Handle with care


Veterinary Services Department director-general Datuk Dr Quaza Nizamuddin Hassan Nizam speaking to The Star in an interview in Putrajaya recently. M. Azhar Arif/The Star

SOME may feel squirmish with them. But frogs and mice have an important role in education, particularly in science and biology classes.

By this year, guidelines on how to properly handle and treat animals used in lessons at schools and universities will be finalised by the Veterinary Services Department (DVS).

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