To ensure that livestock raisers take action appropriately to prevent commonly seen diseases of herbivores, the Health Inspection Office held the "2024 Taichung City Educational and Awareness Meeting on Major Infectious Disease of Animals" at the Waipu District Office on October 23. Post-doctoral researcher Hsieh Jui-chun of the Research Center for Animal Medicine, National Chung Hsing University was invited to speak at this event on the current status of major diseases of herbivores and prevention measures. This meeting provided animal raisers and first-line animal disease prevention personnel with important information on livestock farm management and the prevention of animal diseases.

According to the Health Inspection Office, due to the warming climate, disease-vector mosquitoes have proliferated in recent years. Diseases transmitted by these mosquitoes may spread quietly in livestock farms, where they threaten the animals' lives. The speaker therefore focused on discussing the diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, and provided some effective preventive measures. These measures will help animal raisers and relevant personnel to take appropriate steps ahead of time to ensure the health and safety of their animals, which will also protect the continued income from their livestock farms. The speaker further noted the difficulty dairy farming in Taiwan, which has little available land and limited agricultural resources. Apart from recommending that livestock farms make greater use of intelligent systems in order to reduce labor costs and enhance raising efficiency, Hsieh also suggested the keeping of comprehensive cow health records to help veterinarians correctly diagnose and treat any illnesses, which will support the continued development of dairy farms in Taiwan.

Lastly, the Health Inspection Office appealed to livestock farmers to keep biosafety measures in place at their farms at all times, and also reminded farmers to immediately notify the Health Inspection Office of any suspected diseases at their farms, which will enable the prompt implementation of disease control steps.