South Africa / 1997
VETERINARIANS AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL


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 ACTIVITY   NUMBER   NOTE 
 VETERINARIANS   Government officials (central, local) 171  (1)
 In laboratories, universities, training
 institutions		 ...  (2)
 Private practitioners ...  (3)
 Other 2181  (4)
 TOTAL =  2352#  (5)
 TECHNICAL 
 PERSONNEL 		  Animal health assistants (with formal training) 1894  (6)
 Animal health auxiliaries 3555  (7)
 Involved in food hygiene, including meat
 inspectors		 1049  (8)
TOTAL =  6498  (9)
 Note:
(5): the following figures were obtained from the South African Veterinary Council in March 1998: a) Total number of registered veterinarians in South Africa = 2249; b) Total number of veterinary specialists registered in South Africa: 84; and c) Total number of veterinarians with restricted registration: 19.