{"id":549,"date":"2026-11-03T12:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kzndarddev.kznsshf.gov.za\/?page_id=549"},"modified":"2026-11-13T23:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T21:11:38","slug":"veterinary-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kzndard.gov.za\/?page_id=549","title":{"rendered":"Veterinary Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Veterinary Acts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

Animal Diseases<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

Abattoir Handouts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

Veterinary Services Articles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

State Vets Contact Details<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

Veterinary Services Structure<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

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Veterinary Services<\/strong><\/p>

Main Aim<\/strong>
To provide veterinary services to clients in order to ensure healthy animals and the welfare of people of South Africa.<\/p>

Strategic Goal<\/strong>
To promote animal health and the quality of animal products through appropriate regulatory and empowerment mechanisms.<\/p>

Strategic Objectives<\/strong><\/p>

  • Combating and controlling animal diseases and parasites.<\/li>
  • Promoting proper standards of hygiene in the slaughtering of animals in order to obtain meat products for human consumption.<\/li>
  • Rendering diagnostic laboratory services with regard to animal diseases.<\/li><\/ul>

    Crucial Programs<\/strong><\/p>

    Animal Health<\/strong>
    To facilitate and provide Animal Disease Control Services in order to protect the animal population against highly infectious and economic diseases, through the implementation of the Animal Disease Act (Act 35 of 1984) or Animal Health Act (Act 7 of 2002) and Primary Animal health programme\/projects.<\/p>

    Export Control<\/strong><\/p>

    To provide control measures including Health Certification, in order to facilitate the importation and exportation of animals and animal products.
    To implement Risk Assessment Measures in order to assess the impact of various animal disease outbreaks and the risk of importing or exporting animals or animal products from\/to other countries.<\/p>

    Public Health<\/strong>
    To co-ordinate and implement various Food Safety projects, including the implementation of the Meat Safety Act (Act 40 of 200) and the prevention of Zoonotic or food borne diseases.<\/p>

    Veterinary Laboratory Services<\/strong>
    To provide support service to the veterinary personnel, medical practitioners and farmers with regard to Diagnostic Services and Epidemiological Investigations of animal disease outbreaks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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