The Department of Animal Production and Research

About Animal Health & Public Veterinary Services Department

The Department of Animal Health and Public Veterinary Services is responsible for safeguarding the
health and well-being of animals and ensuring public health in relation to veterinary services. It plays a crucial role in promoting animal welfare, preventing and controlling the spread of animal diseases, and ensuring the safety of animal-derived products.

The department has five sections: Central Veterinary Laboratory, Epidemiology and Data Management,
Livestock and Livestock Products Export/Import Certification, Public Veterinary Services, and

Dr. Sharifo Ali Elmi

Director, Department of Animal Health, and Public Veterinary Services

Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO)
Delegate World Animal Health Organization (WOAH) Somalia,

THE DEPARTMENT SECTIONS

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Specific Duties and Responsibilities include

 Disease Surveillance and Control

 The department is responsible for monitoring and detecting animal diseases, both infectious and non-infectious, through effective surveillance systems.

 Animal Health Promotion

To ensure the well-being of animals by guiding proper animal husbandry practices and preventive healthcare measures through a range of initiatives, including educational programs, awareness campaigns, and veterinary services.

 Emergency Preparedness and Response

The department prepares and responds to emergencies affecting animals. It plans, coordinates, and supports response efforts to protect animal health and public safety.

 Disease Surveillance and Control

 The department is responsible for monitoring and detecting animal diseases, both infectious and non-infectious, through effective surveillance systems.

 Animal Health Promotion

To ensure the well-being of animals by guiding proper animal husbandry practices and preventive healthcare measures through a range of initiatives, including educational programs, awareness campaigns, and veterinary services.

 Emergency Preparedness and Response

The department prepares and responds to emergencies affecting animals. It plans, coordinates, and supports response efforts to protect animal health and public safety.

Department of Animal Production and Research

About Animal Production and Research Department

The Department of Animal Production and Research is accountable for Improvement of Livestock production, preserve animal genetic resources, conserve indigenous breeds, protect, strengthen and improve livestock, create employment opportunities.

it also plays a significant role in promoting veterinary services such as ; livelihood support of the postural & Agro-Pastoral communities and generation of knowledge and technologies through quality training and research for food security and sustainable development.

The Department has five sections:

Principle Responsibilities

Dr. Aden Hussein Derow

Director of Animal Production & Research

  • Livestock Production Promotion: To ensure that sustainable countries Economy to enhance livestock
    production Improvement such; Dairy farm production, Animal fattening, Poultry farm, Bee keeping
    Production, feed and fodder production Animal Genetics and Artificial Insemination Practices.
  • Food security: The Department of animal production manipulated the Food Security and Livelihood
    initiatives planning activity enhance food security to sustain food production in the country, supervision,
    monitoring, and reporting of food security activities, and for ensuring proper coordination with stake
    holders
  • Animal Feed & Nutrition: The Department Develops activities that support good farming, livestock.
    industry practices for utilization of feed resources that efficient animal nutrition, feed safety feedstuffs to
    produce Quality of Feed, meat, Milk and Milk products.
  • Regulatory Compliance: The department legalizes licenses and oversees veterinary services such Dairy
    farm production, Animal fattening, Poultry farm, Bee keeping Production, Skin & Hide improvement.
  • Collaboration: It collaborates National, Regional and internationally to address global animal Production
    and shares information, builds capacity, and harmonizes standards to facilitate Production, Productivity.
  • Research and Extension service: The Department the design conducting research aimed at creating a
    systematic understanding of animal production, Animal Health, Rangeland and extension service, enhances
    skills and knowledge through education and training, producing reports, information and formulate new
    initiative of the livestock development.