On May 1, 2019, at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a Scientific Conference was held which was dedicated to the International Day of Veterinaries. The Conference was organized on the initiative of Cattle breeding and Veterinary Department at the Academy.

Among invited guests were Lasha Avalishvili, General Director of the Project “Investment and quality in agriculture”, Mikheil Sokhadze, the UN Food and Agriculture organization project supervisor; Lali Vashakidze, the President of veterinaries’ Association; Dr. Zaira Kapiashvili, the first professor in the field of veterinary; Dr. Nikoloz Tsertsvadze, Jemal Nachkebia, Teo Urushadze, Dean of Agrarian University, the students of Agrarian University, and others.

           The Conference was opened by Academician – Secretary of GAAS Jemal Gugushvili who welcomed the meeting participants and talked about the role of Veterinaries in production of safe and high quality meat and milk product.

Academician Tengiz Kurashvili’s presentation was dedicated to veterinary services in Georgia and focused on the problems which exist in this field, and the ways to overcome them.

           The speeches were made by the following persons: Lasha Avaliani, Mikheil Sokhadze, Lali Vashakidze, Zaira Kapianidze, Nikoloz Tsertsvadze, Jemal Nachkebia, Levan Tortladze, Davit Goderdzishvili, Levan Makaradze, and Besarion Lasareishvili. They congratulated the doctors- veterinaries with the international day and mentioned that wise and kindly attitude towards domestic animals was discussed in a historical Georgian book on medicine which describes different methods treatment and therapy of domestic animals. They also mentioned that at present the level of teaching and training veterinary doctors do not satisfy international standards, also they expressed their belief that the situation in this respect will change soon and we shall have highly qualified specialists.