There are three basic needs for the survival of human being; food, shelter and clothing. Of these, food is the critical requirement for the survival of living things. Food is very important not only for the survival but also for the healthy performance of a living thing. For the fulfillment to the requirements of health, a human being has to take nutritious food which contains enough protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins and minerals in a daily basis. In this regard, protein (meat), milk and eggs are mainly provided for human being through animal husbandry practices.

Therefore, every country in the world and almost all communities have to try livestock production, produce technicians for livestock production and try to improve animal husbandry practices. As said, the Animal Husbandry practices were trained to produce technicians of livestock production since in the very first Veterinary School of Myanmar, which was established in 1957. I’m so proud to be a Professor/Head of such very important subject in the University of Veterinary Science since 2011 until now.

As the government of Myanmar realized the importance of animal production for the fulfillment of food requirement for the people of Myanmar, in 2014, a specific degree for Animal Science (BASc) was created to produce specialized livestock production technicians. This is a very important step for the improvement of livestock sector in Myanmar and BASc candidates will play a critical role to improve livestock production in Myanmar and subsequent fulfillment of food security. In fact, without skillful technicians for livestock production, no significant improvement could be achieved and subsequent accomplishment of food security. As the population of all countries in the world including Myanmar is increasing every day, the demand of food, milk and egg for the people is also increasing in a daily basis. The technicians for livestock production play in a critical role for the partial fulfillment of the food security of the communities in Myanmar. Subsequently, the role of Animal Science Department in the University of Veterinary Science is also crucial for the production of livestock technicians for partial fulfillment of food, milk and egg requirements of the communities. In other word, Department of Animal Science will be a piece of sand or a brick in the construction of prosperous Nation in the world.