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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Uganda is facing a shortage of veterinary surgeons, which has put the health of animals and birds at risk, according to an official from their umbrella body.<\/p>\n

Mr Boniface Obbo, the general secretary of Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA), during an interview at the weekend, said the number of veterinary surgeons is small, with the available ones doing mostly administration work.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least 10 districts lack a veterinary surgeon, including Kibuku, Butebo, Pakwach, Gulu, and Namisindwa, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut generally, at least 80 percent of the districts have one veterinarian, who also serves as a district veterinary officer,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Obbo said the shortage of veterinary surgeons has left farmers with challenges, especially managing very complicated cases which cannot be handled by other professionals.<\/p>\n

Mr Obbo attributed the shortage to little pay by the government, which compels the few to join the private sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cVeterinarians work hard to provide services in very hard-to-reach areas such as Karamoja, but you find that their salary is not worthy,\u2019\u2019 he said, while advising the government to increase the salaries of veterinary surgeons to be commensurate with doctors of human medicine.<\/p>\n

\u201cVeterinarians who qualify are not attracted to the local governments, however, they spend less than two years before leaving for greener pasture,\u2019\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Obbo warned that if nothing is done, the country will continue losing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to trade, veterinarians must be there to provide supervision services right from the farm to processing products and to the export level. All those stages along the value chain need a veterinary surgeon,\u2019\u2019 he explained.<\/p>\n

The Lyantonde District veterinary officer, Dr Ronald Bameka, said they have one veterinary surgeon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn cattle corridors such as Kiruhura District, which has a big number of livestock, there are about six veterinarians, while in Lyantonde, where I am the district veterinary officer, I only have one veterinary surgeon, while the rest are certificate holders,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

According to UVA records, Uganda has 1,223 veterinary surgeons, including retirees, those out of the country, while the majority are in the private sector.<\/p>\n

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