Office for Health and Management of Animal Diseases:

- Studying, policy-making and outlining strategic plans for investigation, combating and protection of animal diseases preferred by notifiable diseases and followed by their surveillance, evaluation and differentiation;

- Studying, policy-making and outlining strategic plans for investigation, combating and protection of joint animal-human diseases followed by their surveillance, evaluation and differentiation;

- Studying, policy-making and outlining strategic plans for enforcing a viable surveillance system on animal-human diseases followed by their monitoring, evaluation and classification;

- Studying and formulating short, medium and long-term operational schemes for controlling diseases including prevention, eradication of animal diseases, joint animal-human diseases and development of surveillance system on them;

- Derivation of needed codes and conducts for investigation, combating and protection of animal and animal-human diseases accompanied by forecasting annual commitments under national plans framework;

- Summing up, analysis and evaluation of provincial performance in launching plans and projects for controlling animal diseases;

- Studying and assessment of solicited information on contagious diseases status amid wilds and pets particularly on reservoirs/carriers of animal diseases;

- Collection, analysis and tabulation of animal and joint animal-human diseases favoring adoption of the best and most effective methods in prevention and uprooting such diseases;

- Compiling plans for prevention, combating and eradication of emergence/re-emergence of endemic and exotic animal diseases;

- Investigation and foreseeing needed tools, equipments, vaccines, biologics, anti-parasite drugs, manpower and other inputs and monitoring on their distribution and consumption nationwide;

- Studying, investigation and declaring educational requirements both academic and in-service schedules for public/private veterinary sectors focusing on combating and protection of animal and joint animal-human diseases;

- Studying and sharing in applied-research initiatives in favor of improved controlling activities of animal diseases;

- Cooperation in holding scientific. National, regional and int’l conferences/meetings related to animal and joint animal-human diseases;

- Risk analysis, management, and communicative interaction of endemic/exotic diseases;

- Collaboration with the Ministry of Health in the areas of protection and controlling joint human-animal diseases;

- Conducting epidemiologic analysis and identification of the roots and geographical dispersion pattern of animal and joint animal-human diseases;

- Investigation on quantity and extend of incidence and economic impacts of animal and joint animal-human diseases;

- Surveying the status quo of pastures, troughs, stables, farms, animal fields, slaughter-houses, and other establishments in terms of disease generation potentials;

- Epidemiologic investigation and tracing the status of exotic diseases;

- Assessment of the impacts of vaccines, biologics, poisons and drugs application in plans and projects designed for combating animal diseases;

- Grabbing the latest know-how via domestic and foreign resources of animal diseases;

- Compiling data and information on animal and joint animal-human diseases for relaying to int’l specialized agencies e.g. OIE, FAO, WHO,

- Summing up and compiling technical reports, bulletins and documentary packs on animal diseases;

- Cooperation and follow up on expansion of animal insurance coverage.