Republic Act No. 3639 creating the Bureau of Animal Industry, Defining its Powers and Functions. Pays/Territoire Philippines Type du document Règlement Date 1929 Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act Creating the Bureau of Animal Industry, Defining its Powers and Functions, Providing for its Personnel; Making Appropriation for its Organization and Operation; Changing the Name of the Bureau of Agriculture to Bureau of Plant Industry, and Other Purposes. Sujet Bétail Mot clé Institution Recherche Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Commerce/industrie/sociétés Santé des animaux Production animale Reproduction des animaux Parasites/maladies Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, East Asian Seas, Pacifique Nord, Asie du Sud-Est Entry into force notes This Act shall take effect on 1 January 1930. Résumé This Act creates under the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources the Bureau of Animal Industry. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned bureau, entitled to investigate, study and report upon: 1. condition of domestic animals in the Philippine, their improved reproduction and care; 2. inquire into and report the causes of dangerous communicable diseases among them, and the means for the prevention and cure of the same, and in general; 3. promote the development of the livestock industry in the country as follows: a) by introducing improved or purebred domestic animals for breeding purposes, and the improvement of the quality of the breeds or types of domestic animals now found in the Islands; b) by controlling and eradicating dangerous communicable diseases of domestic animals; c) by conducting a system of demonstration and extension work to promote the livestock industry; d) by collecting and compiling statistics on domestic animals; e) by disseminating useful information on essential matters regarding domestic animals and; f) by adopting measures subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, necessary to promote the livestock industry. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.pvma.com.ph