Animal Health Computer System spreading wings

A SYSTEM that supports the animal health and welfare activities carried out by the Department of Agriculture and Food has gone further along the hi-tech route.

Minister Joe Walsh announced that the Animal Health Computer System (AHCS) was now live in nine of the Department’s district veterinary offices, the brucellosis laboratory in Cork and in the Department’s headquarters in Dublin. The system will be extended to the remaining offices over the coming months.

He said the AHCS replaces the current standalone system which has been in place since the late 1980s and provides a greater range of functionality by taking advantage of the latest computer technologies.