THE Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) in Negros Occidental has generated a total of P10.9 million in revenue last year through farm income and collection of laboratory and veterinary fees.
The figure is 6.7 percent higher than its revenue of P10.2 million in 2017.
Reports from the PVO showed that regulatory services including veterinary health certificate issuance, livestock, game fowl registration, and traders license application contributed the bulk of the revenue amounting to almost P7.2 million.
It is followed by income generated through farms and sale of various products worth almost P3.5 million while collections from laboratory services and dairy training fees totaled to P222,424 and P50,060, respectively.
Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena said the increase in collections is attributed to the effective implementation of the Provincial Tax Ordinance No. 2017-001.
Decena said they have strengthened the implementation particularly of information dissemination and delivery of technical services among commercial farm owners and backyard game fowl farms.
“We have been campaigning among them to register their farms,” he said, adding that the higher income also reflects the interests of the stakeholders to really avail of the services of PVO.
For this year, PVO targets to increase its collection by improving its products and services.
The veterinary office also plans to design and implement more programs and projects in order to cater to the growing needs of the public. (EPN)