VETERINARY OFFICES
Data ID
File name: vrec
File path: d:\north_central\Livestock\
File type: Arcview shapefile
Category: Livestock
Description: Location of Directorate of Veterinary Service offices
Status: Completed
Geographical area: north-central Namibia
Keywords: veterinary services

livestock
Date of last update: 1999/12/01
ID notes: Veterinary Offices and veterinary research and extension centres (VREC) provide the same service (supply of

drugs, advice, basic health care and vaccinations). VRECs were purpose built by NOLIDEP (Northern Livestock

Development Project) to provide veterinary services to farmers in remote places
Location notes:
Data quality and organisation
Positional Accuracy: various
Vector/Raster: Vector
Data quality notes: sometimes used nearest village
Spatial reference
Projection: Geodetic
Datum: WGS84
Spatial reference notes:
Fields
Field name Field description Field source/notes
X_COORD Decimal degrees - longitude
Y_COORD Decimal degrees - latitude
TYPE type of office e.g. veterinary office or vet research and

extension centre
NAME location
Source/Distribution
Lineage/Source of Data: Locations obtained using GPS and existing map data in discussion with Directorate of Veterinary Services
Author of Data Source: Northern Namibia Environmental Project
Contact: Natural Resource Information Service
Online/Offline Address: Natural Resource Information System (NRIS),

Ministry of Lands, Resettlement & Rehabilitation, P/Bag 5571, Oshakati

Email: nris@africaonline.com.na
Distribution notes: Unrestricted

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