The Department of Agriculture and Agrifood held a workshop on ‘Potential Contaminant in Stockfeed’, which took place yesterday at the Rimba Horticulture Business Centre, Gadong, Brunei.<\/p>\n
The guest of honour was Abdul Latif bin Sani, Acting Assistant Director and Head of the Division of Livestock Industry, Department of Agriculture and Agrifood.<\/p>\n
Also present were unit heads of livestock industries, senior officers, officers and staff of the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood. A presentation was delivered by the Manager of Laboratory Agrifood Technology, Victoria, Australia, Doreen Fernandez (B Sc) and Karen Jackson. Dr Steve Sutherland, a consultant from AG West International, was the moderator of the workshop.<\/p>\n
About 20 participants from the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood attended the workshop.<\/p>\n
The workshop was a continuation of the department’s National Development Plan (NDP) project – ‘Study of The Nutritional Status of Animal and Livestock Feeds in Brunei Darussalam’.<\/p>\n
Among the objectives of this project are to assess food resources for livestock other than fodder grass in Brunei and to assess the nutritional content of the forages.<\/p>\n
In addition to evaluating forage resources, the project will also help the department in developing animal feed standards for the implementation of livestock monitoring and enforcement.<\/p>\n