The long-defunct veterinary laboratory at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara will soon be rehabilitated and transformed into a modern facility under the Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB)-funded Agricultural Export Diversifi-cation Programme (ADP).
Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud had last year spoken about the building of the modern veterinary laboratory along with a new abattoir valued US$1M, as part of government’s efforts to enhance detection and response to diseases that can affect the livestock sector. “The state-of-the-art veterinary lab will help to restore the entire Mon Repos stretch here as the epicentre of agriculture research and to ensure that adequate service to our farmers continues,” he had said at the time. The lab will also
