FOUND DEAD):





Note the nature and amount of fluid in the thoracic cavity, and the parietal surface of the lungs

Exposing the cardia and the mediastinum ( how I love the word.."blur" in my student days)You may email/post your comments to our blog.
DR TW

HELLO, ANYBODY OUT THERE?

Dear SVA members,
Hello? Apa Khabar? Ni hao pu hao?.....
Are anyone out there reading, planning to post, yawning at or just plain ignorant of how to do their part to ventilate their views on our blog?
So far, only our VP Dr Adrian and Past P Dr Sia and my humble self have placed something on the blogsite....shades of lingering disease lah...memang gonna waste and keel over like that one...
ANW, just a reminder to all that I would like to have some articles for the next issue of the newsletter...remember that lil part of out lofty ambitions to keep all vets connected?
You all may be aware that the LIVESTOCK ASIA is on at KLCC from 27.10.09-29.10.09.
One of the main organisers is AMB Exhibitions, owned by Ex DG, ex UPM Prof and Environmentalist Dr Ahmad Mustapha Babjee..he of the silvery mane and iconic presence who strongly promoted a separate department for the Vet Division, DOA, Sarawak.
Anyway, just to add a lil promo to say that the UPM Class of 1979 is planning a reunion...maybe in Kuantan, or the mamak stall at Serdang Baru roadside if not evicted yet....
Most of the 50s something are either in the DVS, KL ( E.g Dr ICE..) or UPM ( Prof Aini, Prof Rehana) or down under..I mean in Australia ( Dr Cheong) or NZ( Dr TKM...MIA?), with a sprinkling in between like Dr HK, Dr Koh, and me.
If you all do not post anything, I am thinking of scaring everyone with the pixs of how Dr HK, the Profs and Dr N Cheng look like in the days of no internet, botox, and multilevel marketing..
Take care, all and have a safe and pleasant weekend.
EDITOR

Selamat Raya Aidilfitri...!

To all our Muslim friends, colleagues and groupies ( if any, lah!)..SELAMAT HARI RAYA!
I always savour the saliva-inducing food like beef rendang and chicken kurma that Dr Omar and family put out during Raya. Although I have to give it a miss this year, I made up by making a bee line for the Ramadan spread in KL,and boy! Those of you who follow the foodies's columns in the weekend STAR know what I mean.You cannot have too much of a good thing : ))
Back to the more mundane. Time is whipping by so fast that our bodies are starting to feel a disconnect, and before too long, we will be wondering whether to attend the AGM or not.
Unlike the hot agenda in both MIC andMCA of late where everyone was/is pushing their resolutions and candidates, the SVA has stayed mute.We really have to take stock of ourselves and ask what STIMULUS jabs to give the SVA if we do not want to end up like the Dodo.
Which brings me to my own agenda:
I am calling for articles for the next issue of the SVA newsletter. The dateline is a comfortable 30 days away,folks...say 24th October,2009. After that issue, I propose that we reorganise ourselves IT-wise and replace the newsletter by postings on the SVA blogsite; or do what the FEER just did.. fold up without a whimper.
Our wise and ever so encouraging VP Dr Adrian has advised me to sabar and put out another issue instead of comitting hara kiri without the bells and whistles.
Anyway, over to you ahli-ahli SVA.
SVA Editor

VETERINARY HQ MOVING OFFICE TO SEMONGGOK

NOTICE OF OFFICE MOVING

This serves to inform you that the Veterinary Office and counter service at 12th Floor Menara Pelita, Petra Jaya will soon move to Semonggok and begin serving you effective 17th August 2009.

New Office details as follows:-

Address : State Veterinary Service
Headquarters,
Deparment of Agriculture,
Lot 877, Semonggok Road,
Off 12th Kuching/Serian Road,
93250 Kuching.


Telephone Contact : 082-628255/628249/628248
Fax. No. : 082-628122

'BERSATU BERUSAHA BERBAKTI'
"AN HONOUR TO SERVE"

Tribute to Local Pioneers....

Seeing the landing of the OZ's breeders and slaughter goats /sheep imported by Hj Jeli and others brought a touch of nostalgia...
The early days of the ruminant industry were so much tied in with the history of the Vet Division of the DOA.The early veterinary pioneers...Vivian Utal ( first Vet Assistant from Mukah)..Mr Ong Chong Boon and Mr Dunsmore of ARC whose writings on pasture trials were avidly read by us vet students of the 70s; Dr Ong Shak Foo ( first Sarawakian Vet) 's articles on Chromobacterium; Benedict Wong, Baines Kunchit, Patrick Rossem, Chai Min Shang, and many more retired VAs, AVOS...
We are proud of you all .....and we salute your contributions to the industry.
Then we had the struggling importers with vision, ambition, and their share of frustrations and disppointments...Encik Bujang Sulaiman of MALDA trading who spent mucho money and mana on live cattle imports, retired army officer Affendi Dhobey...
They went through a lot of trials and tribulations....I remember them all. They, too, have their footsteps in the sands of vet history...
Then came Sarabif with its hopes and shot in the arm for the cattle industry...Geoffrey Beere, Johari Seman, Augustine Sitim, the late Jeffrey ,the stockman, the truckers..... how many remember them now?......they too played their crucial role which must be acknowledged.
Very soon, Sekama Vet Clinic , where most of us cut our teeth, will be a distant memory.. sniff sniff!
Hopefully, someone will sit down and record the history of theVet Division and LS production in Sarawak.
As for the 2000s, I am sure FG Multifarm and Nature Farm will become future " giants " of our industry, if everyone will just give them a chance.. Bend the rules if need be to help these pioneers. If the US can throw billions into their banking and financial sectors and are happy just to see green shoots, what is a coupla of Million RM to see new kids and calves on the block, be it in Mukah or Marudi ?
To paraphrase what Obama said in Russia, you need to plant the seeds now so that the future will grow....
If by spewing out these names into the blogosphere or the World WideWeb means that somehow memories of their involvement are preserved, let this then be my tribute to them!

TW

Big BOOST for Goat Industry...!

Boers, Saanens, British Alpines, Dorpers, arriving to boost local genetics.......

Looking for the best breeder...at risk to life and limb..!

Arrival of Breeding Goats,Sheep and (hopefully ) no Flu at KLIA.....with Commander Dr H Khan marshalling the troops...!