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VETERINARIANS AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL


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 ACTIVITY   NUMBER   NOTE 
 VETERINARIANS   Government officials (central, local) 1605  (1)
 In laboratories, universities, training
 institutions		 1000  (2)
 Private practitioners 1711  (3)
 Other 65  (4)
 TOTAL =  4381  (5)
 TECHNICAL 
 PERSONNEL 		  Animal health assistants (with formal training) 3300  (6)
 Animal health auxiliaries 1870  (7)
 Involved in food hygiene, including meat
 inspectors		 2640  (8)
TOTAL =  7810  (9)
 Note:
A total of 205 new Veterinarians were registered by the Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN) within the year. The majority have gone into private practice as rate of direct employment by Government is going down. (4): include Veterinarians that are working in private companies.