US Embassy donates lab equipment to animal health lab

The Humanitarian Aid Programme (HAP) of the US Embassy has donated five microscopes valued US$5000 to the Animal Health Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture to assist their effort at ensuring food and animal safety.

A release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said that Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy and Chief Executive Officer, Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) Dr Dindiyal Permaul on Wednesday received the equipment from Director, HAP, Melanie Collins and Project Manager, Sharon Houston. Permaul explained that during an earlier programme in collaboration with the embassy, which looked at the contribution of veterinary medicine