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(524, 1, '2016-09-21 15:01:00', '2016-09-21 12:01:00', 'Meat and Livestock carry important risks for importing countries, their consumers and their livestock populations.\r\n\r\nLTS works to mitigate these risks, reducing them to acceptable minimum levels.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_520\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"356\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kenyan-Well-Finished-Young-Goat-IMG-20141207-WA0008-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-520\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kenyan-Well-Finished-Young-Goat-IMG-20141207-WA0008-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Disease-free, antibiotic-free and well finished livestock for live animal and eat export is what we assure.\" width=\"356\" height=\"267\" /></a> Disease-free, antibiotic-free and well-finished livestock for live animal and eat export is what we assure.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLTS work with both importing and exporting governments.  As a Specialized Livestock Service Provider, LTS operates under the supervision and guidance of government, providing an independent assessment---equal to a <em>second opinion</em>, thus helping to ensure that all exported and imported livestock and meat products meet or exceed requirements.\r\n\r\nThus the good name of exporting governments is protected while importing governments have increased confidence in LTS-supervised exports.\r\n\r\n<strong>How we work </strong>\r\n\r\nWorking closely with importing governments to understand their requirements and concerns we take this information to the exporting governments and the field.  Additionally, exporting governments operate through official communication channels with importers and can inform our understanding so that we delivery better products which importers are confident in.\r\n\r\nShould an incident happen, we work closely with both sides to rapidly get to the bottom of the problem.  Our traceability system is key to enabling us to focus on the source of the problem and resolve any issues quickly. We then work with the concerned governments to amend our systems that prevent future occurrences.\r\n\r\n<strong>LTS proprietary Traceability System – shared with importing and exporting governments.</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"362\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our proprietarey Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners. Our system is unique among   exporters from Africa.\" width=\"362\" height=\"275\" /></a> Our proprietary Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners. Our system is unique among exporters from Africa.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe LTS Traceability System is at the core of our government relations.  Each individual animal has a passport that through scanning can show a wealth of information about the animal or carcass.  Information included in the LTS traceability System includes:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Origin of the animal</li>\r\n 	<li>Species</li>\r\n 	<li>Age</li>\r\n 	<li>Sex</li>\r\n 	<li>Movement history and transport information</li>\r\n 	<li>Date of arrival to processor (quarantine or slaughterhouse)</li>\r\n 	<li>Clinical Exam Results and dates</li>\r\n 	<li>Lab Tests performed and results and dates</li>\r\n 	<li>Vaccinations administered and dates</li>\r\n 	<li>Treatments given and withholding times if any. This ensures that the animal is not slaughtered before any withholding time has expired, meaning meat is always antibiotic-free.</li>\r\n 	<li>Date slaughtered or passed quarantine.</li>\r\n 	<li>Date shipped</li>\r\n 	<li>Airline or ship identification</li>\r\n 	<li>Airway bill / manifest information</li>\r\n 	<li>Incidents including examinations and treatments on board the ship for live animal transport</li>\r\n 	<li>Meat temperature information recorded during shipment (air or sea)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_515\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"284\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Poor-Quality-Goat-Carcass-Meat-IMG-20140225-WA0000.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-515\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Poor-Quality-Goat-Carcass-Meat-IMG-20140225-WA0000-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Poorly skinned and inadequateley chilled meat is is a risk to consumers. LTS ensures that mistakes like these are never shipped to importing countries. \" width=\"284\" height=\"379\" /></a> Poorly skinned and inadequateley chilled meat is is a risk to consumers. LTS ensures that mistakes like these are never shipped to importing countries.[/caption]\r\n\r\nImporting and exporting governments are supplied with LTS proprietary databases for each shipment so that they can scan all livestock leaving or entering their countries and be sure that all livestock have been properly inspected.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_522\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"226\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Sheep-Well-Flayed-2016-09-17-1-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-522\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Sheep-Well-Flayed-2016-09-17-1-1-141x300.jpg\" alt=\"We ensure that meat we export is always well processed, properly chilled, and antibiotic free\" width=\"226\" height=\"481\" /></a> We ensure that meat we export is <strong><em>always</em> </strong>well processed, properly chilled, and antibiotic free[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Government Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '265-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:01:00', '2016-09-21 12:01:00', '', 265, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/265-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(525, 2, '2016-09-21 15:02:29', '2016-09-21 12:02:29', '<h1>LTS Guarantee</h1>\r\nWe guarantee our services to be highly effective, thus when working with us, traders can be assured that their products will be well-received and payment will be made.  Through an operational partner, we can guarantee payment will be received for any products shipped.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">livestock exporters </span></strong></a><strong>  </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">livestock importers</span></span></strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">meat importers</span></strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Importers & Exporters', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '99-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:02:29', '2016-09-21 12:02:29', '', 99, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/99-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(526, 1, '2016-09-21 15:05:00', '2016-09-21 12:05:00', 'LTS offers unique, dedicated services to Livestock and Meat Processors.\r\n\r\nWe have nearly 2 decades of intimate knowledge and collaboration with importing traders, governments, and consumers.   In short, we understand what the market desires.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>On spec, each time, <strong>every time</strong></em></h4>\r\nWe work closely and can offer a variety of services to Quarantines and Slaughterhouses ranging including:\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li> Supervision</li>\r\n 	<li> Staff Training</li>\r\n 	<li> Operations and Management of quarantines and slaughterhouses.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Slaughterhouse-Nairobi-2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-251 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Slaughterhouse-Nairobi-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"nema-slaughterhouse-nairobi-2\" width=\"260\" height=\"146\" /></a><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0361-1.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-393 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0361-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0361\" width=\"261\" height=\"147\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOur goal is and will <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">always</span></em> one of service to the industry, increasing quality, sales, profits, and throughput.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/producers-processors/\" target=\"_blank\">Producers &amp; Processors</a>      <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/producers-processors/livestock-produdcers/\" target=\"_blank\">Livestock Producers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>              <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Livestock & Meat Processors', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '353-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:05:00', '2016-09-21 12:05:00', '', 353, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/353-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(527, 2, '2016-09-21 15:05:27', '2016-09-21 12:05:27', 'Serving quality –minded exporters is key to successful supply and processing chain management.  Our goal is to raise the quality of exported products and to assist exporters in increasing profits by selling up the value chain.  This is only possible with well finished, well processed, and smoothly transported products which is where LTS comes in.\r\n\r\nBy engaging with producers and processors or undertaking these activities ourselves, we can guarantee that the products will meet demanding importer and up-market consumer requirements.\r\n\r\n<strong>Livestock Export &amp; Processing Services</strong>\r\n\r\nWe offer a full range of services to our livestock export trading partners including:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Supply chain management</li>\r\n 	<li>Pre-purchase livestock inspection</li>\r\n 	<li>Animal welfare provisions during transport to prevent disease.</li>\r\n 	<li>Livestock fattening and finishing through quality and innovative feeding practices ensuring value for money and rapid weight gain.</li>\r\n 	<li>Quarantine export processing ensuring that all livestock meet or exceed importing client specifications and pass importing authority veterinary inspections for disease and antibiotic residues.</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipping services including securing ships and using our highly trained staff to maintain the quarantine on board any ships that take livestock that we have quarantined</li>\r\n 	<li>Liaison with importing veterinary authorities</li>\r\n 	<li>Importing trader dialogue, contractual services, and payment collection if required</li>\r\n 	<li>Financing (Sharia Compliant or Mainstream) as required.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Livestock Exporter Solutions & Servcies', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '286-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:05:27', '2016-09-21 12:05:27', '', 286, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/286-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(528, 2, '2016-09-21 15:06:17', '2016-09-21 12:06:17', 'Serving quality –minded exporters is key to successful supply and processing chain management.  Our goal is to raise the quality of exported products and to assist exporters in increasing profits by selling up the value chain.  This is only possible with well finished, well processed, and smoothly transported products which is where LTS comes in.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBy engaging with producers and processors or undertaking these activities ourselves, we can guarantee that the products will meet demanding importer and up-market consumer requirements.\r\n\r\n<strong>Meat Export and Processing Services</strong>\r\n\r\nOur meat services are highly specialized and customer-oriented.  First, we seek to understand the importing customers’ needs and if we are confident that we can help the exporter meet those requirements, we engage the parties and move forward together.\r\n\r\nWe strive to develop long-term relationships with importing clients.  To do this, we must be sure that we can provide the required supply and consistent quality throughout the year or contract period.\r\n\r\nThus, we work with the entire production, supply, processing and transport value chain.\r\n\r\n<strong>Our services include:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Supply chain management</li>\r\n 	<li>Pre-purchase livestock inspection</li>\r\n 	<li>Livestock fattening and finishing through quality and innovative feeding practices ensuring value for money and rapid weight gain.</li>\r\n 	<li>Animal welfare provisions during transport to ensure tender meat &amp; prevent disease.</li>\r\n 	<li>Antemortem inspection prior to slaughter.</li>\r\n 	<li>Supervision of skinning and flaying to ensure an attractive carcass with fascia intact and no cuts into meat.</li>\r\n 	<li>Hygienic slaughtering practices.</li>\r\n 	<li>Chilling protocols to eliminate and prevent disease &amp; ensure tender meat</li>\r\n 	<li>Supervision and temperature monitoring during export transport.</li>\r\n 	<li>Liaison with importing veterinary authorities</li>\r\n 	<li>Importing trader dialogue, contractual services, and payment collection as required.</li>\r\n 	<li>Financing (Sharia Compliant or Mainstream) as required.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>', 'Meat Exporter Solutions and Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '289-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:06:17', '2016-09-21 12:06:17', '', 289, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/289-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(529, 1, '2016-09-21 15:06:25', '2016-09-21 12:06:25', '<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>On spec each time−<strong>every time!</strong></em></h5>\r\nLTS offers unique, dedicated services to Livestock and Meat Processors.\r\n\r\nWe have nearly 2 decades of intimate knowledge and collaboration with importing traders, governments, and consumers.   In short, we understand what the market desires.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>On spec, each time, <strong>every time</strong></em></h4>\r\nWe work closely and can offer a variety of services to Quarantines and Slaughterhouses ranging including:\r\n<ol>\r\n 	<li> Supervision</li>\r\n 	<li> Staff Training</li>\r\n 	<li> Operations and Management of quarantines and slaughterhouses.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Slaughterhouse-Nairobi-2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-251 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Slaughterhouse-Nairobi-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"nema-slaughterhouse-nairobi-2\" width=\"260\" height=\"146\" /></a><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0361-1.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-393 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0361-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0361\" width=\"261\" height=\"147\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOur goal is and will <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">always</span></em> one of service to the industry, increasing quality, sales, profits, and throughput.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/producers-processors/\" target=\"_blank\">Producers &amp; Processors</a>      <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/producers-processors/livestock-produdcers/\" target=\"_blank\">Livestock Producers</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>              <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Livestock & Meat Processors', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '353-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:06:25', '2016-09-21 12:06:25', '', 353, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/353-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(530, 2, '2016-09-21 15:07:32', '2016-09-21 12:07:32', '<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Importers</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rejected shipments?</li>\r\n 	<li>Inconsistent quality?</li>\r\n 	<li>Delayed / cancelled shipments?</li>\r\n 	<li>Tough meat?</li>\r\n 	<li>Wet or black meat?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Exporters</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rejected Shipments?</li>\r\n 	<li>Condemned animals &amp; Carcasses?</li>\r\n 	<li>Off-specification &amp; unsuitable for export?</li>\r\n 	<li>Buyer fails to pay or pays less than agreed?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>LTS is  — On spec, each time— every time! </strong></em>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"234\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"234\" height=\"178\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<em><strong>We\'ll find quality buyers, guarantee payment and ensure that your livestock and meat are what the buyer &amp; consumer desires!</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong>We\'ll ensure that your imports are </strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Consistent in quality</li>\r\n 	<li>Meet your required weights, ages, and sex</li>\r\n 	<li>Are your preferred breeds</li>\r\n 	<li>Carry zero-risk of Veterinary rejection at import</li>\r\n 	<li>Are always disease-free &amp; antibiotic-free</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Livestock Importers Solutions & Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '101-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:07:32', '2016-09-21 12:07:32', '', 101, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/101-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(531, 1, '2016-09-21 15:08:00', '2016-09-21 12:08:00', '<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>On spec each time−<strong>every time!</strong></em></h5>\r\nLivestock producers are the beginning of quality and highly profitable meat.  Without quality at the producer end, it is impossible to have a good market for livestock or meat.\r\n\r\nQuality feeding and stress-reducing management help to make the tender meat that global customers demand today−whether live animals for export or meat.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_476\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"360\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/14-month-old-grain-fed-cattle.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-476\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/14-month-old-grain-fed-cattle-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"14-month old grain fed Black Angus and Charollais nearly ready for market. \" width=\"360\" height=\"241\" /></a> 14-month old grain fed Black Angus and Charollais nearly ready for market.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLTS offers wide-ranging support to livestock producers enabling them to access the most profitable markets for their products.\r\n\r\nLTS also can identify appropriate and ethical importers so that the producers can be assured of being paid for their products should they chose to export directly to global clients.\r\n\r\nAlternatively, LTS works with quality exporters of meat and livestock, finding markets for them, negotiating contracts and providing end-to-end supply chain management.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/producers-processors/\" target=\"_blank\">Producers &amp; Processors</a>              <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/producers-processors/livestock-meat-processors/\" target=\"_blank\">Livestock &amp; Meat Processors</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us</a>              <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Livestock Producers', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '350-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:08:00', '2016-09-21 12:08:00', '', 350, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/350-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(532, 2, '2016-09-21 15:08:26', '2016-09-21 12:08:26', '<strong>Do you face these issues with your meat imports?</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rejected by veterinary authorities?</li>\r\n 	<li>Of poor quality with poorly flayed &amp; dirty carcasses?</li>\r\n 	<li>The wrong age, sex or breed?</li>\r\n 	<li>Dark and with a short shelf-life?</li>\r\n 	<li>arrive too late to meet your customer demands?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n<strong>We can help. With each and every shipment, we\'ll ensure that your meat<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0361.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-190\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0361-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0361\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Is smooth, clean and with excellent looking carcasses</li>\r\n 	<li>Is of consistent quality each and every day</li>\r\n 	<li>Meets your requirements for weight, age, sex, and breed</li>\r\n 	<li>Is hygienic</li>\r\n 	<li>Is always antibiotic-free</li>\r\n 	<li>Carries no disease-risk to you, your staff or your clients<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" /></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Meat Importer Solutions & Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '105-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:08:26', '2016-09-21 12:08:26', '', 105, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/105-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(533, 1, '2016-09-21 15:09:46', '2016-09-21 12:09:46', '<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>On spec each time−</strong>every time!</em></h5>\r\nIntimate end-market knowledge in international destination markets including the Arabinan Peninsula, Middle East, near Asia, and Africa is critical to successful livestock production and export processing whether it be meat or livestock.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_458\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"376\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Meat-Display.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-458\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Meat-Display-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"With over 100 cuts of lamb and beef, the global market for meat is both discerning and demanding in terms of quality. \" width=\"376\" height=\"212\" /></a> With over 100 cuts of lamb and beef, the global market for meat is both discerning and demanding in terms of quality.[/caption]\r\n\r\nDifferent clients and different regions have particular product preferences which once known can assist the producer or processor to increase his profits.\r\n\r\nIn today\'s competitive global markets, market-oriented production suited to buyers needs is a necessary ingredient for success.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_463\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"337\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Cattle-Morandet-Farm-Naivasha-DSC_00251.NEF_-2.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-463\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Cattle-Morandet-Farm-Naivasha-DSC_00251.NEF_-2-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Many markets will only accept cattle less then 2 years (preferably less than 18 months), and sheep and goats less than one year. Market weights are 350+ kg for cattle and 35+ kg for sheep and goats.\" width=\"337\" height=\"226\" /></a> Many markets will only accept cattle less than 2 years (preferably less than 18 months), and sheep and goats less than one year. Market weights are 350+ kg for cattle and 35+ kg for sheep and goats.[/caption]\r\n\r\nSee  <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/producers-processors/livestock-produdcers/\" target=\"_blank\">Livestock Producers</a> and <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/producers-processors/livestock-meat-processors/\" target=\"_blank\">Livestock &amp; Meat Processors</a> for more information.  <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us</a>', 'Producers & Processors', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '347-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:09:46', '2016-09-21 12:09:46', '', 347, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/347-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(534, 2, '2016-09-21 15:10:49', '2016-09-21 12:10:49', 'Meat and Livestock carry important risks for importing countries, their consumers and their livestock populations.\n\nLTS works to mitigate these risks, reducing them to acceptable minimum levels.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_520\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"356\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kenyan-Well-Finished-Young-Goat-IMG-20141207-WA0008-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-520\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kenyan-Well-Finished-Young-Goat-IMG-20141207-WA0008-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Disease-free, antibiotic-free and well finished livestock for live animal and eat export is what we assure.\" width=\"356\" height=\"267\" /></a> Disease-free, antibiotic-free and well-finished livestock for live animal and eat export is what we assure.[/caption]\n\nLTS work with both importing and exporting governments.  As a Specialized Livestock Service Provider, LTS operates under the supervision and guidance of government, providing an independent assessment---equal to a <em>second opinion</em>, thus helping to ensure that all exported and imported livestock and meat products meet or exceed requirements.\n\nThus the good name of exporting governments is protected while importing governments have increased confidence in LTS-supervised exports.\n\n<strong>How we work </strong>\n\nWorking closely with importing governments to understand their requirements and concerns we take this information to the exporting governments and the field.  Additionally, exporting governments operate through official communication channels with importers and can inform our understanding so that we delivery better products which importers are confident in.\n\nShould an incident happen, we work closely with both sides to rapidly get to the bottom of the problem.  Our traceability system is key to enabling us to focus on the source of the problem and resolve any issues quickly. We then work with the concerned governments to amend our systems that prevent future occurrences.\n\n<strong>LTS proprietary Traceability System – shared with importing and exporting governments.</strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"362\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our proprietarey Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners. Our system is unique among exporters from Africa.\" width=\"362\" height=\"275\" /></a> Our proprietary Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners. Our system is unique among exporters from Africa.[/caption]\n\nThe LTS Traceability System is at the core of our government relations.  Each individual animal has a passport that through scanning can show a wealth of information about the animal or carcass.  Information included in the LTS traceability System includes:\n<ul>\n 	<li>Origin of the animal</li>\n 	<li>Species</li>\n 	<li>Age</li>\n 	<li>Sex</li>\n 	<li>Movement history and transport information</li>\n 	<li>Date of arrival to processor (quarantine or slaughterhouse)</li>\n 	<li>Clinical Exam Results and dates</li>\n 	<li>Lab Tests performed and results and dates</li>\n 	<li>Vaccinations administered and dates</li>\n 	<li>Treatments given and withholding times if any. This ensures that the animal is not slaughtered before any withholding time has expired, meaning meat is always antibiotic-free.</li>\n 	<li>Date slaughtered or passed quarantine.</li>\n 	<li>Date shipped</li>\n 	<li>Airline or ship identification</li>\n 	<li>Airway bill / manifest information</li>\n 	<li>Incidents including examinations and treatments on board the ship for live animal transport</li>\n 	<li>Meat temperature information recorded during shipment (air or sea)</li>\n</ul>\n[caption id=\"attachment_515\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"284\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Poor-Quality-Goat-Carcass-Meat-IMG-20140225-WA0000.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-515\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Poor-Quality-Goat-Carcass-Meat-IMG-20140225-WA0000-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Poorly skinned and inadequateley chilled meat is is a risk to consumers. LTS ensures that mistakes like these are never shipped to importing countries. \" width=\"284\" height=\"379\" /></a> Poorly skinned and inadequateley chilled meat is is a risk to consumers. LTS ensures that mistakes like these are never shipped to importing countries.[/caption]\n\nImporting and exporting governments are supplied with LTS proprietary databases for each shipment so that they can scan all livestock leaving or entering their countries and be sure that all livestock have been properly inspected.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_522\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"226\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Sheep-Well-Flayed-2016-09-17-1-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-522\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Sheep-Well-Flayed-2016-09-17-1-1-141x300.jpg\" alt=\"We ensure that meat we export is always well processed, properly chilled, and antibiotic free\" width=\"226\" height=\"481\" /></a> We ensure that meat we export is <strong><em>always</em> </strong>well processed, properly chilled, and antibiotic free[/caption]\n\nRead about eliminating risk, ensuring wholesomeness\n\nContact Us          HOME', 'Government Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '265-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:10:49', '2016-09-21 12:10:49', '', 265, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/265-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(535, 1, '2016-09-21 15:10:49', '2016-09-21 12:10:49', '<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>On spec each time−</strong>every time!</em></h5>\r\nServing quality –minded exporters is key to successful supply and processing chain management.  Our goal is to raise the quality of exported products and to assist exporters in increasing profits by selling up the value chain.  This is only possible with well finished, well processed, and smoothly transported products which is where LTS comes in.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBy engaging with producers and processors or undertaking these activities ourselves, we can guarantee that the products will meet demanding importer and up-market consumer requirements.\r\n\r\n<strong>Meat Export and Processing Services</strong>\r\n\r\nOur meat services are highly specialized and customer-oriented.  First, we seek to understand the importing customers’ needs and if we are confident that we can help the exporter meet those requirements, we engage the parties and move forward together.\r\n\r\nWe strive to develop long-term relationships with importing clients.  To do this, we must be sure that we can provide the required supply and consistent quality throughout the year or contract period.\r\n\r\nThus, we work with the entire production, supply, processing and transport value chain.\r\n\r\n<strong>Our services include:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Supply chain management</li>\r\n 	<li>Pre-purchase livestock inspection</li>\r\n 	<li>Livestock fattening and finishing through quality and innovative feeding practices ensuring value for money and rapid weight gain.</li>\r\n 	<li>Animal welfare provisions during transport to ensure tender meat &amp; prevent disease.</li>\r\n 	<li>Antemortem inspection prior to slaughter.</li>\r\n 	<li>Supervision of skinning and flaying to ensure an attractive carcass with fascia intact and no cuts into meat.</li>\r\n 	<li>Hygienic slaughtering practices.</li>\r\n 	<li>Chilling protocols to eliminate and prevent disease &amp; ensure tender meat</li>\r\n 	<li>Supervision and temperature monitoring during export transport.</li>\r\n 	<li>Liaison with importing veterinary authorities</li>\r\n 	<li>Importing trader dialogue, contractual services, and payment collection as required.</li>\r\n 	<li>Financing (Sharia Compliant or Mainstream) as required.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>', 'Meat Exporter Solutions and Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '289-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:10:49', '2016-09-21 12:10:49', '', 289, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/289-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(536, 2, '2016-09-21 15:11:35', '2016-09-21 12:11:35', 'Meat and Livestock carry important risks for importing countries, their consumers and their livestock populations.\r\n\r\nLTS works to mitigate these risks, reducing them to acceptable minimum levels.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_520\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"356\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kenyan-Well-Finished-Young-Goat-IMG-20141207-WA0008-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-520\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kenyan-Well-Finished-Young-Goat-IMG-20141207-WA0008-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Disease-free, antibiotic-free and well finished livestock for live animal and eat export is what we assure.\" width=\"356\" height=\"267\" /></a> Disease-free, antibiotic-free and well-finished livestock for live animal and eat export is what we assure.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLTS work with both importing and exporting governments.  As a Specialized Livestock Service Provider, LTS operates under the supervision and guidance of government, providing an independent assessment---equal to a <em>second opinion</em>, thus helping to ensure that all exported and imported livestock and meat products meet or exceed requirements.\r\n\r\nThus the good name of exporting governments is protected while importing governments have increased confidence in LTS-supervised exports.\r\n\r\n<strong>How we work </strong>\r\n\r\nWorking closely with importing governments to understand their requirements and concerns we take this information to the exporting governments and the field.  Additionally, exporting governments operate through official communication channels with importers and can inform our understanding so that we delivery better products which importers are confident in.\r\n\r\nShould an incident happen, we work closely with both sides to rapidly get to the bottom of the problem.  Our traceability system is key to enabling us to focus on the source of the problem and resolve any issues quickly. We then work with the concerned governments to amend our systems that prevent future occurrences.\r\n\r\n<strong>LTS proprietary Traceability System – shared with importing and exporting governments.</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"362\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our proprietarey Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners. Our system is unique among exporters from Africa.\" width=\"362\" height=\"275\" /></a> Our proprietary Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners. Our system is unique among exporters from Africa.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe LTS Traceability System is at the core of our government relations.  Each individual animal has a passport that through scanning can show a wealth of information about the animal or carcass.  Information included in the LTS traceability System includes:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Origin of the animal</li>\r\n 	<li>Species</li>\r\n 	<li>Age</li>\r\n 	<li>Sex</li>\r\n 	<li>Movement history and transport information</li>\r\n 	<li>Date of arrival to processor (quarantine or slaughterhouse)</li>\r\n 	<li>Clinical Exam Results and dates</li>\r\n 	<li>Lab Tests performed and results and dates</li>\r\n 	<li>Vaccinations administered and dates</li>\r\n 	<li>Treatments given and withholding times if any. This ensures that the animal is not slaughtered before any withholding time has expired, meaning meat is always antibiotic-free.</li>\r\n 	<li>Date slaughtered or passed quarantine.</li>\r\n 	<li>Date shipped</li>\r\n 	<li>Airline or ship identification</li>\r\n 	<li>Airway bill / manifest information</li>\r\n 	<li>Incidents including examinations and treatments on board the ship for live animal transport</li>\r\n 	<li>Meat temperature information recorded during shipment (air or sea)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_515\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"284\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Poor-Quality-Goat-Carcass-Meat-IMG-20140225-WA0000.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-515\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Poor-Quality-Goat-Carcass-Meat-IMG-20140225-WA0000-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Poorly skinned and inadequateley chilled meat is is a risk to consumers. LTS ensures that mistakes like these are never shipped to importing countries. \" width=\"284\" height=\"379\" /></a> Poorly skinned and inadequateley chilled meat is is a risk to consumers. LTS ensures that mistakes like these are never shipped to importing countries.[/caption]\r\n\r\nImporting and exporting governments are supplied with LTS proprietary databases for each shipment so that they can scan all livestock leaving or entering their countries and be sure that all livestock have been properly inspected.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_522\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"226\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Sheep-Well-Flayed-2016-09-17-1-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-522\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Sheep-Well-Flayed-2016-09-17-1-1-141x300.jpg\" alt=\"We ensure that meat we export is always well processed, properly chilled, and antibiotic free\" width=\"226\" height=\"481\" /></a> We ensure that meat we export is <strong><em>always</em> </strong>well processed, properly chilled, and antibiotic free[/caption]\r\n\r\nRead about <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/government-services/eliminating-risk-ensuring-wholesomeness/\">eliminating risk, ensuring wholesomeness</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us</a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Government Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '265-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:11:35', '2016-09-21 12:11:35', '', 265, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/265-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(537, 1, '2016-09-21 15:11:43', '2016-09-21 12:11:43', '<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>On spec each time−</strong>every time!</em></h5>\r\nServing quality –minded exporters is key to successful supply and processing chain management.  Our goal is to raise the quality of exported products and to assist exporters in increasing profits by selling up the value chain.  This is only possible with well finished, well processed, and smoothly transported products which is where LTS comes in.\r\n\r\nBy engaging with producers and processors or undertaking these activities ourselves, we can guarantee that the products will meet demanding importer and up-market consumer requirements.\r\n\r\n<strong>Livestock Export &amp; Processing Services</strong>\r\n\r\nWe offer a full range of services to our livestock export trading partners including:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Supply chain management</li>\r\n 	<li>Pre-purchase livestock inspection</li>\r\n 	<li>Animal welfare provisions during transport to prevent disease.</li>\r\n 	<li>Livestock fattening and finishing through quality and innovative feeding practices ensuring value for money and rapid weight gain.</li>\r\n 	<li>Quarantine export processing ensuring that all livestock meet or exceed importing client specifications and pass importing authority veterinary inspections for disease and antibiotic residues.</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipping services including securing ships and using our highly trained staff to maintain the quarantine on board any ships that take livestock that we have quarantined</li>\r\n 	<li>Liaison with importing veterinary authorities</li>\r\n 	<li>Importing trader dialogue, contractual services, and payment collection if required</li>\r\n 	<li>Financing (Sharia Compliant or Mainstream) as required.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Livestock Exporter Solutions & Servcies', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '286-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:11:43', '2016-09-21 12:11:43', '', 286, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/286-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(538, 1, '2016-09-21 15:14:16', '2016-09-21 12:14:16', '<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>On spec each time−</strong>every time!</em></h5>\nServing quality –minded exporters is key to successful supply and processing chain management.  Our goal is to raise the quality of exported products and to assist exporters in increasing profits by selling up the value chain.  This is only possible with well-finished, well-processed, and smoothly transported products which is where LTS comes in.\n\nBy engaging with producers and processors or undertaking these activities ourselves, we can guarantee that the products will meet demanding importer and up-market consumer requirements.\n\n<strong>Livestock Export &amp; Processing Services</strong>\n\nWe offer a full range of services to our livestock export trading partners including:\n<ul>\n 	<li>Supply chain management</li>\n 	<li>Pre-purchase livestock inspection</li>\n 	<li>Animal welfare provisions during transport to prevent disease.</li>\n 	<li>Livestock fattening and finishing through quality and innovative feeding practices ensuring value for money and rapid weight gain.</li>\n 	<li>Quarantine export processing ensuring that all livestock meet or exceed importing client specifications and pass importing authority veterinary inspections for disease and antibiotic residues.</li>\n 	<li>Shipping services including securing ships and using our highly trained staff to maintain the quarantine on board any ships that take livestock that we have quarantined</li>\n 	<li>Liaison with importing veterinary authorities</li>\n 	<li>Importing trader dialogue, contractual services, and payment collection if required</li>\n 	<li>Financing (Sharia Compliant or Mainstream) as required.</li>\n</ul>\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Livestock Exporter Solutions & Servcies', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '286-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:14:16', '2016-09-21 12:14:16', '', 286, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/286-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(539, 2, '2016-10-08 11:11:29', '2016-10-08 08:11:29', '<h1><strong> Livestock Export Risk Management</strong></h1>\n<em>We move livestock and leave the disease behind.</em>\n\nDiseases of trade can create havoc for importing countries and seriously tarnish the names of exporting countries.  Risks are many and substantial.   Diseases can place the consumers, livestock populations, or both in importing countries at risk.\n\n<strong>The diseases that we monitor for and when necessary prevent through vaccination include;</strong>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Foot and Mouth Disease</li>\n 	<li>Sheep and goat pox</li>\n 	<li>Lumpy skin disease</li>\n 	<li>Hemorrhagic septicemia</li>\n 	<li>Rift Valley Fever</li>\n 	<li>Brucellosis</li>\n 	<li>Malignant Catarrhal Fever</li>\n 	<li>Tuberculosis</li>\n 	<li>Heartwater</li>\n 	<li>Peste des Petits Ruminants</li>\n 	<li>Contagious Bovine and Caprine Pleuropneumonia</li>\n</ul>\nAdditionally, some importing countries desire that we monitor for other diseases which are then included in the list for that country.\n\n<strong>Live Animal Quarantine Period </strong>\n\nThe incubation period—period during which an animal may be developing the disease, but not show clinical signs is the guide for establishing quarantine period.  For the above and other diseases, the maximum incubation period is 14 days.  Building in a safety factor, the LTS minimum quarantine time is 16 days as can be seen below.  However, importing countries sent the required quarantine days using a combination of OIE standards and other relevant factors.\n\nLTS always adheres to the quarantine time established by the importing country.  We make no exceptions.\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Incubation-Periods-LTS-Minimum-Quarantine-Time.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-279 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Incubation-Periods-LTS-Minimum-Quarantine-Time-300x123.png\" alt=\"incubation-periods-lts-minimum-quarantine-time\" width=\"444\" height=\"182\" /></a>\n<h1>Safe Meat &amp; Livestock for All</h1>\nMeat, carry special risks which are different from livestock since they are directly consumed and once inspected is passed at import the meat is considered safe for human consumption.  Issues of hygiene, improper chilling, and disease risks to humans such as brucellosis are of concern.\n\nIn performing its work along the entire supply and processing chain, LTS strictly adheres to established scientific protocol and OIE standards to ensure that all exported meat is safe to consume.\n\nWe consider the following critical factors when examining our meat:\n<ul>\n 	<li>Bacterial contamination &amp; mold</li>\n 	<li>Antibiotic Residues and Hormones</li>\n 	<li>Ensuring Tender Meat</li>\n 	<li>Well-finished carcasses</li>\n 	<li>Diseases including brucellosis, tuberculosis, E. coli (O157:H7), and Salmonella.</li>\n</ul>\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/government-services/\">Government Services</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Governments - Eliminating Risk, Ensuring Wholesomeness', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '269-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 11:11:29', '2016-10-08 08:11:29', '', 269, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/269-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(540, 2, '2016-09-21 15:13:35', '2016-09-21 12:13:35', '<h1><strong> Livestock Export Risk Management</strong></h1>\r\n<em>We move livestock and leave the disease behind.</em>\r\n\r\nDiseases of trade can create havoc for importing countries and seriously tarnish the names of exporting countries.  Risks are many and substantial.   Diseases can place the consumers, livestock populations, or both in importing countries at risk.\r\n\r\n<strong>The diseases that we monitor for and when necessary prevent through vaccination include;</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Foot and Mouth Disease</li>\r\n 	<li>Sheep and goat pox</li>\r\n 	<li>Lumpy skin disease</li>\r\n 	<li>Hemorrhagic septicemia</li>\r\n 	<li>Rift Valley Fever</li>\r\n 	<li>Brucellosis</li>\r\n 	<li>Malignant Catarrhal Fever</li>\r\n 	<li>Tuberculosis</li>\r\n 	<li>Heartwater</li>\r\n 	<li>Peste des Petits Ruminants</li>\r\n 	<li>Contagious Bovine and Caprine Pleuropneumonia</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAdditionally, some importing countries desire that we monitor for other diseases which are then included in the list for that country.\r\n\r\n<strong>Live Animal Quarantine Period </strong>\r\n\r\nThe incubation period—period during which an animal may be developing the disease, but not show clinical signs is the guide for establishing quarantine period.  For the above and other diseases, the maximum incubation period is 14 days.  Building in a safety factor, the LTS minimum quarantine time is 16 days as can be seen below.  However, importing countries sent the required quarantine days using a combination of OIE standards and other relevant factors.\r\n\r\nLTS always adheres to the quarantine time established by the importing country.  We make no exceptions.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Incubation-Periods-LTS-Minimum-Quarantine-Time.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-279 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Incubation-Periods-LTS-Minimum-Quarantine-Time-300x123.png\" alt=\"incubation-periods-lts-minimum-quarantine-time\" width=\"444\" height=\"182\" /></a>\r\n<h1>Safe Meat &amp; Livestock for All</h1>\r\nMeat, carry special risks which are different from livestock since they are directly consumed and once inspected is passed at import the meat is considered safe for human consumption.  Issues of hygiene, improper chilling, and disease risks to humans such as brucellosis are of concern.\r\n\r\nIn performing its work along the entire supply and processing chain, LTS strictly adheres to established scientific protocol and OIE standards to ensure that all exported meat is safe to consume.\r\n\r\nWe consider the following critical factors when examining our meat:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Bacterial contamination &amp; mold</li>\r\n 	<li>Antibiotic Residues</li>\r\n 	<li>Ensuring Tender Meat</li>\r\n 	<li>Well-finished carcasses</li>\r\n 	<li>Diseases including brucellosis, tuberculosis, E. coli (O157:H7), and Salmonella.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/government-services/\">Government Services</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Eliminating Risk, Ensuring Wholesomeness', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '269-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:13:35', '2016-09-21 12:13:35', '', 269, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/269-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(541, 1, '2016-09-21 15:15:02', '2016-09-21 12:15:02', '<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>On spec each time−</strong>every time!</em></h5>\r\nServing quality –minded exporters is key to successful supply and processing chain management.  Our goal is to raise the quality of exported products and to assist exporters in increasing profits by selling up the value chain.  This is only possible with well-finished, well-processed, and smoothly transported products which is where LTS comes in.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_304\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"335\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-304\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa. \" width=\"335\" height=\"251\" /></a> Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa.[/caption]\r\n\r\nBy engaging with producers and processors or undertaking these activities ourselves, we can guarantee that the products will meet demanding importer and up-market consumer requirements.\r\n\r\n<strong>Livestock Export &amp; Processing Services</strong>\r\n\r\nWe offer a full range of services to our livestock export trading partners including:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Supply chain management</li>\r\n 	<li>Pre-purchase livestock inspection</li>\r\n 	<li>Animal welfare provisions during transport to prevent disease.</li>\r\n 	<li>Livestock fattening and finishing through quality and innovative feeding practices ensuring value for money and rapid weight gain.</li>\r\n 	<li>Quarantine export processing ensuring that all livestock meet or exceed importing client specifications and pass importing authority veterinary inspections for disease and antibiotic residues.</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipping services including securing ships and using our highly trained staff to maintain the quarantine on board any ships that take livestock that we have quarantined</li>\r\n 	<li>Liaison with importing veterinary authorities</li>\r\n 	<li>Importing trader dialogue, contractual services, and payment collection if required</li>\r\n 	<li>Financing (Sharia Compliant or Mainstream) as required.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Livestock Exporter Solutions & Servcies', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '286-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:15:02', '2016-09-21 12:15:02', '', 286, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/286-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(542, 2, '2016-09-21 15:15:25', '2016-09-21 12:15:25', '<h1><strong>Quarantine Design, Management, and Operations</strong></h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-258 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0183\" width=\"454\" height=\"256\" /></a>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Management and Operations</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS provides turn-key Operations and Management for livestock export quarantines, ensuring that <em>all </em>livestock pass importing country requirements inspections.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our Animal Passport System and Traceability Systems record all key events in the animal’s life as they relate to livestock and meat export: the results of any examinations, lab tests, vaccinations, treatments and antibiotic withholding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"430\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"430\" height=\"327\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>By offering a variety of quality livestock feeds both in the quarantines and on quarantined ships, we can assure livestock wholesomeness.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our staff is on every ship, ensuring that strict LTS Quarantine Procedures are followed and that our livestock are placed in client hands disease- and antibiotic-free</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Design</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3-D-All-areas-cap011.bmp\"><img class=\"wp-image-260 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3-D-All-areas-cap011-300x225.bmp\" alt=\"3-d-all-areas-cap011\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Making solid advances with each quarantine design, LTS continues to assure state-of-the-art design.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff designed the first modern livestock export quarantine in Djibouti, Africa which has become the standard model for livestock export from the Horn of Africa region since it’s opening in 2006.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff have informed the design of most Somalia quarantines, one under construction in Kenya and one in Oman.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h1><strong>End-to-End Supply &amp; Processing Chain Operations </strong></h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-87\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"343\" height=\"193\" /></a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-88\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"good-quality-kenyan-goat-carcasses-meat-img-20160118-wa0003\" width=\"124\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>A quality product, be livestock or meat comes from intimate knowledge of the entire supply and processing chain.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS carefully manages its supply of livestock to ensure that they are consistent in quality and are sourced from areas free of livestock diseases important to trade.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our goal is to ensure that the importer and client specifications for livestock and meat are met or exceeded. Only through end-to-end supply chain management can we assure this.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h1><strong>Fattening &amp; Finishing Livestock </strong></h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-91 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"well-finished-goat\" width=\"407\" height=\"306\" /></a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-40 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"440\" height=\"295\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo ensure that client specifications are met, we fatten and finish our livestock with quality feed.\r\n<h2>Innovative feed technologies</h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_90\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"250\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-90\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya\" width=\"250\" height=\"444\" /></a> Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We use a number of approaches to our fattening and finishing, from the traditional quality pasture and grain feeding to hydroponics and newer innovative feeding practices.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h1>Coastal, Riverside Farm</h1>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_94\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"451\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-94\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.\" width=\"451\" height=\"254\" /></a> The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.[/caption]\r\n\r\nOur farm along the north coast of Kenya is well placed for the development of livestock fattening and finishing operations since it has a large river meandering through which provides abundant water for irrigation purposes.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_93\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"447\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-93\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.\" width=\"447\" height=\"252\" /></a> Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Additionally, we fatten and finish at other locations such as holding grounds and quarantines.\r\n<h1></h1>\r\n<h1><strong>Slaughterhouse Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement / Management</strong></h1>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-234 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"basra-slaugherhouse-1\" width=\"262\" height=\"465\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We provide input into all aspects of slaughterhouse operations and onward shipment ensuring that the meat is hygienic and wholesome.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our Services range from Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement training and oversight to full slaughterhouse management and operations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Ops & Mgt Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '54-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:15:25', '2016-09-21 12:15:25', '', 54, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/54-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(543, 1, '2016-09-21 15:23:24', '2016-09-21 12:23:24', '<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>On spec each time−</strong>every time!</em></h5>\nServing quality –minded exporters is key to successful supply and processing chain management.  Our goal is to raise the quality of exported products and to assist exporters in increasing profits by selling up the value chain.  This is only possible with well finished, well processed, and smoothly transported products which is where LTS comes in.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_546\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Emirates-Airlines-pic.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-546\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Emirates-Airlines-pic-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Our operational partner to the Arabian Peninsula and Middle East is Emirates Airlines. LTS carefully monitors handling and temperature of carcass through electronic tags, ensuring that meat arrives in perfect condition.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a> Our operational partner to the Arabian Peninsula and Middle East is Emirates Airlines. LTS carefully monitors handling and temperature of carcass through electronic tags, ensuring that meat arrives in perfect condition.[/caption]\n\nBy engaging with producers and processors or undertaking these activities ourselves, we can guarantee that the products will meet demanding importer and up-market consumer requirements.\n\n<strong>Meat Export and Processing Services</strong>\n\nOur meat services are highly specialized and customer-oriented.  First, we seek to understand the importing customers’ needs and if we are confident that we can help the exporter meet those requirements, we engage the parties and move forward together.\n\nWe strive to develop long-term relationships with importing clients.  To do this, we must be sure that we can provide the required supply and consistent quality throughout the year or contract period.\n\nThus, we work with the entire production, supply, processing and transport value chain.\n\n<strong>Our services include:</strong>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Supply chain management</li>\n 	<li>Pre-purchase livestock inspection</li>\n 	<li>Livestock fattening and finishing through quality and innovative feeding practices ensuring value for money and rapid weight gain.</li>\n 	<li>Animal welfare provisions during transport to ensure tender meat &amp; prevent disease.</li>\n 	<li>Antemortem inspection prior to slaughter.</li>\n 	<li>Supervision of skinning and flaying to ensure an attractive carcass with fascia intact and no cuts into meat.</li>\n 	<li>Hygienic slaughtering practices.</li>\n 	<li>Chilling protocols to eliminate and prevent disease &amp; ensure tender meat</li>\n 	<li>Supervision and temperature monitoring during export transport.</li>\n 	<li>Liaison with importing veterinary authorities</li>\n 	<li>Importing trader dialogue, contractual services, and payment collection as required.</li>\n 	<li>Financing (Sharia Compliant or Mainstream) as required.</li>\n</ul>\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>\n\n<strong> </strong>', 'Meat Exporter Solutions and Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '289-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:23:24', '2016-09-21 12:23:24', '', 289, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/289-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(544, 2, '2016-09-21 15:17:37', '2016-09-21 12:17:37', '<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-28 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-300x184.png\" alt=\"lts-logo\" width=\"448\" height=\"275\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Lives</strong><strong>tock Trade Services (LTS) is a UK-based private holding company that houses country-level livestock inspection, certification, quality assurance, and traceability services for the export trade in livestock and meat. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Additionally, LTS is the parent company for Agri-Secure International, a Kenyan based river side livestock fattening and finishing farm that specializes in the production or high-quality feed and livestock for discerning importing markets. </strong>\r\n<h1><strong>Adding Value </strong><strong>to Livestock and Meat</strong></h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Livestock Trade Services was formed to work independent of, but with livestock and meat exporters, importers, governments, producers and processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-87 alignnone\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"437\" height=\"246\" /></a></li>\r\n 	<li>As an independent specialized service provider, LTS works only in livestock and meat. Our proprietary Animal Passport and Traceability system provide quality  assurance that our products are what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We strive to increase consumer and governmental trust and confidence in any product we handle.  This is why we guarantee our products to be what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS was formed in 2005 in London. Operations are in the Horn of Africa and the GCC with plans for extension into Middle East Countries.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We serve exporters, importers, and governments. In addition, we provide training and consulting services to live animal and meat export processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Our Activities and Projects </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Quarantine Operations &amp; Management </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"421\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"421\" height=\"237\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.[/caption]\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Oman to the UAE</h3>\r\nLTS has been contracted by a major UAE importer to operate and manage an export quarantine from Oman to the UAE.  LTS works under the supervision of the Sultanate of Oman and with guidance and direction from UAE, the importing country.  The quarantine operates according to strict LTS protocols and procedures.\r\n\r\nIn addition to quarantine services, LTS provides livestock selection, purchase, and transport services for the UAE importing company.\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Kenya to GCC, ME, and Asia</h3>\r\nLTS is planning to begin livestock export quarantine operations and management activities in the near future from Kenya.\r\n\r\nOur services will include livestock selection, fattening and finishing, transport supervision, animal welfare, quarantine services, and quarantined shipping services to ensure that all animals arrive on spec &amp; disease-free.\r\n<h2><strong>Livestock Fattening, Finishing &amp; Meat Export </strong></h2>\r\n<h3><strong>Kenya Meat Export</strong></h3>\r\nWorking with a quality-oriented livestock exporter, Blue Mountain Meat and Livestock, LTS conducts production, supply, and processing chain management to ensure meat exported meets importer specifications and is hygienic, wholesome and disease and antibiotic-free.\r\n\r\nLTS also undertakes innovative fattening and finishing operations to ensure a reliable supply of consistent quality is provided to the importer.\r\n\r\nIn addition, LTS liaises with Blue Mountain to identify appropriate clients, negotiate contracts and pricing and facilitating Shari’ah Compliant financing.\r\n<h3> <strong>Kenya Meat and Livestock Exporters Association</strong></h3>\r\nAs the Specialized Livestock Service Provider for Kenya meat and livestock exporters, LTS is working to create quality products for exporters, moving them up the value chain, increasing profits and ensuring a smooth flow of meat and livestock to the destination port.\r\n<h3><strong>Slaughterhouse Operations &amp; Management — new slaughterhouse</strong></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-234 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"basra-slaugherhouse-1\" width=\"298\" height=\"528\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/management/\">Management</a>     <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/operational-partners/\">Operational Partners </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/publications/\">Publications </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'About Us', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '48-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:17:37', '2016-09-21 12:17:37', '', 48, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/48-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(611, 2, '2016-09-28 10:26:56', '2016-09-28 07:26:56', 'Livestock investment opportunities are exceptional.  They offer many a high degree of liquidity (livestock assets), rapid cycling, which means more rapid returns to the investor, and, using emerging technologies, modern veterinary medicine an integration with IT (information technology) carry a lower risk than many alternative investments.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_441\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"359\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Revenues-Costs-Profits.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-441\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Revenues-Costs-Profits-300x194.png\" alt=\"Revenue, Expenses &amp; profit growth years 1-3. Quarantine Operatoins and Management and livestock supply activities.\" width=\"359\" height=\"232\" /></a> Revenue, Expenses &amp; profit growth years 1-3. 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Asia, and the Middle East has been virtually unchanged for hundreds of years providing superb opportunities for update and change which can dramatically increase profits and reliability.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_304\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"401\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-304\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa. \" width=\"401\" height=\"301\" /></a> Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">The meat export sector from these regions hasn\'t changed for nearly 100 years making this sector ripe for feeding, management animal welfare, and processing changes that can produce much better meat that is more desirable and more profitable.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Why Livestock? <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dirie-Cattle-Athi-River-DSC008981-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-245\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dirie-Cattle-Athi-River-DSC008981-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dirie-cattle-athi-river-dsc008981\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Demand for Livestock and Meat in the GCC &amp; ME is growing at unprecedented rates and prices are increasing yearly</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">How healthy are they when they reach?\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">With good management and modern health care &amp; disease prevention, they maintain good health and deaths are very rare, generally less than 1 or 2%</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Livestock is profitable investment</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid turnover, multiple cycles per month means profits build fast</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid start-up means profits quickly roll in (rather than taking months or years as is typical in other investments)</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Livestock are <em>real</em> assets you can see, touch, and feel (unlike stock market paper</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Livestock are highly liquid livestock assets can quickly be turned into cash</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Our Investment Opportunities</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Range in size from several hundred thousand dollars to several million dollars</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>GCC Region</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us#oman-content-link\" target=\"_blank\">Oman</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_443\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-Feeding-Paint-Reduced.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-443\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-Feeding-Paint-Reduced-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Goats feeding at the Buraimi, Oman Quarantine.\" width=\"300\" height=\"533\" /></a> Goats feeding at the Buraimi, Oman Quarantine.[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Horn of Africa Region</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\">Organic, grass-fed, and grain-fed meat from Kenya</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_166\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"380\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tarquin-Sheep-Mara-Mountain.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-166\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tarquin-Sheep-Mara-Mountain-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"tarquin-sheep-mara-mountain\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" /></a> Kenyan sheep on virgin organic pastures. Most of our livestock are purchased from pastoralists, permitting us to support livelihoods in marginalized areas.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">Livestock Export from Kenya</a></li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/kenya-bachuma-quarantine/\" target=\"_blank\">Quarantine Operations and Management in Kenya</a></li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">New slaughterhouse management in Kenya</a></li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">100,000-acre riverside farm in Kenya</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_93\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"392\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-93\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.\" width=\"392\" height=\"221\" /></a> Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Investor Relations', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '130-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-28 10:26:56', '2016-09-28 07:26:56', '', 130, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/130-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(550, 2, '2016-09-21 15:23:46', '2016-09-21 12:23:46', 'Livestock investment opportunities are exceptional.  They offer many a high degree of liquidity (livestock assets), rapid cycling, which means more rapid returns to the investor, and, using emerging technologies, modern veterinary medicine an integration with IT (information technology) carry a lower risk than many alternative investments.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_441\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"359\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Revenues-Costs-Profits.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-441\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Revenues-Costs-Profits-300x194.png\" alt=\"Revenue, Expenses &amp; profit growth years 1-3. Quarantine Operatoins and Management and livestock supply activities.\" width=\"359\" height=\"232\" /></a> Revenue, Expenses &amp; profit growth years 1-3. Quarantine Operations and Management and livestock supply activities.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>‎<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">Long &amp; Short-term Opportunities</a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid exit possible --- 2 years or less</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Long-term equity participation equally possible</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe are highly ethical in our work and are fully open and transparent, providing our investors with checks and balances to secure their interests, including real-time access to Internet-based accounts and financial records.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Food Security Investment Opportunities </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">The livestock export sector from Africa, S. Asia, and the Middle East has been virtually unchanged for hundreds of years providing superb opportunities for update and change which can dramatically increase profits and reliability.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_304\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"401\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-304\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa. \" width=\"401\" height=\"301\" /></a> Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">The meat export sector from these regions hasn\'t changed for nearly 100 years making this sector ripe for feeding, management animal welfare, and processing changes that can produce much better meat that is more desirable and more profitable.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Why Livestock? <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dirie-Cattle-Athi-River-DSC008981-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-245\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dirie-Cattle-Athi-River-DSC008981-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dirie-cattle-athi-river-dsc008981\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Demand for Livestock and Meat in the GCC &amp; ME is growing at unprecedented rates and prices are increasing yearly</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">How healthy are they when they reach?\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">With good management and modern health care &amp; disease prevention, they maintain good health and deaths are very rare, generally less than 1 or 2%</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Livestock is profitable investment</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid turnover, multiple cycles per month means profits build fast</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid start-up means profits quickly roll in (rather than taking months or years as is typical in other investments)</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Livestock are <em>real</em> assets you can see, touch, and feel (unlike stock market paper</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Livestock are highly liquid livestock assets can quickly be turned into cash</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Our Investment Opportunities</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Range in size from several hundred thousand dollars to several million dollars</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>GCC Region</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/lts-secures-quarantine-management-contract/\" target=\"_blank\">Oman</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_443\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-Feeding-Paint-Reduced.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-443\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-Feeding-Paint-Reduced-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Goats feeding at the Buraimi, Oman Quarantine.\" width=\"300\" height=\"533\" /></a> Goats feeding at the Buraimi, Oman Quarantine.[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Horn of Africa Region</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\">Organic, grass-fed, and grain-fed meat from Kenya</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_166\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"380\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tarquin-Sheep-Mara-Mountain.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-166\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tarquin-Sheep-Mara-Mountain-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"tarquin-sheep-mara-mountain\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" /></a> Kenyan sheep on virgin organic pastures. 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(557, 2, '2016-09-21 15:29:56', '2016-09-21 12:29:56', 'Livestock Trade Services has signed an agreement to Operate and Manage a livestock export quarantine with a leading livestock importer and slaughterhouse management company in the UAE.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_439\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"278\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-439\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buraimi Quarantine has a stat-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman. \" width=\"278\" height=\"493\" /></a> Buraimi Quarantine has a state-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLivestock will be purchased by carefully purchased by LTS ensuring that all importing trader specifications are met.  They will then undergo thorough clinical examinations, laboratory tests,  appropriate vaccinations and the required quarantine period to permit legal and certain entry into the UAE.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_237\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"479\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-237\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease and antibiotic-free livestock into the UAE. \" width=\"479\" height=\"270\" /></a> Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease and antibiotic-free livestock into the UAE.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Read next <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/kenya-bachuma-quarantine/\">Kenya Bachuma Quarantine</a></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Media enquiries</strong> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>            <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'LTS secures Quarantine Management Contract', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '415-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:29:56', '2016-09-21 12:29:56', '', 415, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/415-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(558, 2, '2016-09-21 15:30:41', '2016-09-21 12:30:41', 'In September 2016, the LTS CEO and Chairman of the Kenya Meat and Exporter\'s Association visited the site of the ongoing construction of the Government of Kenya Bachuma Livestock Export Quarantine.\r\n\r\nThe quarantine sits on a 15,000-acre site and is well positioned for cost-effective, disease-free livestock export through Mombasa Port.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Gov-Sign-Entrance-Paint.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-427 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Gov-Sign-Entrance-Paint-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"bachuma-quarantine-gov-sign-entrance-paint\" width=\"257\" height=\"456\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt is the most protected of all quarantines in Africa today.  With 3 distinct and robust barricades to entry, the quarantine is <strong>highly secure</strong>.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_430\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"291\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachua-Perimeter-Trench-3mx3mx3m-Under-Construction-Paint.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-430 \" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachua-Perimeter-Trench-3mx3mx3m-Under-Construction-Paint-169x300.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"517\" /></a> 3-meter wide by 3-meter deep trench with vertical walls (under construction). The quarantine has triple barriers to entry making it the most highly secure quarantine ever constructed in Africa.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_433\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"293\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-quarantine-perimeter-fence-from-outside-Paint.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-433\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-quarantine-perimeter-fence-from-outside-Paint-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Quarantine Perimeter Fence taken from outside.\" width=\"293\" height=\"520\" /></a> Quarantine Perimeter Fence taken from outside.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_412\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"401\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Construction-Sheep-Goat-pen-entrance-2.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-412\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Construction-Sheep-Goat-pen-entrance-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Internal livestock pen fence providing a third and highly secure facility. \" width=\"401\" height=\"226\" /></a> Internal livestock pen fence providing a third and highly secure facility.[/caption]\r\n\r\nWithin 200 meters of the quarantine, a new Standard Guage Railroad is ready to transport livestock to the quarantine and once livestock are properly quarantined and are ready for export, to the nearby seaport for export.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Standard-Gague-Rail-Test-Train.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-405 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Standard-Gague-Rail-Test-Train-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"bachuma-quarantine-standard-gague-rail-test-train\" width=\"421\" height=\"238\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe quarantine is set to be ready for shipments by the close of 2016.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/lts-secures-quarantine-management-contract/\"><strong>LTS secures Quarantine Management Contract</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Media enquiries</strong> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>            <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Kenya Bachuma Quarantine', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '395-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:30:41', '2016-09-21 12:30:41', '', 395, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/395-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(560, 1, '2016-09-21 15:37:33', '2016-09-21 12:37:33', '<ul>\n 	<li><strong>Importers</strong>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Rejected shipments?</li>\n 	<li>Inconsistent quality?</li>\n 	<li>Delayed / cancelled shipments?</li>\n 	<li>Tough meat?</li>\n 	<li>Wet or black meat?</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n 	<li><strong>Exporters</strong>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Rejected Shipments?</li>\n 	<li>Condemned animals &amp; Carcasses?</li>\n 	<li>Off-specification &amp; unsuitable for export?</li>\n 	<li>Buyer fails to pay or pays less than agreed?</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<em><strong>LTS is  — On spec, each time— every time! </strong></em>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"234\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"234\" height=\"178\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\n\n<em><strong>We\'ll find quality buyers, guarantee payment and ensure that your livestock and meat are what the buyer &amp; consumer desires!</strong></em>\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>We\'ll ensure that your imports are </strong>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Consistent in quality</li>\n 	<li>Meet your required weights, ages, and sex</li>\n 	<li>Are your preferred breeds</li>\n 	<li>Carry zero-risk of Veterinary rejection at import</li>\n 	<li>\n<h6>Always disease-free antibiotic-free &amp; hormone-free</h6>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h6>Tell us what you need and we\'ll meet your specifications 100%.</h6>\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Livestock Importers Solutions & Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '101-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:37:33', '2016-09-21 12:37:33', '', 101, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/101-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(562, 1, '2016-09-21 15:42:09', '2016-09-21 12:42:09', '<strong>Do you face these issues with your meat imports?</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rejected by veterinary authorities?</li>\r\n 	<li>Of poor quality with poorly flayed &amp; dirty carcasses?</li>\r\n 	<li>The wrong age, sex or breed?</li>\r\n 	<li>Dark and with a short shelf-life?</li>\r\n 	<li>arrive too late to meet your customer demands?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_519\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"204\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-519\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Well-finished, carefully skinned, safely transported meat is the key to increasing profits.\" width=\"204\" height=\"362\" /></a> Well-finished, carefully skinned, safely transported meat is the key to increasing profits.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Is smooth, clean and with excellent looking carcasses</li>\r\n 	<li>Is of consistent quality each and every day</li>\r\n 	<li>Meets your requirements for weight, age, sex, and breed</li>\r\n 	<li>Is hygienic</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Is always antibiotic and hormone-free </strong></li>\r\n 	<li>Carries no disease-risk to you, your staff or your clients<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" /></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h6>Tell us what you need and we\'ll meet your specifications−100% of the time.</h6>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Meat Importer Solutions & Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '105-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:42:09', '2016-09-21 12:42:09', '', 105, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/105-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(564, 1, '2016-09-21 15:47:28', '2016-09-21 12:47:28', '<h1>Quarantine<strong> Management, Operations, Design Services <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dr-stem-at-a-somalia-quarantine\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a></strong></h1>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Management and Operations</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS provides turn-key Operations and Management for livestock export quarantines, ensuring that <em>all </em>livestock pass importing country requirements inspections.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"447\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"447\" height=\"252\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.ding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.[/caption]</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Our Animal Passport System and Traceability Systems record all key events in the animal’s life as they relate to livestock and meat export: the results of any examinations, lab tests, vaccinations, treatments and antibiotic withholding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"368\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"368\" height=\"280\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>By offering a variety of quality livestock feeds both in the quarantines and on quarantined ships, we can assure livestock wholesomeness.</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipping services with our technical staff on-board ensure that the disease and antibiotic free status of our livestock is maintained.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Design Services</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-261 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite-300x173.png\" alt=\"djibouti-all-areas-design-satellite\" width=\"480\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>State-of-the-art design.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff designed the first modern livestock export quarantine in Djibouti, Africa which has become the standard model for livestock export from the Horn of Africa region since it’s opening in 2006.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff have informed the design of most Somalia quarantines, one under construction in Kenya and one in Oman.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>End-to-End Supply &amp; Processing Chain Operations </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-87\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"344\" height=\"194\" /></a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-88\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"good-quality-kenyan-goat-carcasses-meat-img-20160118-wa0003\" width=\"124\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>A quality product, be livestock or meat comes from intimate knowledge of the entire supply and processing chain.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS carefully manages its supply of livestock to ensure that they are consistent in quality and are sourced from areas free of livestock diseases important to trade.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our goal is to ensure that the importer and client specifications for livestock and meat are met or exceeded. Only through end-to-end supply chain management can we assure this.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Fattening &amp; Finishing Livestock </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-91 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"well-finished-goat\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-40 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"358\" height=\"240\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo ensure that client specifications are met, we fatten and finish our livestock with quality feed.\r\n<h2>Innovative feed technologies</h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_90\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"283\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-90\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya\" width=\"283\" height=\"503\" /></a> Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We use a number of approaches to our fattening and finishing, from the traditional quality pasture and grain feeding to hydroponics and newer innovative feeding practices.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Coastal, Riverside Farm</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_94\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-94\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a> The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.[/caption]\r\n\r\nOur farm along the north coast of Kenya is well placed for the development of livestock fattening and finishing operations since it has a large river meandering through which provides abundant water for irrigation purposes.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_93\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"422\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-93\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.\" width=\"422\" height=\"238\" /></a> Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Additionally, we fatten and finish at other locations such as holding grounds and quarantines.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Slaughterhouse Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement  &amp; Management Services</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We provide input into all aspects of slaughterhouse operations and onward shipment ensuring that the meat is hygienic and wholesome.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our Services range from Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement training and oversight to full slaughterhouse management and operations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">Go to top</a>              <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us</a>', 'Serving livestock & meat traders, governments, producers & processors', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '201-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:47:28', '2016-09-21 12:47:28', '', 201, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/201-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(565, 1, '2016-09-21 15:47:51', '2016-09-21 12:47:51', '<h1>Quarantine<strong> Management, Operations, Design Services <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dr-stem-at-a-somalia-quarantine\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></a></strong></h1>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Management and Operations</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS provides turn-key Operations and Management for livestock export quarantines, ensuring that <em>all </em>livestock pass importing country requirements inspections.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"447\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"447\" height=\"252\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.ding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.[/caption]</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Our Animal Passport System and Traceability Systems record all key events in the animal’s life as they relate to livestock and meat export: the results of any examinations, lab tests, vaccinations, treatments and antibiotic withholding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"368\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"368\" height=\"280\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>By offering a variety of quality livestock feeds both in the quarantines and on quarantined ships, we can assure livestock wholesomeness.</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipping services with our technical staff on-board ensure that the disease and antibiotic free status of our livestock is maintained.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Design Services</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-261 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite-300x173.png\" alt=\"djibouti-all-areas-design-satellite\" width=\"480\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>State-of-the-art design.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff designed the first modern livestock export quarantine in Djibouti, Africa which has become the standard model for livestock export from the Horn of Africa region since it’s opening in 2006.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff have informed the design of most Somalia quarantines, one under construction in Kenya and one in Oman.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>End-to-End Supply &amp; Processing Chain Operations </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-87\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"344\" height=\"194\" /></a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-88\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"good-quality-kenyan-goat-carcasses-meat-img-20160118-wa0003\" width=\"124\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>A quality product, be livestock or meat comes from intimate knowledge of the entire supply and processing chain.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS carefully manages its supply of livestock to ensure that they are consistent in quality and are sourced from areas free of livestock diseases important to trade.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our goal is to ensure that the importer and client specifications for livestock and meat are met or exceeded. Only through end-to-end supply chain management can we assure this.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Fattening &amp; Finishing Livestock </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-91 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"well-finished-goat\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-40 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"358\" height=\"240\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo ensure that client specifications are met, we fatten and finish our livestock with quality feed.\r\n<h2>Innovative feed technologies</h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_90\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"283\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-90\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya\" width=\"283\" height=\"503\" /></a> Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We use a number of approaches to our fattening and finishing, from the traditional quality pasture and grain feeding to hydroponics and newer innovative feeding practices.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Coastal, Riverside Farm</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_94\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-94\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a> The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.[/caption]\r\n\r\nOur farm along the north coast of Kenya is well placed for the development of livestock fattening and finishing operations since it has a large river meandering through which provides abundant water for irrigation purposes.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_93\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"422\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-93\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.\" width=\"422\" height=\"238\" /></a> Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Additionally, we fatten and finish at other locations such as holding grounds and quarantines.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Slaughterhouse Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement  &amp; Management Services</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We provide input into all aspects of slaughterhouse operations and onward shipment ensuring that the meat is hygienic and wholesome.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our Services range from Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement training and oversight to full slaughterhouse management and operations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">Go to top</a>              <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us</a></p>', 'Serving livestock & meat traders, governments, producers & processors', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '201-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 15:47:51', '2016-09-21 12:47:51', '', 201, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/201-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(566, 1, '2016-09-21 16:13:17', '2016-09-21 13:13:17', 'Livestock Trade Services has signed an agreement to Operate and Manage a livestock export quarantine with a leading livestock importer and slaughterhouse management company in the UAE.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_439\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"278\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-439\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buraimi Quarantine has a stat-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman. \" width=\"278\" height=\"493\" /></a> Buraimi Quarantine has a state-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLivestock will be purchased by carefully purchased by LTS ensuring that all importing trader specifications are met.  They will then undergo thorough clinical examinations, laboratory tests,  appropriate vaccinations and the required quarantine period to permit legal and certain entry into the UAE.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_237\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"479\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-237\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease and antibiotic-free livestock into the UAE. \" width=\"479\" height=\"270\" /></a> Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease-free, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free livestock into the UAE.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Read next <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/kenya-bachuma-quarantine/\">Kenya Bachuma Quarantine</a></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Media enquiries</strong> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>            <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'LTS secures Quarantine Management Contract', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '415-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 16:13:17', '2016-09-21 13:13:17', '', 415, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/415-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(574, 1, '2016-09-22 12:26:05', '2016-09-22 09:26:05', '<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Importers</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rejected shipments?</li>\r\n 	<li>Inconsistent quality?</li>\r\n 	<li>Delayed / cancelled shipments?</li>\r\n 	<li>Tough meat?</li>\r\n 	<li>Wet or black meat?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Exporters</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rejected Shipments?</li>\r\n 	<li>Condemned animals &amp; Carcasses?</li>\r\n 	<li>Off-specification &amp; unsuitable for export?</li>\r\n 	<li>Buyer fails to pay or pays less than agreed?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>LTS is  — On spec, each time— every time! </strong></em>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"234\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"234\" height=\"178\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<em><strong>We\'ll find quality buyers, guarantee payment and ensure that your livestock and meat are what the buyer &amp; consumer desires!</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>We\'ll ensure that your imports are </strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Consistent in quality</li>\r\n 	<li>Meet your required weights, ages, and sex</li>\r\n 	<li>Are your preferred breeds</li>\r\n 	<li>Carry zero-risk of Veterinary rejection at import</li>\r\n 	<li>\r\n<h6>Always disease-free,  antibiotic-free &amp; hormone-free</h6>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h6>Tell us what you need and we\'ll meet your specifications−100% of the time.</h6>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Livestock Importers Solutions & Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '101-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-22 12:26:05', '2016-09-22 09:26:05', '', 101, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/101-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(567, 1, '2016-09-21 16:14:42', '2016-09-21 13:14:42', '<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Importers</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rejected shipments?</li>\r\n 	<li>Inconsistent quality?</li>\r\n 	<li>Delayed / cancelled shipments?</li>\r\n 	<li>Tough meat?</li>\r\n 	<li>Wet or black meat?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Exporters</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rejected Shipments?</li>\r\n 	<li>Condemned animals &amp; Carcasses?</li>\r\n 	<li>Off-specification &amp; unsuitable for export?</li>\r\n 	<li>Buyer fails to pay or pays less than agreed?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<em><strong>LTS is  — On spec, each time— every time! </strong></em>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"234\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"234\" height=\"178\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<em><strong>We\'ll find quality buyers, guarantee payment and ensure that your livestock and meat are what the buyer &amp; consumer desires!</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>We\'ll ensure that your imports are </strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Consistent in quality</li>\r\n 	<li>Meet your required weights, ages, and sex</li>\r\n 	<li>Are your preferred breeds</li>\r\n 	<li>Carry zero-risk of Veterinary rejection at import</li>\r\n 	<li>\r\n<h6>Always disease-free,  antibiotic-free &amp; hormone-free</h6>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h6>Tell us what you need and we\'ll meet your specifications−100% of the time.</h6>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Livestock Importers Solutions & Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '101-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 16:14:42', '2016-09-21 13:14:42', '', 101, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/101-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(568, 1, '2016-09-21 16:17:51', '2016-09-21 13:17:51', '<h1><strong> Livestock Export Risk Management</strong></h1>\r\n<em>We move livestock and leave the disease behind.</em>\r\n\r\nDiseases of trade can create havoc for importing countries and seriously tarnish the names of exporting countries.  Risks are many and substantial.   Diseases can place the consumers, livestock populations, or both in importing countries at risk.\r\n\r\n<strong>The diseases that we monitor for and when necessary prevent through vaccination include;</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Foot and Mouth Disease</li>\r\n 	<li>Sheep and goat pox</li>\r\n 	<li>Lumpy skin disease</li>\r\n 	<li>Hemorrhagic septicemia</li>\r\n 	<li>Rift Valley Fever</li>\r\n 	<li>Brucellosis</li>\r\n 	<li>Malignant Catarrhal Fever</li>\r\n 	<li>Tuberculosis</li>\r\n 	<li>Heartwater</li>\r\n 	<li>Peste des Petits Ruminants</li>\r\n 	<li>Contagious Bovine and Caprine Pleuropneumonia</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAdditionally, some importing countries desire that we monitor for other diseases which are then included in the list for that country.\r\n\r\n<strong>Live Animal Quarantine Period </strong>\r\n\r\nThe incubation period—period during which an animal may be developing the disease, but not show clinical signs is the guide for establishing quarantine period.  For the above and other diseases, the maximum incubation period is 14 days.  Building in a safety factor, the LTS minimum quarantine time is 16 days as can be seen below.  However, importing countries sent the required quarantine days using a combination of OIE standards and other relevant factors.\r\n\r\nLTS always adheres to the quarantine time established by the importing country.  We make no exceptions.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Incubation-Periods-LTS-Minimum-Quarantine-Time.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-279 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Incubation-Periods-LTS-Minimum-Quarantine-Time-300x123.png\" alt=\"incubation-periods-lts-minimum-quarantine-time\" width=\"444\" height=\"182\" /></a>\r\n<h1>Safe Meat &amp; Livestock for All</h1>\r\nMeat, carry special risks which are different from livestock since they are directly consumed and once inspected is passed at import the meat is considered safe for human consumption.  Issues of hygiene, improper chilling, and disease risks to humans such as brucellosis are of concern.\r\n\r\nIn performing its work along the entire supply and processing chain, LTS strictly adheres to established scientific protocol and OIE standards to ensure that all exported meat is safe to consume.\r\n\r\nWe consider the following critical factors when examining our meat:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Bacterial contamination &amp; mold</li>\r\n 	<li>Antibiotic Residues and Hormones</li>\r\n 	<li>Ensuring Tender Meat</li>\r\n 	<li>Well-finished carcasses</li>\r\n 	<li>Diseases including brucellosis, tuberculosis, E. coli (O157:H7), and Salmonella.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/government-services/\">Government Services</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Eliminating Risk, Ensuring Wholesomeness', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '269-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 16:17:51', '2016-09-21 13:17:51', '', 269, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/269-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(569, 1, '2016-09-21 16:18:41', '2016-09-21 13:18:41', 'Meat and Livestock carry important risks for importing countries, their consumers and their livestock populations.\r\n\r\nLTS works to mitigate these risks, reducing them to acceptable minimum levels.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_520\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"356\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kenyan-Well-Finished-Young-Goat-IMG-20141207-WA0008-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-520\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kenyan-Well-Finished-Young-Goat-IMG-20141207-WA0008-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Disease-free, antibiotic-free and well finished livestock for live animal and eat export is what we assure.\" width=\"356\" height=\"267\" /></a> Disease-free, antibiotic-free, hormone-free,  and well-finished livestock for live animal and eat export is what we assure.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLTS work with both importing and exporting governments.  As a Specialized Livestock Service Provider, LTS operates under the supervision and guidance of government, providing an independent assessment---equal to a <em>second opinion</em>, thus helping to ensure that all exported and imported livestock and meat products meet or exceed requirements.\r\n\r\nThus the good name of exporting governments is protected while importing governments have increased confidence in LTS-supervised exports.\r\n\r\n<strong>How we work </strong>\r\n\r\nWorking closely with importing governments to understand their requirements and concerns we take this information to the exporting governments and the field.  Additionally, exporting governments operate through official communication channels with importers and can inform our understanding so that we delivery better products which importers are confident in.\r\n\r\nShould an incident happen, we work closely with both sides to rapidly get to the bottom of the problem.  Our traceability system is key to enabling us to focus on the source of the problem and resolve any issues quickly. We then work with the concerned governments to amend our systems that prevent future occurrences.\r\n\r\n<strong>LTS proprietary Traceability System – shared with importing and exporting governments.</strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"362\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our proprietarey Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners. Our system is unique among exporters from Africa.\" width=\"362\" height=\"275\" /></a> Our proprietary Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners. Our system is unique among exporters from Africa.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe LTS Traceability System is at the core of our government relations.  Each individual animal has a passport that through scanning can show a wealth of information about the animal or carcass.  Information included in the LTS traceability System includes:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Origin of the animal</li>\r\n 	<li>Species</li>\r\n 	<li>Age</li>\r\n 	<li>Sex</li>\r\n 	<li>Movement history and transport information</li>\r\n 	<li>Date of arrival to processor (quarantine or slaughterhouse)</li>\r\n 	<li>Clinical Exam Results and dates</li>\r\n 	<li>Lab Tests performed and results and dates</li>\r\n 	<li>Vaccinations administered and dates</li>\r\n 	<li>Treatments given and withholding times if any. This ensures that the animal is not slaughtered before any withholding time has expired, meaning meat is always antibiotic-free.</li>\r\n 	<li>Date slaughtered or passed quarantine.</li>\r\n 	<li>Date shipped</li>\r\n 	<li>Airline or ship identification</li>\r\n 	<li>Airway bill / manifest information</li>\r\n 	<li>Incidents including examinations and treatments on board the ship for live animal transport</li>\r\n 	<li>Meat temperature information recorded during shipment (air or sea)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_515\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"284\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Poor-Quality-Goat-Carcass-Meat-IMG-20140225-WA0000.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-515\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Poor-Quality-Goat-Carcass-Meat-IMG-20140225-WA0000-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Poorly skinned and inadequateley chilled meat is is a risk to consumers. LTS ensures that mistakes like these are never shipped to importing countries. \" width=\"284\" height=\"379\" /></a> Poorly skinned and inadequateley chilled meat is is a risk to consumers. LTS ensures that mistakes like these are never shipped to importing countries.[/caption]\r\n\r\nImporting and exporting governments are supplied with LTS proprietary databases for each shipment so that they can scan all livestock leaving or entering their countries and be sure that all livestock have been properly inspected.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_522\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"226\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Sheep-Well-Flayed-2016-09-17-1-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-522\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Sheep-Well-Flayed-2016-09-17-1-1-141x300.jpg\" alt=\"We ensure that meat we export is always well processed, properly chilled, and antibiotic free\" width=\"226\" height=\"481\" /></a> We ensure that meat we export is <strong><em>always</em> </strong>well processed, properly chilled, and antibiotic free[/caption]\r\n\r\nRead about <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/government-services/eliminating-risk-ensuring-wholesomeness/\">eliminating risk, ensuring wholesomeness</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us</a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Government Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '265-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 16:18:41', '2016-09-21 13:18:41', '', 265, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/265-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(570, 1, '2016-09-21 16:23:14', '2016-09-21 13:23:14', '<h1><strong>Quarantine Design, Management, and Operations</strong></h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-258 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0183\" width=\"454\" height=\"256\" /></a>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Management and Operations</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS provides turn-key Operations and Management for livestock export quarantines, ensuring that <em>all </em>livestock pass importing country requirements inspections.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our Animal Passport System and Traceability Systems record all key events in the animal’s life as they relate to livestock and meat export: the results of any examinations, lab tests, vaccinations, treatments and antibiotic withholding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"430\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"430\" height=\"327\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>By offering a variety of quality livestock feeds both in the quarantines and on quarantined ships, we can assure livestock wholesomeness.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our staff is on every ship, ensuring that strict LTS Quarantine Procedures are followed and that our livestock are placed in client hands disease- antibiotic- and hormone-free</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Design</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3-D-All-areas-cap011.bmp\"><img class=\"wp-image-260 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3-D-All-areas-cap011-300x225.bmp\" alt=\"3-d-all-areas-cap011\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Making solid advances with each quarantine design, LTS continues to assure state-of-the-art design.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff designed the first modern livestock export quarantine in Djibouti, Africa which has become the standard model for livestock export from the Horn of Africa region since it’s opening in 2006.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff have informed the design of most Somalia quarantines, one under construction in Kenya and one in Oman.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h1><strong>End-to-End Supply &amp; Processing Chain Operations </strong></h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-87\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"343\" height=\"193\" /></a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-88\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"good-quality-kenyan-goat-carcasses-meat-img-20160118-wa0003\" width=\"124\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>A quality product, be livestock or meat comes from intimate knowledge of the entire supply and processing chain.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS carefully manages its supply of livestock to ensure that they are consistent in quality and are sourced from areas free of livestock diseases important to trade.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our goal is to ensure that the importer and client specifications for livestock and meat are met or exceeded. Only through end-to-end supply chain management can we assure this.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h1><strong>Fattening &amp; Finishing Livestock </strong></h1>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-91 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"well-finished-goat\" width=\"407\" height=\"306\" /></a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-40 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"440\" height=\"295\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo ensure that client specifications are met, we fatten and finish our livestock with quality feed.\r\n<h2>Innovative feed technologies</h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_90\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"250\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-90\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya\" width=\"250\" height=\"444\" /></a> Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We use a number of approaches to our fattening and finishing, from the traditional quality pasture and grain feeding to hydroponics and newer innovative feeding practices.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h1>Coastal, Riverside Farm</h1>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_94\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"451\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-94\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.\" width=\"451\" height=\"254\" /></a> The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.[/caption]\r\n\r\nOur farm along the north coast of Kenya is well placed for the development of livestock fattening and finishing operations since it has a large river meandering through which provides abundant water for irrigation purposes.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_93\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"447\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-93\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.\" width=\"447\" height=\"252\" /></a> Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Additionally, we fatten and finish at other locations such as holding grounds and quarantines.\r\n<h1></h1>\r\n<h1><strong>Slaughterhouse Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement / Management</strong></h1>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-234 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"basra-slaugherhouse-1\" width=\"262\" height=\"465\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We provide input into all aspects of slaughterhouse operations and onward shipment ensuring that the meat is hygienic and wholesome.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our Services range from Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement training and oversight to full slaughterhouse management and operations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Ops & Mgt Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '54-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 16:23:14', '2016-09-21 13:23:14', '', 54, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/54-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(571, 1, '2016-09-21 16:23:56', '2016-09-21 13:23:56', '<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-28 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-300x184.png\" alt=\"lts-logo\" width=\"448\" height=\"275\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Lives</strong><strong>tock Trade Services (LTS) is a UK-based private holding company that houses country-level livestock inspection, certification, quality assurance, and traceability services for the export trade in livestock and meat. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Additionally, LTS is the parent company for Agri-Secure International, a Kenyan based river side livestock fattening and finishing farm that specializes in the production or high-quality feed and livestock for discerning importing markets. </strong>\r\n<h1><strong>Adding Value </strong><strong>to Livestock and Meat</strong></h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Livestock Trade Services was formed to work independent of, but with livestock and meat exporters, importers, governments, producers and processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-87 alignnone\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"437\" height=\"246\" /></a></li>\r\n 	<li>As an independent specialized service provider, LTS works only in livestock and meat. Our proprietary Animal Passport and Traceability system provide quality  assurance that our products are what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We strive to increase consumer and governmental trust and confidence in any product we handle.  This is why we guarantee our products to be what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS was formed in 2005 in London. Operations are in the Horn of Africa and the GCC with plans for extension into Middle East Countries.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We serve exporters, importers, and governments. In addition, we provide training and consulting services to live animal and meat export processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Our Activities and Projects </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Quarantine Operations &amp; Management </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"421\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"421\" height=\"237\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.[/caption]\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Oman to the UAE</h3>\r\nLTS has been contracted by a major UAE importer to operate and manage an export quarantine from Oman to the UAE.  LTS works under the supervision of the Sultanate of Oman and with guidance and direction from UAE, the importing country.  The quarantine operates according to strict LTS protocols and procedures.\r\n\r\nIn addition to quarantine services, LTS provides livestock selection, purchase, and transport services for the UAE importing company.\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Kenya to GCC, ME, and Asia</h3>\r\nLTS is planning to begin livestock export quarantine operations and management activities in the near future from Kenya.\r\n\r\nOur services will include livestock selection, fattening and finishing, transport supervision, animal welfare, quarantine services, and quarantined shipping services to ensure that all animals arrive on spec &amp; disease-free.\r\n<h2><strong>Livestock Fattening, Finishing &amp; Meat Export </strong></h2>\r\n<h3><strong>Kenya Meat Export</strong></h3>\r\nWorking with a quality-oriented livestock exporter, Blue Mountain Meat and Livestock, LTS conducts production, supply, and processing chain management to ensure meat exported meets importer specifications and is hygienic, wholesome and disease- antibiotic- and hormone-free.\r\n\r\nLTS also undertakes innovative fattening and finishing operations to ensure a reliable supply of consistent quality is provided to the importer.\r\n\r\nIn addition, LTS liaises with Blue Mountain to identify appropriate clients, negotiate contracts and pricing and facilitating Shari’ah Compliant financing.\r\n<h3> <strong>Kenya Meat and Livestock Exporters Association</strong></h3>\r\nAs the Specialized Livestock Service Provider for Kenya meat and livestock exporters, LTS is working to create quality products for exporters, moving them up the value chain, increasing profits and ensuring a smooth flow of meat and livestock to the destination port.\r\n<h3><strong>Slaughterhouse Operations &amp; Management — new slaughterhouse</strong></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-234 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"basra-slaugherhouse-1\" width=\"298\" height=\"528\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/management/\">Management</a>     <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/operational-partners/\">Operational Partners </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/publications/\">Publications </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'About Us', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '48-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 16:23:56', '2016-09-21 13:23:56', '', 48, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/48-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(572, 1, '2016-09-21 16:26:41', '2016-09-21 13:26:41', '<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>On spec each time−</strong>every time!</em></h5>\r\nServing quality –minded exporters is key to successful supply and processing chain management.  Our goal is to raise the quality of exported products and to assist exporters in increasing profits by selling up the value chain.  This is only possible with well finished, well processed, and smoothly transported products which is where LTS comes in.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_519\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"219\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-519\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Well-finished, carefully skinned, safely transported meat is the key to increasing profits.\" width=\"219\" height=\"389\" /></a> Well-finished, carefully skinned, safely transported meat are the keys to increasing profits.   LTS ensures that your products will be appreciated by your importing clients,[/caption]\r\n\r\nBy engaging with producers and processors or undertaking these activities ourselves, we can guarantee that the products will meet demanding importer and up-market consumer requirements.\r\n\r\n<strong>Meat Export and Processing Services</strong>\r\n\r\nOur meat services are highly specialized and customer-oriented.  First, we seek to understand the importing customers’ needs and if we are confident that we can help the exporter meet those requirements, we engage the parties and move forward together.\r\n\r\nWe strive to develop long-term relationships with importing clients.  To do this, we must be sure that we can provide the required supply and consistent quality throughout the year or contract period.\r\n\r\nThus, we work with the entire production, supply, processing and transport value chain.\r\n\r\n<strong>Our services include:</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Supply chain management</li>\r\n 	<li>Pre-purchase livestock inspection</li>\r\n 	<li>Livestock fattening and finishing through quality and innovative feeding practices ensuring value for money and rapid weight gain.</li>\r\n 	<li>Animal welfare provisions during transport to ensure tender meat &amp; prevent disease.</li>\r\n 	<li>Antemortem inspection prior to slaughter.</li>\r\n 	<li>Supervision of skinning and flaying to ensure an attractive carcass with fascia intact and no cuts into meat.</li>\r\n 	<li>Hygienic slaughtering practices.</li>\r\n 	<li>Chilling protocols to eliminate and prevent disease &amp; ensure tender meat</li>\r\n 	<li>Supervision and temperature monitoring during export transport.</li>\r\n 	<li>Liaison with importing veterinary authorities</li>\r\n 	<li>Importing trader dialogue, contractual services, and payment collection as required.</li>\r\n 	<li>Financing (Sharia Compliant or Mainstream) as required.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>', 'Meat Exporter Solutions and Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '289-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-21 16:26:41', '2016-09-21 13:26:41', '', 289, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/289-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(573, 1, '2016-09-22 12:24:41', '2016-09-22 09:24:41', 'In September 2016, the LTS CEO and Chairman of the Kenya Meat and Exporter\'s Association visited the site of the ongoing construction of the Government of Kenya Bachuma Livestock Export Quarantine.\r\n\r\nThe quarantine sits on a 15,000-acre site and is well positioned for cost-effective, disease-free livestock export through Mombasa Port.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Gov-Sign-Entrance-Paint.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-427 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Gov-Sign-Entrance-Paint-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"bachuma-quarantine-gov-sign-entrance-paint\" width=\"257\" height=\"456\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt is the most protected of all quarantines in Africa today.  With 3 distinct and robust barricades to entry, the quarantine is <strong>highly secure</strong>.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_430\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"291\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachua-Perimeter-Trench-3mx3mx3m-Under-Construction-Paint.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-430 \" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachua-Perimeter-Trench-3mx3mx3m-Under-Construction-Paint-169x300.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"517\" /></a> 3-meter wide by 3-meter deep trench with vertical walls (under construction). The quarantine has triple barriers to entry making it the most highly secure quarantine ever constructed in Africa.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_433\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"293\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-quarantine-perimeter-fence-from-outside-Paint.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-433\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-quarantine-perimeter-fence-from-outside-Paint-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Quarantine Perimeter Fence taken from outside.\" width=\"293\" height=\"520\" /></a> Quarantine Perimeter Fence taken from outside.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe quarantine will accommodate sheep, goats, cattle and camel and is a state-of-the-art design that LTS participated in.  We look forward to continuing to work with the Government to make this quarantine highly successful and establish and maintain a record of zero exports of livestock disease from Kenya.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_398\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"398\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Construction-Sheep-Goat-Pen-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-398\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Construction-Sheep-Goat-Pen-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Goat and sheep quarantine pen under construction. \" width=\"398\" height=\"224\" /></a> Goat and sheep quarantine pen under construction.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_412\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"401\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Construction-Sheep-Goat-pen-entrance-2.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-412\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Construction-Sheep-Goat-pen-entrance-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Internal livestock pen fence providing a third and highly secure facility. \" width=\"401\" height=\"226\" /></a> Internal livestock pen fence providing a third and highly secure facility.[/caption]\r\n\r\nWithin 200 meters of the quarantine, a new Standard Guage Railroad is ready to transport livestock to the quarantine and once livestock are properly quarantined and are ready for export, to the nearby seaport for export.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Standard-Gague-Rail-Test-Train.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-405 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Standard-Gague-Rail-Test-Train-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"bachuma-quarantine-standard-gague-rail-test-train\" width=\"421\" height=\"238\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe quarantine is set to be ready for shipments by the close of 2016.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/lts-secures-quarantine-management-contract/\"><strong>LTS secures Quarantine Management Contract</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Media enquiries</strong> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>            <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Kenya Bachuma Quarantine', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '395-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-22 12:24:41', '2016-09-22 09:24:41', '', 395, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/395-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(628, 2, '2016-10-08 08:42:04', '2016-10-08 05:42:04', '<h1></h1>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Management and Operations</strong></h2>\r\n<h1><strong><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-32 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dr-stem-at-a-somalia-quarantine\" width=\"401\" height=\"267\" /></a></strong></h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS provides turn-key Operations and Management for livestock export quarantines, ensuring that <em>all </em>livestock pass importing country requirements inspections.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"447\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"447\" height=\"252\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.ding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.[/caption]</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Our Animal Passport System and Traceability Systems record all key events in the animal’s life as they relate to livestock and meat export: the results of any examinations, lab tests, vaccinations, treatments and antibiotic withholding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"368\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"368\" height=\"280\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>By offering a variety of quality livestock feeds both in the quarantines and on quarantined ships, we can assure livestock wholesomeness.</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipping services with our technical staff on-board ensure that the disease and antibiotic free status of our livestock is maintained.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Design Services</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-261 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite-300x173.png\" alt=\"djibouti-all-areas-design-satellite\" width=\"480\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>State-of-the-art design.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff designed the first modern livestock export quarantine in Djibouti, Africa which has become the standard model for livestock export from the Horn of Africa region since it’s opening in 2006.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff have informed the design of most Somalia quarantines, one under construction in Kenya and one in Oman.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>End-to-End Supply &amp; Processing Chain Operations </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-87\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"344\" height=\"194\" /></a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-88\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"good-quality-kenyan-goat-carcasses-meat-img-20160118-wa0003\" width=\"124\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>A quality product, be livestock or meat comes from intimate knowledge of the entire supply and processing chain.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS carefully manages its supply of livestock to ensure that they are consistent in quality and are sourced from areas free of livestock diseases important to trade.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our goal is to ensure that the importer and client specifications for livestock and meat are met or exceeded. Only through end-to-end supply chain management can we assure this.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Fattening &amp; Finishing Livestock </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-91 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"well-finished-goat\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-40 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"358\" height=\"240\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo ensure that client specifications are met, we fatten and finish our livestock with quality feed.\r\n<h2>Innovative feed technologies</h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_90\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"283\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-90\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya\" width=\"283\" height=\"503\" /></a> Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We use a number of approaches to our fattening and finishing, from the traditional quality pasture and grain feeding to hydroponics and newer innovative feeding practices.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Coastal, Riverside Farm</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_94\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-94\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a> The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.[/caption]\r\n\r\nOur farm along the north coast of Kenya is well placed for the development of livestock fattening and finishing operations since it has a large river meandering through which provides abundant water for irrigation purposes.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_93\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"422\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-93\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.\" width=\"422\" height=\"238\" /></a> Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Additionally, we fatten and finish at other locations such as holding grounds and quarantines.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Slaughterhouse Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement  &amp; Management Services</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We provide input into all aspects of slaughterhouse operations and onward shipment ensuring that the meat is hygienic and wholesome.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our Services range from Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement training and oversight to full slaughterhouse management and operations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">Go to top</a>              <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us</a></p>', 'Quarantine Design, Management and Operations', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '201-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 08:42:04', '2016-10-08 05:42:04', '', 201, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/201-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(615, 2, '2016-09-30 09:45:04', '2016-09-30 06:45:04', '<h1>Quarantine<strong> Management, Operations, Design Services <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-32 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dr-stem-at-a-somalia-quarantine\" width=\"401\" height=\"267\" /></a></strong></h1>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Management and Operations</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS provides turn-key Operations and Management for livestock export quarantines, ensuring that <em>all </em>livestock pass importing country requirements inspections.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"447\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"447\" height=\"252\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.ding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.[/caption]</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Our Animal Passport System and Traceability Systems record all key events in the animal’s life as they relate to livestock and meat export: the results of any examinations, lab tests, vaccinations, treatments and antibiotic withholding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"368\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"368\" height=\"280\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>By offering a variety of quality livestock feeds both in the quarantines and on quarantined ships, we can assure livestock wholesomeness.</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipping services with our technical staff on-board ensure that the disease and antibiotic free status of our livestock is maintained.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Design Services</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-261 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite-300x173.png\" alt=\"djibouti-all-areas-design-satellite\" width=\"480\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>State-of-the-art design.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff designed the first modern livestock export quarantine in Djibouti, Africa which has become the standard model for livestock export from the Horn of Africa region since it’s opening in 2006.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff have informed the design of most Somalia quarantines, one under construction in Kenya and one in Oman.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>End-to-End Supply &amp; Processing Chain Operations </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-87\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"344\" height=\"194\" /></a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-88\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"good-quality-kenyan-goat-carcasses-meat-img-20160118-wa0003\" width=\"124\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>A quality product, be livestock or meat comes from intimate knowledge of the entire supply and processing chain.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS carefully manages its supply of livestock to ensure that they are consistent in quality and are sourced from areas free of livestock diseases important to trade.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our goal is to ensure that the importer and client specifications for livestock and meat are met or exceeded. Only through end-to-end supply chain management can we assure this.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Fattening &amp; Finishing Livestock </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-91 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"well-finished-goat\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-40 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"358\" height=\"240\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo ensure that client specifications are met, we fatten and finish our livestock with quality feed.\r\n<h2>Innovative feed technologies</h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_90\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"283\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-90\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya\" width=\"283\" height=\"503\" /></a> Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. 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(581, 2, '2016-10-16 09:23:24', '2016-10-16 06:23:24', '<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-28 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-300x184.png\" alt=\"lts-logo\" width=\"448\" height=\"275\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Lives</strong><strong>tock Trade Services (LTS) is a UK-based private holding company that houses country-level livestock inspection, certification, quality assurance, and traceability services for the export trade in livestock and meat. </strong>\n\n<strong>Additionally, LTS is the parent company for Agri-Secure International, a Kenyan based river side livestock fattening and finishing farm that specializes in the production or high-quality feed and livestock for discerning importing markets. </strong>\n<h1><strong>Adding Value </strong><strong>to Livestock and Meat</strong></h1>\n<ul>\n 	<li>Livestock Trade Services was formed to work independent of, but with livestock and meat exporters, importers, governments, producers and processors.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-87 alignnone\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"437\" height=\"246\" /></a></li>\n 	<li>As an independent specialized service provider, LTS works only in livestock and meat. Our proprietary Animal Passport and Traceability system provide quality  assurance that our products are what we say they are.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li>We strive to increase consumer and governmental trust and confidence in any product we handle.  This is why we guarantee our products to be what we say they are.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li>LTS was formed in 2005 in London. Operations are in the Horn of Africa and the GCC with plans for extension into Middle East Countries.</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li>We serve exporters, importers, and governments. In addition, we provide training and consulting services to live animal and meat export processors.</li>\n</ul>\n<h1><strong>Our Activities and Projects </strong></h1>\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Operations &amp; Management </strong></h2>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"421\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"421\" height=\"237\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.[/caption]\n<div id=\"OmanAboutUs\">\n\n<h3> Export Quarantine from Oman to the UAE</h3>\nLTS has been contracted by a major UAE importer to operate and manage an export quarantine from Oman to the UAE.  LTS works under the supervision of the Sultanate of Oman and with guidance and direction from UAE, the importing country.  The quarantine operates according to strict LTS protocols and procedures.\n\nIn addition to quarantine services, LTS provides livestock selection, purchase, and transport services for the UAE importing company.\n</div>\n\n<div id=\"KenyaExportQuarantine\">\n\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Kenya to GCC, ME, and Asia</h3>\nLTS is planning to begin livestock export quarantine operations and management activities in the near future from Kenya.\n\nOur services will include livestock selection, fattening and finishing, transport supervision, animal welfare, quarantine services, and quarantined shipping services to ensure that all animals arrive on spec &amp; <em>disease- antibiotic- and hormone-free</em>.\n<div id=\"KenyaMeatExport\">\n<h2><strong>Livestock Fattening, Finishing &amp; Meat Export </strong></h2>\n<h3><strong>Kenya Meat Export</strong></h3>\nWorking with a quality-oriented livestock exporter, Blue Mountain Meat and Livestock, LTS conducts production, supply, and processing chain management to ensure meat exported meets importer specifications and is hygienic, wholesome and disease- antibiotic- and hormone-free.\n\n\nWe offer grass-fed, grain-finished, and organic meat products.\n\nLTS also undertakes innovative fattening and finishing operations to ensure a reliable supply of consistent quality is provided to the importer.\n\nIn addition, LTS liaises with Blue Mountain to identify appropriate clients, negotiate contracts and pricing and facilitating Shari’ah Compliant financing.\n<h3> <strong>Kenya Meat and Livestock Exporters Association</strong></h3>\nAs the Specialized Livestock Service Provider for Kenya meat and livestock exporters, LTS is working to create quality products for exporters, moving them up the value chain, increasing profits and ensuring a smooth flow of meat and livestock to the destination port.\n</div>\n\n<div id=\"KenyaSlaughterhouseManagement\">\n<h3><strong>Slaughterhouse Operations &amp; Management — new slaughterhouse</strong></h3>\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-234 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"basra-slaugherhouse-1\" width=\"298\" height=\"528\" /></a>\n\nLTS is in negotiations to manage a newly-built international standard slaughterhouse for the export of quality, well-flayed and expertly chilled meat from Kenya.  LTS management will ensure that the meat is tender, hygienic and wholesome for discerning global customers.  Additionally, we will also ensure that the meat is anitibiotic- and hormone-free.</div>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/management/\">Management</a>     <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/operational-partners/\">Operational Partners </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/publications/\">Publications </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>\n', 'About Us', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '48-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-10-16 09:23:24', '2016-10-16 06:23:24', '', 48, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/48-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(582, 1, '2016-09-23 12:09:06', '2016-09-23 09:09:06', '<strong>Reports and Publications </strong>\r\n\r\nLTS staff occasionally undertake consulting services for international organizations and governments.  Additionally, we serve the OIE (World Animal Health Organization) on ad-hoc committees charged with reviewing and modifying OIE standards if necessary.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>The following reports and publications are available.  Please email us at info@livestocktradeservices.com  for copies.</strong></em></span>\r\n<h5><strong>Horn of Africa Livestock Export Trade –A business at a crossroads.    </strong>Dr. Chip Stem, CEO Livestock Trade Services, Ltd.   East African Business Journal, Volume 1, Issue 3 2016.   <a href=\"mailto:cstem@LivestockTradeServices.com\">cstem@LivestockTradeServices.com</a></h5>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">“The $1.5 billion Horn of Africa (HoA) livestock export industry is at a cross-road. The choices are clear but the outcome remains in doubt.   Particularly for Somalia.”</p>\r\n\r\n<h5>Kurawa Quarantine Feasibility Study and Review of Kenya Livestock and Meat Export Opportunities.  January 2015.  Prepared for the Government of Kenya.</h5>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This study looks at the meat and livestock export sectors from Kenya and concludes that the current quality of meat limits both export volume and profits for the country.   A strong case is made for the live animal export sector managed through independently manages quarantines which operate highly ethically and use state-of-the-art technologies including robust Traceability Systems.</p>\r\n\r\n<h5>The Potential for Industry Self-Regulation of Livestock, Meat, and Hides and Skins for the IGAD Region.  Dr. Chip Stem. October 2013. Prepared for IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development.</h5>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This study for IGAD examines the potential for livestock industry self-regulation as a way forward to improve quality and production of livestock and meat in the IGAD region.</p>\r\n\r\n<h5>A Livestock Development Fund for Djibouti.   Livestock Trade Services, Ltd.  Dr. Chip Stem and Dr. Abdi Mahamoud Elmi.  December 2015</h5>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This report is a feasibility study for the establishment of a Livestock Development Fund for Djibouti which can jump start the Djiboutian livestock sector enabling it to take advantage of the Regional Livestock Export Quarantine, designed and built by LTS.  It also makes a case for the development of fresh-water resources which are nearby the site of the quarantine and could be used for industrialized livestock feed production to supply the nascent Djibouti livestock sector.</p>\r\n\r\n<h5>Rift Valley Fever Infection.  OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Chapter 8.14  Infection with Rift Valley Fever Virus.  Dr. Chip Stem, LTS CEO one of the Ad-hoc committee members to review and redraft the code. 2014.</h5>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dr. Stem, CEO served on the OIE Ad-hoc committee to review and redraft the standards and norms for export of livestock and meat from countries that are endemic with RVF.  The new code is both science-based and trader-friendly.</p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"></p>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/management/\">Management</a>     <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/operational-partners/\">Operational Partners </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\">About Us</a><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/publications/\"> </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Publications', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '345-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-23 12:09:06', '2016-09-23 09:09:06', '', 345, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/345-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(584, 1, '2016-09-23 14:26:49', '2016-09-23 11:26:49', 'In September 2016, the LTS CEO and Chairman of the Kenya Meat and Exporter\'s Association visited the site of the ongoing construction of the Government of Kenya Bachuma Livestock Export Quarantine.\r\n\r\nThe quarantine sits on a 15,000-acre site and is well positioned for cost-effective, disease-free livestock export through Mombasa Port.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Gov-Sign-Entrance-Paint.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-427 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Gov-Sign-Entrance-Paint-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"bachuma-quarantine-gov-sign-entrance-paint\" width=\"257\" height=\"456\" /></a>\r\n\r\nIt is the most protected of all quarantines in Africa today.  With 3 distinct and robust barricades to entry, the quarantine is <strong>highly secure</strong>.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_430\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"291\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachua-Perimeter-Trench-3mx3mx3m-Under-Construction-Paint.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-430 \" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachua-Perimeter-Trench-3mx3mx3m-Under-Construction-Paint-169x300.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"517\" /></a> 3-meter wide by 3-meter deep trench with vertical walls (under construction). The quarantine has triple barriers to entry making it the most highly secure quarantine ever constructed in Africa.[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_433\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"293\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-quarantine-perimeter-fence-from-outside-Paint.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-433\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-quarantine-perimeter-fence-from-outside-Paint-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Quarantine Perimeter Fence taken from outside.\" width=\"293\" height=\"520\" /></a> Quarantine Perimeter Fence taken from outside.[/caption]\r\n\r\nThe quarantine will accommodate sheep, goats, cattle and camel and is a state-of-the-art design that LTS participated in.  We look forward to continuing to work with the Government to make this quarantine highly successful and establish and maintain a record of zero exports of livestock disease from Kenya.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_398\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"398\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Construction-Sheep-Goat-Pen-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-398\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Construction-Sheep-Goat-Pen-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Goat and sheep quarantine pen under construction. \" width=\"398\" height=\"224\" /></a> Goat and sheep quarantine pen under construction.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_412\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"401\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Construction-Sheep-Goat-pen-entrance-2.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-412\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Construction-Sheep-Goat-pen-entrance-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Internal livestock pen fence providing a third and highly secure facility. \" width=\"401\" height=\"226\" /></a> Internal livestock pen fence providing a third and highly secure facility.[/caption]\r\n\r\nWithin 200 meters of the quarantine, a new Standard Guage Railroad is ready to transport livestock to the quarantine and once livestock are properly quarantined and are ready for export, to the nearby seaport for export.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Standard-Gague-Rail-Test-Train.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-405 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bachuma-Quarantine-Standard-Gague-Rail-Test-Train-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"bachuma-quarantine-standard-gague-rail-test-train\" width=\"421\" height=\"238\" /></a>\r\n\r\nThe quarantine is set to be ready for shipments by the close of 2016.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/lts-secures-quarantine-management-contract/\">LTS secures Quarantine Management Contract</a>      </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/investor-opportunities/\"><strong>Investor Relations</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>enquiries</strong> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>            <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Kenya Bachuma Quarantine', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '395-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-09-23 14:26:49', '2016-09-23 11:26:49', '', 395, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/395-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(720, 1, '2016-11-06 14:08:35', '2016-11-06 11:08:35', '<h1><strong>Summary of LTS Services, Activities, and Projects </strong></h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Quarantine Design and Construction Services </strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Quarantine Management and Operations Services</strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Livestock &amp; Meat Traceability Systems </strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong><em>End-to-End</em></strong><strong> Supply &amp; Processing Chain Operations, Supervision, and Quality Assurance</strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Stress-free Transportation Services  </strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Slaughterhouse Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement &amp; Management Services </strong></li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Livestock Feed Production, Fattening and Finishing Services on our Coastal Riverside Farm</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Design and Construction Services</strong></h2>\r\n<h1><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-261 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite-300x173.png\" alt=\"djibouti-all-areas-design-satellite\" width=\"415\" height=\"240\" /></a></h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Djibouti Regional Export Quarantine designed by LTS staff</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>State-of-the-art quarantine design. Livestock export quarantines are highly technical and often expensive to construct due to their size. Many factors such as water flow, wind direction and speed, soil types and previous industrial or agricultural activities, resident and nearby wildlife and livestock populations, and proximity to the port of export all play important factors in determining the suitability and the exact design of a quarantine.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff designed the first modern livestock export quarantine in Djibouti, Africa which has become the standard model for livestock export from the Horn of Africa region since it’s opening in 2006.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff have informed the design of most Somalia quarantines, one under construction in Kenya and one in Oman.</li>\r\n 	<li>With each new design we introduce cost-effective changes and innovations and in some cases are able to reduce the cost of a livestock export quarantine by as much as 50% using innovative and environmentally friendly construction materials.</li>\r\n 	<li>We can deliver advanced <em>state-of-the-art</em> livestock quarantines to fit most purposes anywhere in the world.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Quarantine Management and Operations</strong></h2>\r\n<h1><strong><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-32 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dr-stem-at-a-somalia-quarantine\" width=\"401\" height=\"267\" /></a></strong></h1>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS provides turn-key Operations and Management for livestock export quarantines, ensuring that <em>all </em>livestock pass importing country requirements inspections.</li>\r\n 	<li>Rejections by importing countries are highly embarrassing for the exporter and the exporting country. Additionally, they are costly mistakes both in terms of revenue and animal welfare.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our approach is and will always remain science-based.  Thus our rates of rejection will always remain far below average, avoiding trade bans and ensuring the highest possible revenue for exporters.</li>\r\n 	<li>Quarantine bio-security is critical to keeping livestock healthy, wholesome and disease free.  This requires limited access, disease-free feed, and careful purposeful management to esure that disease is kept out of the quarantine facility.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"447\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"447\" height=\"252\" /></a> Somali Berberi (Black-headed Persian Sheep) in the Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.[/caption]\r\n<h2>Livestock &amp; Meat Traceability Systems</h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Our LTS proprietary Animal Passport System and Traceability Systems record all key events in the animal’s life as they relate to livestock and meat export: the results of any examinations, lab tests, vaccinations, treatments and antibiotic withholding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"368\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"368\" height=\"280\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\r\n<h2><strong><em>Stress-Free</em></strong><strong> Transportation Services </strong></h2>\r\n<strong><em>Livestock quarantines extend from the point of entry to arrival at the destination port. </em></strong>\r\n\r\nTransportation is critical to the animal welfare, quality and disease-free status of livestock. Perfectly quarantined livestock placed on a contaminated ship will arrive stressed and diseased.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Livetock-ship-CattleCarrier1-inside.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-719 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Livetock-ship-CattleCarrier1-inside-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"livetock-ship-cattlecarrier1-inside\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" /></a>\r\n\r\nProvision of quality feed, water, ventilation, protection from the elements, and appropriate space for livestock to freely move are all absolutely necessary in livestock transport.\r\n\r\nLTS maintains its staff on all livestock ships carrying animals from any of the quarantines that we manage.\r\n\r\nGround transportation has similar requirements and needs.  LTS ensures that all livestock ground transporters serving LTS-managed quarantines sign on to and strictly follow LTS transportation protocols which include feed and water stops for long-distance trips and prevent overcrowding and stressing of livestock transported by trucks or railways.\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>By offering a variety of quality livestock feeds both in the quarantines and on quarantined ships, we can assure livestock wholesomeness.</li>\r\n 	<li><strong> </strong>LTS offers shipping services with our technical staff on-board ensure that the disease and antibiotic free status of our livestock is maintained.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>End-to-End Supply &amp; Processing Chain Operations </strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-87\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"344\" height=\"194\" /></a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-88\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"good-quality-kenyan-goat-carcasses-meat-img-20160118-wa0003\" width=\"124\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>A quality product, be livestock or meat comes from intimate knowledge of the entire supply and processing chain.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS carefully manages its supply of livestock to ensure that they are consistent in quality and are sourced from areas free of livestock diseases important to trade.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our goal is to ensure that the importer and client specifications for livestock and meat are met or exceeded. Only through end-to-end supply chain management can we assure this.</li>\r\n 	<li>specifications for livestock and meat are met or exceeded. Only through end-to-end supply chain management can we assure this.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Fattening &amp; Finishing Livestock </strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-91 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"well-finished-goat\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-40 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"358\" height=\"240\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo ensure that client specifications are met, we fatten and finish our livestock with quality feed.\r\n<h3>Innovative feed technologies</h3>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_90\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"283\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-90\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya\" width=\"283\" height=\"503\" /></a> Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo was taken at Hydroponics Kenya Ltd.[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Most of the livestock that we serve are young animals that were born and have spent their life on pristine organic pastures where livestock are shepherded by renown Masai, Samburu, Somali, and Orma pastoralists who carefully guide their livestock to the best grasses.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>To ensure that client specifications are met, we fatten and finish our livestock with quality feed often produced on our own farms.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We use a number of approaches to our fattening and finishing, from the traditional quality pasture and grain feeding to hydroponics and newer innovative feeding practices.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Additionally we offer services to fatten and finish livestock at other locations such as holding grounds, feedlots, and quarantines</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h1 id=\"KenyaCoastalRiversideFarm\"></h1>\r\n<h2><strong>Slaughterhouse Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement &amp; Management Services</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Slaughterhouse-Nairobi-2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-251 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Slaughterhouse-Nairobi-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"nema-slaughterhouse-nairobi-2\" width=\"221\" height=\"124\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Slaughterhouse-well-flayed-Goats.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-170\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Slaughterhouse-well-flayed-Goats-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"nema-slaughterhouse-well-flayed-goats\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We provide input into all aspects of slaughterhouse operations and onward shipment ensuring that the meat is hygienic and wholesome.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our Services range from Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement training and oversight generally in service to higher-end exporters who are proud to ship quality products to their customers.</li>\r\n 	<li>We also provide full slaughterhouse management and operations services for meat processors wishing to improve their quality and provide tender, appealing meat to the marketplace.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2>Livestock Feed Production &amp; Livestock Fattening and Finishing Services</h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/coastal-farm-open-space-goats-DSC_0577.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-171 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/coastal-farm-open-space-goats-DSC_0577-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"coastal-farm-open-space-goats-dsc_0577\" width=\"431\" height=\"243\" /></a>\r\n\r\nOur Coastal Riverside Farm in Kenya provides a perfect environment for livestock feed production under irrigation and a wholesome place for livestock fattening and finishing livestock for domestic or overseas market.\r\n\r\nLivestock are kept stress-free in a natural environment and are finished on the highest quality feed available, assuring their antibiotic-free, hormone-free, and disease free status.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation-Alfalfa-1.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-718 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation-Alfalfa-1-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"center-pivot-irrigation-alfalfa\" width=\"439\" height=\"243\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLTS can grow a variety of high quality livestock feed for domesitc use or export.  Our feed can be certified disease-free so that it can be used in biosecure locations such as livestock quarantines and on ships.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">Go to top</a>              <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us</a></p>', 'Serving the Livestock & Meat Global Trade Industries', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '201-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-11-06 14:08:35', '2016-11-06 11:08:35', '', 201, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/201-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(715, 1, '2016-10-27 10:10:31', '2016-10-27 07:10:31', '<h1> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Having worked in development for 25 years, I came to realize that can we can’t speak of food security and the need to link markets to the poor without making the sustainable actors of agribusinesses (large and small) <strong><em>the focus</em></strong> of our activities.  Value-addition of drought-stricken livestock can prevent catastrophic losses of pastoral livestock during droughts.</span></h1>\r\n<h2></h2>\r\n<h2>Helping pastoralists make money from their drought-stricken livestock</h2>\r\nNGOs and development partners can be, should be – and are critical players in establishing connections between the poor and agribusiness and, through innovative funding can actually show how value addition to products such as pastoral livestock can actually make money in global markets for these export businesses and the pastoralist livestock producers.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSC00546-2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-694 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/DSC00546-2-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"dsc00546-2\" width=\"338\" height=\"229\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Quality feed and professional management can turn emaciated, drought-stricken livestock into market-ready animals in as little as 2-3 months</em></strong></p>\r\nHere in Kenya and the surrounding Horn of Africa, we have recurrent droughts during which pastoral herders lose 30 – 70 % of their livestock. And by and large, these pastoralists remain unconnected to the global market, so the mortalities continue despite all decades of development assistance, government and NGO programs.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Ethiopian-Cattle-Feedlot-IMG-20160330-WA0011-2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-695 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Ethiopian-Cattle-Feedlot-IMG-20160330-WA0011-2-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"ethiopian-cattle-feedlot-img-20160330-wa0011-2\" width=\"386\" height=\"274\" /></a>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"> <strong><em>Livestock, even drought-stricken ones, recover quickly with proper care and feed.</em></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<h2>Can NGOs &amp; Development Partners Jump-Start the Process?</h2>\r\nCan development partners and NGOs facilitate this linkage between poor pastoral livestock producers and sustainable export traders and agribusiness?\r\n\r\nI believe they can set the stage for the private sector to get involved.\r\n\r\nIf development partners and NGOs fund initial demonstration in partnership with the private sector to demonstrate the benefits of value addition of pastoral drought-stricken livestock, bringing them to market weight so they can be viable products, rather than the dead animal pictures we’ve seen all too often in the Press.\r\n<h2>Private-Sector Cash for Drought -Stricken Livestock</h2>\r\nThis would place cash in the hands of pastoralists during droughts—when they need it most and ensure a sustainable supply of livestock for exporters during periods of drought or even during extended dry spells.\r\n\r\nThis would be business. It would benefit all sides. And most importantly, it would be sustainable and begin linking pastoralists to global markets for the long-term.\r\n\r\nWhat\'s the evidence that this actually works?\r\n\r\nThe Feinstein International Center based at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at <em>Tufts University and others have evaluated this concept in Ethiopia.  The evidence to date is, that this approach  works producing between 6 - 41 times benefits over costs! Thus once the infrastructure is present these are win-win situations for all!  Here are some links to their reports, articles and policy briefs.</em>\r\n\r\nPolicy Brief:  Benefits and Costs of Supplemental Cattle feeding During Droughts   <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2edvbnh\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/2edvbnh</a>\r\n\r\nImpact Assessments of Livelihoods-based Drought Interventions in Moyale and Dire Woredas   <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2eIuqUa\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/2eIuqUa</a>\r\n\r\nJournal of Humanitarian Assistance: Money to burn? Comparing the Costs and Benefits of Drought Responses in Pastoral Areas of Ethiopia.  <a href=\"https://sites.tufts.edu/jha/archives/1548\" target=\"_blank\">https://sites.tufts.edu/jha/archives/1548</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Could development partners and NGOs be the facilitators who by funding initial fattening and finishing activities of drought stricken-livestock, link agribusiness with marginalized pastoralists paving the way for lasting, sustainable, economic development?</em>', 'A Private Sector Solution to Drought Relief', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '693-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-27 10:10:31', '2016-10-27 07:10:31', '', 693, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/693-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(619, 2, '2016-10-03 17:06:03', '2016-10-03 14:06:03', '<strong>Livestock Trade Services, Ltd</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-ONLY-jpeg-1.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-226 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-ONLY-jpeg-1.jpg\" alt=\"lts-logo-only-jpeg-1\" width=\"155\" height=\"139\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Website</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk\">http://localhost:8888/disk</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Email</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"mailto:info@LivestockTradeServices.com\">info@LivestockTradeServices.com</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Phone</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Kenya</strong> +254.722.205.703 (voice &amp; what\'s app)\r\n\r\n<strong>UAE</strong> +971.56.690.3255  (alternate phone)\r\n\r\n<strong>Oman</strong> +968.9145.6868 (alternate phone)\r\n\r\n<strong>Voicemail</strong>  +1.508.714.0633\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Contact LTS', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '70-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-03 17:06:03', '2016-10-03 14:06:03', '', 70, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/70-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(594, 1, '2016-09-25 10:06:05', '2016-09-25 07:06:05', 'In East Africa, including Kenya, the presence of a La Niῆa produces drought.  El Niῆo, the ‘Christ Child” was a term coined by Peruvians who would sometimes experience torrential rains beginning around Christmas time in Peru. La Niῆa, “the girl child” is the flip side of an El Niῆo and generally produces the opposite effects. So in Peru, if a La Niῆa follows an El Niῆo, they can expect a prolonged period of drought.\n\nScientists have determined that both and its sister La Niῆa have global implications for weather patterns affecting each of the 7 continents. They are caused by a shift in Pacific Ocean currents causing up-welling or down-welling of cold and warm waters.\n\nDue to the strong El Niῆo of 2016, ad based on historical records of El Niῆo strength, there is some likelihood that the La Niῆa will continue for the Short Rains of 2017 and Long Rains of 2018, making this a historic 2-year drought.\n\n<img src=\"https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAmBAAAAJDVkYjcxZmRhLWVlODAtNGVkZC05ZGZjLTEwOTZhMTlhZDNlYw.jpg\" />\n\n<em>Figure 1 Red spikes indicate El Nino events, whereas blue troughs indicate La Nina events. Severity increases with greater departures of standard deviation.</em><a href=\"http:/#_ftn1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>[1]</em></a>\n\nHistorically La Niῆas have lasted longer than El Niῆos as can be seen in the Multivariate ENSO Index above. Also in general, the stronger the El Niῆo, the stronger the follow-on La Niῆa will be. Therefore, with a historically strong El Niῆo in 2015 – 2016, there is a reasonable likelihood of a moderate to strong La Niῆa which could last up to two successive years.\n\nThe currently evolving El Nino situation latest predictions (September 2016) predict sustained drought conditions during the Short Rains of 2016 and Long Rains of 2017<a href=\"http:/#_ftn2\" target=\"_blank\">[2]</a>; and 2) the knowledge that seasonally even in good years, livestock in pastoral areas of Kenya lose significant amounts of weight making them less valuable, prone to disease with attendant increases in mortality.\n\nDuring droughts, estimates are that losses are 14% – 86% of livestock herds resulting in significant market value losses, wasted productivity, and increasing the overall methane emissions per kg of meat produced in pastoral areas.<a href=\"http:/#_ftn1\" target=\"_blank\">[1]</a>,<a href=\"http:/#_ftn2\" target=\"_blank\">[2]</a>,<a href=\"http:/#_ftn3\" target=\"_blank\">[3]</a>\n\nWe propose to link viable and sustainable export markets with drought stricken pastoral livestock to enable pastoralists to\n\n1) <strong>Receive much-needed cash for their emaciated male livestock</strong> before they die;\n\n2) <strong>Reduce pastoral core herd size to contain reproductive females</strong> to quickly rebuild their herds post-drought and increasing the chances of survival of the remaining livestock through more feed availability per head;\n\n3) <strong>Purchase livestock feed</strong> from the income for selling their livestock to support their remaining herd, in particular the reproductive age females and young stock.\n\n4) <strong>Partner with the Livestock and Meat Exporters Association to place their core stock of valued females in Association feeding centers</strong> where they can be fed through the drought, returned to their owners who are then obligated to sell the Association members the males subsequently born stock for an agreed period of time.\n<h2>A public-private approach</h2>\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/\" target=\"_blank\">Livestock traders </a>including exporters generally act as resource harvesters. They purchase livestock from pastoralists and then, quickly slaughter them for export or the local market. Seasonally livestock condition deteriorates during the two dry seasons making livestock export trade difficult, since the quality is often too poor for export.\n\nWhen drought conditions exist, conditions are worse and traders see alternative supplies from as far away as Tanzania and Somalia, though often these attempts fail and they are forced to halt or greatly reduce trading. This is particularly true for the export market as importers are more demanding in terms of quality than local market buyers in Kenya.\n\nLivestock traders like farmers and ranchers are risk adverse by nature, and thus are hesitant to invest in new ventures or approaches, unless they’ve witnessed a working model.\n\nTherefore, our approach is to begin with development partner and project support and then we are confident that the private sector will expand this approach eventually making a very positive impact on pastoral livestock producers.\n\nAdditionally, livestock traders will see the benefit of innovative feeding solutions which will enable them to obtain a reliable supply of consistent quality for their domestic and export markets throughout the year, regardless of drought conditions or not.\n\n<a href=\"http://www.lts-livestocktradeservices.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.lts-livestocktradeservices.com</a>\n\n[1] Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI). Earth Systems Research Laboratory. NOAA. 2016. http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/enso/mei/\n\n[2] Kenya Meteorological Department KMD/FCSD/5-2016/SO/03. September 5, 2016. http://www.meteo.go.ke/pdf/seasonal.pdf\n\n[3] Drought and recovery: Livestock dynamics among the Ngisonyoka Turkana of Kenya. Human Ecology December 1987, Volume 15, Issue 4, pp 371–389. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00887997\n\n[4] The effect of multiple droughts on cattle in Obbu, Northern Kenya. Journal of Arid Environments Volume 49, Issue 2, October 2001, Pages 375-386. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196300907857\n\n[5 Mobility and livestock mortality in communally used pastoral areas: the impact of the 2005-2006 drought on livestock mortality in Maasailand. David Nkedianye Email author, Jan de Leeuw, Joseph O Ogutu, Mohammed Y Said, Terra L Saidimu, Shem C Kifugo, Dickson S Kaelo and Robin S Reid. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 20111:17. 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(596, 1, '2016-09-25 09:58:21', '2016-09-25 06:58:21', 'In East Africa, including Kenya, the presence of a La Niῆa produces drought.  El Niῆo, the ‘Christ Child” was a term coined by Peruvians who would sometimes experience torrential rains beginning around Christmas time in Peru. La Niῆa, “the girl child” is the flip side of an El Niῆo and generally produces the opposite effects. So in Peru, if a La Niῆa follows an El Niῆo, they can expect a prolonged period of drought.\r\n\r\nScientists have determined that both and its sister La Niῆa have global implications for weather patterns affecting each of the 7 continents. They are caused by a shift in Pacific Ocean currents causing up-welling or down-welling of cold and warm waters.\r\n\r\nDue to the strong El Niῆo of 2016, ad based on historical records of El Niῆo strength, there is some likelihood that the La Niῆa will continue for the Short Rains of 2017 and Long Rains of 2018, making this a historic 2-year drought.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAmBAAAAJDVkYjcxZmRhLWVlODAtNGVkZC05ZGZjLTEwOTZhMTlhZDNlYw.jpg\" />\r\n\r\n<em>Figure 1 Red spikes indicate El Nino events, whereas blue troughs indicate La Nina events. Severity increases with greater departures of standard deviation.</em><a href=\"http:/#_ftn1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>[1]</em></a>\r\n\r\nHistorically La Niῆas have lasted longer than El Niῆos as can be seen in the Multivariate ENSO Index above. Also in general, the stronger the El Niῆo, the stronger the follow-on La Niῆa will be. Therefore, with a historically strong El Niῆo in 2015 – 2016, there is a reasonable likelihood of a moderate to strong La Niῆa which could last up to two successive years.\r\n\r\nThe currently evolving El Nino situation latest predictions (September 2016) predict sustained drought conditions during the Short Rains of 2016 and Long Rains of 2017<a href=\"http:/#_ftn2\" target=\"_blank\">[2]</a>; and 2) the knowledge that seasonally even in good years, livestock in pastoral areas of Kenya lose significant amounts of weight making them less valuable, prone to disease with attendant increases in mortality.\r\n\r\nDuring droughts, estimates are that losses are 14% – 86% of livestock herds resulting in significant market value losses, wasted productivity, and increasing the overall methane emissions per kg of meat produced in pastoral areas.<a href=\"http:/#_ftn1\" target=\"_blank\">[1]</a>,<a href=\"http:/#_ftn2\" target=\"_blank\">[2]</a>,<a href=\"http:/#_ftn3\" target=\"_blank\">[3]</a>\r\n\r\nWe propose to link viable and sustainable export markets with drought stricken pastoral livestock to enable pastoralists to\r\n\r\n1) <strong>Receive much-needed cash for their emaciated male livestock</strong> before they die;\r\n\r\n2) <strong>Reduce pastoral core herd size to contain reproductive females</strong> to quickly rebuild their herds post-drought and increasing the chances of survival of the remaining livestock through more feed availability per head;\r\n\r\n3) <strong>Purchase livestock feed</strong> from the income for selling their livestock to support their remaining herd, in particular the reproductive age females and young stock.\r\n\r\n4) <strong>Partner with the Livestock and Meat Exporters Association to place their core stock of valued females in Association feeding centers</strong> where they can be fed through the drought, returned to their owners who are then obligated to sell the Association members the males subsequently born stock for an agreed period of time.\r\n<h2>A public-private approach</h2>\r\nLivestock traders including exporters generally act as resource harvesters. They purchase livestock from pastoralists and then, quickly slaughter them for export or the local market. Seasonally livestock condition deteriorates during the two dry seasons making livestock export trade difficult, since the quality is often too poor for export.\r\n\r\nWhen drought conditions exist, conditions are worse and traders see alternative supplies from as far away as Tanzania and Somalia, though often these attempts fail and they are forced to halt or greatly reduce trading. This is particularly true for the export market as importers are more demanding in terms of quality than local market buyers in Kenya.\r\n\r\nLivestock traders like farmers and ranchers are risk adverse by nature, and thus are hesitant to invest in new ventures or approaches, unless they’ve witnessed a working model.\r\n\r\nTherefore, our approach is to begin with development partner and project support and then we are confident that the private sector will expand this approach eventually making a very positive impact on pastoral livestock producers.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, <a href=\"http://www.lts-livestocktradeservices.com/\" target=\"_blank\">livestock traders </a>will see the benefit of innovative feeding solutions which will enable them to obtain a reliable supply of consistent quality for their domestic and export markets throughout the year, regardless of drought conditions or not.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.lts-livestocktradeservices.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.lts-livestocktradeservices.com</a>\r\n\r\n[1] Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI). Earth Systems Research Laboratory. NOAA. 2016. http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/enso/mei/\r\n\r\n[2] Kenya Meteorological Department KMD/FCSD/5-2016/SO/03. September 5, 2016. http://www.meteo.go.ke/pdf/seasonal.pdf\r\n\r\n[3] Drought and recovery: Livestock dynamics among the Ngisonyoka Turkana of Kenya. Human Ecology December 1987, Volume 15, Issue 4, pp 371–389. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00887997\r\n\r\n[4] The effect of multiple droughts on cattle in Obbu, Northern Kenya. Journal of Arid Environments Volume 49, Issue 2, October 2001, Pages 375-386. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196300907857\r\n\r\n[5 Mobility and livestock mortality in communally used pastoral areas: the impact of the 2005-2006 drought on livestock mortality in Maasailand. David Nkedianye Email author, Jan de Leeuw, Joseph O Ogutu, Mohammed Y Said, Terra L Saidimu, Shem C Kifugo, Dickson S Kaelo and Robin S Reid. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 20111:17. 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(598, 1, '2016-09-25 10:01:14', '2016-09-25 07:01:14', 'In East Africa, including Kenya, the presence of a La Niῆa produces drought.  El Niῆo, the ‘Christ Child” was a term coined by Peruvians who would sometimes experience torrential rains beginning around Christmas time in Peru. La Niῆa, “the girl child” is the flip side of an El Niῆo and generally produces the opposite effects. So in Peru, if a La Niῆa follows an El Niῆo, they can expect a prolonged period of drought.\r\n\r\nScientists have determined that both and its sister La Niῆa have global implications for weather patterns affecting each of the 7 continents. They are caused by a shift in Pacific Ocean currents causing up-welling or down-welling of cold and warm waters.\r\n\r\nDue to the strong El Niῆo of 2016, ad based on historical records of El Niῆo strength, there is some likelihood that the La Niῆa will continue for the Short Rains of 2017 and Long Rains of 2018, making this a historic 2-year drought.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAmBAAAAJDVkYjcxZmRhLWVlODAtNGVkZC05ZGZjLTEwOTZhMTlhZDNlYw.jpg\" />\r\n\r\n<em>Figure 1 Red spikes indicate El Nino events, whereas blue troughs indicate La Nina events. Severity increases with greater departures of standard deviation.</em><a href=\"http:/#_ftn1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>[1]</em></a>\r\n\r\nHistorically La Niῆas have lasted longer than El Niῆos as can be seen in the Multivariate ENSO Index above. Also in general, the stronger the El Niῆo, the stronger the follow-on La Niῆa will be. Therefore, with a historically strong El Niῆo in 2015 – 2016, there is a reasonable likelihood of a moderate to strong La Niῆa which could last up to two successive years.\r\n\r\nThe currently evolving El Nino situation latest predictions (September 2016) predict sustained drought conditions during the Short Rains of 2016 and Long Rains of 2017<a href=\"http:/#_ftn2\" target=\"_blank\">[2]</a>; and 2) the knowledge that seasonally even in good years, livestock in pastoral areas of Kenya lose significant amounts of weight making them less valuable, prone to disease with attendant increases in mortality.\r\n\r\nDuring droughts, estimates are that losses are 14% – 86% of livestock herds resulting in significant market value losses, wasted productivity, and increasing the overall methane emissions per kg of meat produced in pastoral areas.<a href=\"http:/#_ftn1\" target=\"_blank\">[1]</a>,<a href=\"http:/#_ftn2\" target=\"_blank\">[2]</a>,<a href=\"http:/#_ftn3\" target=\"_blank\">[3]</a>\r\n\r\nWe propose to link viable and sustainable export markets with drought stricken pastoral livestock to enable pastoralists to\r\n\r\n1) <strong>Receive much-needed cash for their emaciated male livestock</strong> before they die;\r\n\r\n2) <strong>Reduce pastoral core herd size to contain reproductive females</strong> to quickly rebuild their herds post-drought and increasing the chances of survival of the remaining livestock through more feed availability per head;\r\n\r\n3) <strong>Purchase livestock feed</strong> from the income for selling their livestock to support their remaining herd, in particular the reproductive age females and young stock.\r\n\r\n4) <strong>Partner with the Livestock and Meat Exporters Association to place their core stock of valued females in Association feeding centers</strong> where they can be fed through the drought, returned to their owners who are then obligated to sell the Association members the males subsequently born stock for an agreed period of time.\r\n<h2>A public-private approach</h2>\r\nLivestock traders including exporters generally act as resource harvesters. They purchase livestock from pastoralists and then, quickly slaughter them for export or the local market. Seasonally livestock condition deteriorates during the two dry seasons making livestock export trade difficult, since the quality is often too poor for export.\r\n\r\nWhen drought conditions exist, conditions are worse and traders see alternative supplies from as far away as Tanzania and Somalia, though often these attempts fail and they are forced to halt or greatly reduce trading. This is particularly true for the export market as importers are more demanding in terms of quality than local market buyers in Kenya.\r\n\r\nLivestock traders like farmers and ranchers are risk adverse by nature, and thus are hesitant to invest in new ventures or approaches, unless they’ve witnessed a working model.\r\n\r\nTherefore, our approach is to begin with development partner and project support and then we are confident that the private sector will expand this approach eventually making a very positive impact on pastoral livestock producers.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, <a href=\"http://www.lts-livestocktradeservices.com/\" target=\"_blank\">livestock traders </a>will see the benefit of innovative feeding solutions which will enable them to obtain a reliable supply of consistent quality for their domestic and export markets throughout the year, regardless of drought conditions or not.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.lts-livestocktradeservices.com/\" target=\"_blank\">www.lts-livestocktradeservices.com</a>\r\n\r\n[1] Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI). 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(935, 4, '2019-05-09 08:05:07', '2019-05-09 05:05:07', '<h2><a href=\"http://LTS News\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\"><strong>Equity Investment and Finance to date</strong></a></h2>\nLTS has secured over $1 million in equity by an African-based, USA-funded Special Opportunities Capital Investment Fund.\n\nLTS has signed a Finance Agreement with a Global Finance group for over $15 million.\n\nWe are now seeking up to $15 m in additional equity finance to be released over the coming 6 – 18 months.\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://LTS News\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">LTS granted \"A<em>pproval in principal</em>” for the establishment of Kenya\'s first Agriculture and livestock Export Processing Zone (EPZ</a>)</h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once finalized and gazette, this will provide:</p>\n\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LTS with <strong>10-year corporate income tax holiday</strong> and a 25% tax rate for a further 10 years thereafter (except for EPZ commercial enterprises)</li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>10 year withholding tax holiday</strong> on dividends and other remittances to non-resident parties (except for EPZ commercial license enterprises)</li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Perpetual exemption from VAT and customs import duty on inputs</strong></li>\n</ul>\nLivestock investment opportunities are exceptional.  They offer many a high degree of liquidity (livestock assets), rapid cycling, which means more rapid returns to the investor, and, using emerging technologies, modern veterinary medicine an integration with IT (information technology) carry a lower risk than many alternative investments.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_441\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"359\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Revenues-Costs-Profits.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-441\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Revenues-Costs-Profits-300x194.png\" alt=\"Revenue, Expenses &amp; profit growth years 1-3. Quarantine Operatoins and Management and livestock supply activities.\" width=\"359\" height=\"232\" /></a> Revenue, Expenses &amp; profit growth years 1-3. Quarantine Operations and Management and livestock supply activities.[/caption]\n\n<strong>‎<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/contact-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Long &amp; Short-term Opportunities</a></strong>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid exit possible --- 2 years or less</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Long-term equity participation equally possible</li>\n</ul>\nWe are highly ethical in our work and are fully open and transparent, providing our investors with checks and balances that secure their interests, including real-time access to Internet-based accounts and financial records.\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Food Security Investment Opportunities </strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">The livestock export sector from Africa, S. Asia, and the Middle East has been virtually unchanged for hundreds of years providing superb opportunities for update and change which can dramatically increase profits and reliability.</li>\n</ul>\n[caption id=\"attachment_304\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"401\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-304\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa. \" width=\"401\" height=\"301\" /></a> Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa.[/caption]\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">The meat export sector from these regions hasn\'t changed for nearly 100 years making this sector ripe for feeding, management animal welfare, and processing changes that can produce much better meat that is more desirable and more profitable.</li>\n</ul>\n<strong>Why Livestock? <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dirie-Cattle-Athi-River-DSC008981-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-245\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dirie-Cattle-Athi-River-DSC008981-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dirie-cattle-athi-river-dsc008981\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a></strong>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n 	<li>Demand for Livestock and Meat in the GCC &amp; ME is growing at unprecedented rates and prices are increasing yearly</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">How healthy are they when they reach?\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">With good management and modern health care &amp; disease prevention, they maintain good health and deaths are very rare, generally less than 1 or 2%</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Livestock is profitable investment</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid turnover, multiple cycles per month means profits build fast</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid start-up means profits quickly roll in (rather than taking months or years as is typical in other investments)</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Livestock are <em>real</em> assets you can see, touch, and feel (unlike stock market paper)</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Livestock are highly liquid livestock assets can quickly be turned into cash</li>\n</ul>\n\n<hr />\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Our Investment Opportunities</strong></p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Range in size from several hundred thousand dollars to several million dollars</p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>GCC Region</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-lts/#OmanAboutUs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oman</a></li>\n</ul>\n[caption id=\"attachment_443\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-Feeding-Paint-Reduced.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-443\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-Feeding-Paint-Reduced-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Goats feeding at the Buraimi, Oman Quarantine.\" width=\"300\" height=\"533\" /></a> Goats feeding at the Buraimi, Oman Quarantine.[/caption]\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Horn of Africa Region</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-lts/#KenyaMeatExport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Organic, grass-fed, and grain-fed meat from Kenya</a></li>\n</ul>\n[caption id=\"attachment_166\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"380\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tarquin-Sheep-Mara-Mountain.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-166\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tarquin-Sheep-Mara-Mountain-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"tarquin-sheep-mara-mountain\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" /></a> Kenyan sheep on virgin organic pastures. 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(616, 2, '2016-10-01 08:24:27', '2016-10-01 05:24:27', '<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-Logo-Final.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-83\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-Logo-Final-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"lts-logo-final\" width=\"248\" height=\"176\" /></a></p>\r\nOur approach to management is highly interactive.  We engage our staff empowering them to question everything we do and develop even better, more efficient solutions.\r\n\r\nDr. Chip Stem,  CEO of LTS has 40 years’ experience in livestock production, disease control, export and import processing and trade.\r\n\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-38 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"cropped-Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"137\" />\r\n\r\nDr. Stem conceived and developed the first modern livestock export quarantine in Africa.  His unique design has become the standard for livestock export quarantines.\r\n\r\nPrior to that, he led a small team to develop a thermos-stable rinderpest vaccine which became the vaccine of choice for the Global Rinderpest Eradication Program.  This vaccine permitted community-based animal health workers, government agents, and private veterinarians to keep the vaccine without refrigeration for a month or more.\r\n\r\nBeginning in 1983, Dr. Stem while an Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, pioneered the concept of community-based animal health workers, by training pastoralists and farmers to operate their own animal health businesses under the watchful eyes and supervision of a licensed veterinarian.  This system was largely responsible for the rapid success in delivering tens of millions of doses of rinderpest to countries in the Horn of Africa, Central Africa, and West Africa eradicating this most serious livestock disease from the continent and eventually the world.  Rinderpest is only the second disease (after smallpox) to have been globally eradicated by man.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/coastal-farm-open-space-goats-DSC_0577-2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-244 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/coastal-farm-open-space-goats-DSC_0577-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"coastal-farm-open-space-goats-dsc_0577\" width=\"369\" height=\"208\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLTS staff consist of highly ethical professionals and lay personnel who have a sense of service and understand the importance of their work in protecting consumers from unhygienic or tainted meat and livestock in importing countries from livestock disease.\r\n\r\nDr. Stem holds a BS in Biology from St, John Fisher College, Rochester, New York; a DVM from the University of Nairobi, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Nairobi Kenya; Internship and Residency Certificates from The New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, and a MA in Economics and International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.\r\n\r\nHe served as faculty and Head of International Veterinary Programs at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and also on the faculty of the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at the Feinstein International Center, and Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/operational-partners/\">Operational Partners </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/publications/\">Publications </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\">About Us  </a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Management', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-01 08:24:27', '2016-10-01 05:24:27', '', 4, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/4-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(629, 2, '2016-10-08 10:43:26', '2016-10-08 07:43:26', '<strong>Livestock Trade Services, Ltd</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-ONLY-jpeg-1.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-226 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-ONLY-jpeg-1.jpg\" alt=\"lts-logo-only-jpeg-1\" width=\"155\" height=\"139\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Contact LTS in Kenya, UAE and Oman</strong></span></span>\r\n\r\n<strong>Website</strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk\">http://localhost:8888/disk</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Email</strong>\r\n\r\nGeneral queries: <a href=\"mailto:info@LivestockTradeServices.com\">info@LivestockTradeServices.com</a>\r\n\r\nManagement: <a href=\"mailto:cstem@livestocktradeservices.com\">cstem@livestocktradeservices.com</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Phone</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Kenya</strong> +254.722.205.703 (voice &amp; what\'s app)\r\n\r\n<strong>UAE</strong> +971.56.690.3255  (alternate phone)\r\n\r\n<strong>Oman</strong> +968.9145.6868 (alternate phone)\r\n\r\n<strong>Voicemail</strong>  +1.508.714.0633\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Contact LTS', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '70-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 10:43:26', '2016-10-08 07:43:26', '', 70, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/70-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(631, 2, '2016-10-08 11:14:25', '2016-10-08 08:14:25', '<h1><strong> Livestock Export Risk Management</strong></h1>\r\n<em>We move livestock and leave the disease behind.</em>\r\n\r\nDiseases of trade can create havoc for importing countries and seriously tarnish the names of exporting countries.  Risks are many and substantial.   Diseases can place the consumers, livestock populations, or both in importing countries at risk.\r\n\r\n<strong>The diseases that we monitor for and when necessary prevent through vaccination include;</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Foot and Mouth Disease</li>\r\n 	<li>Sheep and goat pox</li>\r\n 	<li>Lumpy skin disease</li>\r\n 	<li>Hemorrhagic septicemia</li>\r\n 	<li>Rift Valley Fever</li>\r\n 	<li>Brucellosis</li>\r\n 	<li>Malignant Catarrhal Fever</li>\r\n 	<li>Tuberculosis</li>\r\n 	<li>Heartwater</li>\r\n 	<li>Peste des Petits Ruminants</li>\r\n 	<li>Contagious Bovine and Caprine Pleuropneumonia</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nAdditionally, some importing countries desire that we monitor for other diseases which are then included in the list for that country.\r\n\r\n<strong>Live Animal Quarantine Period </strong>\r\n\r\nThe incubation period—period during which an animal may be developing the disease, but not show clinical signs is the guide for establishing quarantine period.  For the above and other diseases, the maximum incubation period is 14 days.  Building in a safety factor, the LTS minimum quarantine time is 16 days as can be seen below.  However, importing countries sent the required quarantine days using a combination of OIE standards and other relevant factors.\r\n\r\nLTS always adheres to the quarantine time established by the importing country.  We make no exceptions.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Incubation-Periods-LTS-Minimum-Quarantine-Time.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-279 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Incubation-Periods-LTS-Minimum-Quarantine-Time-300x123.png\" alt=\"incubation-periods-lts-minimum-quarantine-time\" width=\"444\" height=\"182\" /></a>\r\n<h1>Safe Meat &amp; Livestock for All</h1>\r\nMeat, carry special risks which are different from livestock since they are directly consumed and once inspected is passed at import the meat is considered safe for human consumption.  Issues of hygiene, improper chilling, and disease risks to humans such as brucellosis are of concern.\r\n\r\nIn performing its work along the entire supply and processing chain, LTS strictly adheres to established scientific protocol and OIE standards to ensure that all exported meat is safe to consume.\r\n\r\nWe consider the following critical factors when examining our meat:\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Bacterial contamination &amp; mold</li>\r\n 	<li>Antibiotic Residues and Hormones</li>\r\n 	<li>Ensuring Tender Meat</li>\r\n 	<li>Well-finished carcasses</li>\r\n 	<li>Diseases including brucellosis, tuberculosis, E. coli (O157:H7), and Salmonella.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/government-services/\">Government Services</a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Governments - Eliminating Risk, Ensuring Wholesomeness', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '269-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 11:14:25', '2016-10-08 08:14:25', '', 269, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/269-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(635, 2, '2016-10-08 11:39:56', '2016-10-08 08:39:56', '<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>On spec each time−</strong>every time!</em></h5>\nServing quality –minded exporters is key to successful supply and processing chain management.  Our goal is to raise the quality of exported products and to assist exporters in increasing profits by selling up the value chain.  This is only possible with well-finished, well-processed, and smoothly transported products which is where LTS comes in.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_304\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"335\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-304\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa. \" width=\"335\" height=\"251\" /></a> Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa.[/caption]\n\nBy engaging with producers and processors or undertaking these activities ourselves, we can guarantee that the products will meet demanding importer and up-market consumer requirements.\n\n<strong>Livestock Export &amp; Processing Services</strong>\n\nWe offer a full range of services to our livestock export trading partners including:\n<ul>\n 	<li>Supply chain management</li>\n 	<li>Pre-purchase livestock inspection</li>\n 	<li>Animal welfare provisions during transport to prevent disease.</li>\n 	<li>Livestock fattening and finishing through quality and innovative feeding practices ensuring value for money and rapid weight gain.</li>\n 	<li>Quarantine export processing ensuring that all livestock meet or exceed importing client specifications and pass importing authority veterinary inspections for disease and antibiotic residues.</li>\n 	<li>Shipping services including securing ships and using our highly trained staff to maintain the quarantine on board any ships that take livestock that we have quarantined</li>\n 	<li>Liaison with importing veterinary authorities</li>\n 	<li>Importing trader dialogue, contractual services, and payment collection if required</li>\n 	<li>Financing (Sharia Compliant or Mainstream) as required.</li>\n</ul>\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat importers</strong></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Livestock Exporter Solutions & Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '286-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 11:39:56', '2016-10-08 08:39:56', '', 286, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/286-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(637, 2, '2016-10-08 12:35:14', '2016-10-08 09:35:14', '<strong>Meat importers:  Do you face these issues with your meat imports?</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rejected by veterinary authorities?</li>\r\n 	<li>Of poor quality with poorly flayed &amp; dirty carcasses?</li>\r\n 	<li>The wrong age, sex or breed?</li>\r\n 	<li>Dark and with a short shelf-life?</li>\r\n 	<li>arrive too late to meet your customer demands?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_519\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"204\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-519\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Well-finished, carefully skinned, safely transported meat is the key to increasing profits.\" width=\"204\" height=\"362\" /></a> Well-finished, carefully skinned, safely transported meat is the key to increasing profits.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Is smooth, clean and with excellent looking carcasses</li>\r\n 	<li>Is of consistent quality each and every day</li>\r\n 	<li>Meets your requirements for weight, age, sex, and breed</li>\r\n 	<li>Is hygienic</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Is always antibiotic and hormone-free </strong></li>\r\n 	<li>Carries no disease-risk to you, your staff or your clients<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" /></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h6>Tell us what you need and we\'ll meet your specifications−100% of the time.</h6>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Meat Importer Solutions & Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '105-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 12:35:14', '2016-10-08 09:35:14', '', 105, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/105-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(638, 2, '2016-10-08 12:35:31', '2016-10-08 09:35:31', '<strong>Meat importers:  Do you face these issues with your meat imports?</strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Rejected by veterinary authorities?</li>\r\n 	<li>Of poor quality with poorly flayed &amp; dirty carcasses?</li>\r\n 	<li>The wrong age, sex or breed?</li>\r\n 	<li>Dark and with a short shelf-life?</li>\r\n 	<li>arrive too late to meet your customer demands?</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_519\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"204\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-519\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Well-finished, carefully skinned, safely transported meat is the key to increasing profits.\" width=\"204\" height=\"362\" /></a> Well-finished, carefully skinned, safely transported meat is the key to increasing profits.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Is smooth, clean and with excellent looking carcasses</li>\r\n 	<li>Is of consistent quality each and every day</li>\r\n 	<li>Meets your requirements for weight, age, sex, and breed</li>\r\n 	<li>Is hygienic</li>\r\n 	<li><strong>Is always antibiotic and hormone-free </strong></li>\r\n 	<li>Carries no disease-risk to you, your staff or your clients<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" /></a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h6>Tell us what you need and we\'ll meet your specifications−100% of the time.</h6>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock exporters </strong></a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>livestock importers</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Meat Importers Solutions & Services', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '105-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 12:35:31', '2016-10-08 09:35:31', '', 105, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/105-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(639, 2, '2016-10-08 12:53:38', '2016-10-08 09:53:38', 'Livestock Trade Services has signed an agreement to Operate and Manage a livestock export quarantine with a leading livestock importer and slaughterhouse management company in the UAE.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_439\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"278\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-439\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buraimi Quarantine has a stat-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman. \" width=\"278\" height=\"493\" /></a> Buraimi Quarantine has a state-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman.[/caption]\n\nLivestock will be carefully purchased by LTS ensuring that all importing trader specifications are met.  They will then undergo thorough clinical examinations, laboratory tests,  appropriate vaccinations and the required quarantine period to permit legal and certain entry into the UAE.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_237\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"479\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-237\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease and antibiotic-free livestock into the UAE. \" width=\"479\" height=\"270\" /></a> Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease-free, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free livestock into the UAE.[/caption]\n\n<strong>Read next <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/kenya-bachuma-quarantine/\">Kenya Bachuma Quarantine</a></strong>\n\n<strong>Media enquiries</strong> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>            <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'LTS secures Quarantine Management Contract in Oman', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '415-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 12:53:38', '2016-10-08 09:53:38', '', 415, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/415-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(640, 2, '2016-10-08 12:53:57', '2016-10-08 09:53:57', 'Livestock Trade Services has signed an agreement to Operate and Manage a livestock export quarantine with a leading livestock importer and slaughterhouse management company in the UAE.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_439\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"278\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-439\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buraimi Quarantine has a stat-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman. \" width=\"278\" height=\"493\" /></a> Buraimi Quarantine has a state-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLivestock will be carefully purchased by LTS ensuring that all importing trader specifications are met.  They will then undergo thorough clinical examinations, laboratory tests,  appropriate vaccinations and the required quarantine period to permit legal and certain entry into the UAE.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_237\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"479\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-237\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease and antibiotic-free livestock into the UAE. \" width=\"479\" height=\"270\" /></a> Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease-free, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free livestock into the UAE.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Read next <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/kenya-bachuma-quarantine/\">Kenya Bachuma Quarantine</a></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Media enquiries</strong> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>            <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'LTS secures Quarantine Management Contract for Oman', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '415-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 12:53:57', '2016-10-08 09:53:57', '', 415, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/415-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(641, 2, '2016-10-08 12:54:52', '2016-10-08 09:54:52', 'Livestock Trade Services has signed an agreement to Operate and Manage a livestock export quarantine with a leading livestock importer and slaughterhouse management company in the Oman.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_439\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"278\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-439\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buraimi Quarantine has a stat-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman. \" width=\"278\" height=\"493\" /></a> Buraimi Quarantine has a state-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLivestock will be carefully purchased by LTS ensuring that all importing trader specifications are met.  They will then undergo thorough clinical examinations, laboratory tests,  appropriate vaccinations and the required quarantine period to permit legal and certain entry into the UAE.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_237\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"479\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-237\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease and antibiotic-free livestock into the UAE. \" width=\"479\" height=\"270\" /></a> Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease-free, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free livestock into the UAE.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Read next <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/kenya-bachuma-quarantine/\">Kenya Bachuma Quarantine</a></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Media enquiries</strong> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>            <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'LTS secures Quarantine Management Contract for Oman', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '415-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 12:54:52', '2016-10-08 09:54:52', '', 415, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/415-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(645, 2, '2016-10-08 13:44:34', '2016-10-08 10:44:34', '<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>On spec each time−<strong>every time!</strong></em></h5>\nLTS offers unique, dedicated services to Livestock and Meat Processors.\n\nWe have nearly 2 decades of intimate knowledge and collaboration with importing traders, governments, and consumers.   In short, we understand what the market desires.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>On spec, each time, <strong>every time</strong></em></h4>\nWe work closely and can offer a variety of services to Quarantines and Slaughterhouses ranging including:\n<ol>\n 	<li> Supervision</li>\n 	<li> Staff Training</li>\n 	<li> Operations and Management of quarantines and slaughterhouses.</li>\n</ol>\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Slaughterhouse-Nairobi-2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-251 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Nema-Slaughterhouse-Nairobi-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"nema-slaughterhouse-nairobi-2\" width=\"260\" height=\"146\" /></a><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0361-1.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-393 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0361-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dsc_0361\" width=\"261\" height=\"147\" /></a>\n\nOur goal is and will <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">always</span></em> one of service to the industry, increasing quality, sales, profits, and throughput.\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/producers-processors/\" target=\"_blank\">Producers &amp; Processors</a>      <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/producers-processors/livestock-produdcers/\" target=\"_blank\">Livestock Producers</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>              <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;', 'Livestock & Meat Processors', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '353-autosave-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 13:44:34', '2016-10-08 10:44:34', '', 353, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/353-autosave-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(646, 2, '2016-10-08 14:00:20', '2016-10-08 11:00:20', '<h1> LTS Guarantee</h1>\r\nWe guarantee our services to be highly effective, thus when working with us, traders can be assured that their products will be well-received and payment will be made.  Through an operational partner, we can guarantee payment will be received for any products shipped that we manage for our exporters.\r\n\r\nOur guarantee extends to importers.  We strive to ensure that our livestock and meat are <em>On spec each time−<strong>every time!</strong></em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/livestock-exporter-servcies/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">livestock exporters </span></strong></a><strong>  </strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/meat-exporter-solutions-and-services/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong>meat exporters</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-livestock/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">livestock importers</span></span></strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/importers-exporters/importers-meat/\">Solutions &amp; Services  for <strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">meat importers</span></strong></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'LTS Guarantee - Importers & Exporters', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '99-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 14:00:20', '2016-10-08 11:00:20', '', 99, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/99-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(647, 2, '2016-10-08 14:06:22', '2016-10-08 11:06:22', '<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-LTS-Business-Card-Face-1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-391 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-LTS-Business-Card-Face-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"cropped-LTS-Business-Card-Face-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\nNews:\r\n\r\nLivestock Trade Services posts news and updates from time to time to this page. Return often for updates!\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/lts-secures-quarantine-management-contract/\"><strong>LTS secures Quarantine Management Contract</strong></a>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/kenya-bachuma-quarantine/\">Kenya Bachuma Quarantine</a></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Media enquiries</strong> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>            <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'LTS News', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '271-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 14:06:22', '2016-10-08 11:06:22', '', 271, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/271-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(648, 1, '2016-10-08 15:19:20', '2016-10-08 12:19:20', 'Livestock Trade Services has signed an agreement to Operate and Manage a livestock export quarantine in Oman for a leading livestock importer and slaughterhouse management company in the UAE.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_439\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"278\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-439\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buraimi Quarantine has a stat-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman. \" width=\"278\" height=\"493\" /></a> Buraimi Quarantine has a state-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLivestock will be carefully purchased by LTS ensuring that all importing trader specifications are met.  They will then undergo thorough clinical examinations, laboratory tests,  appropriate vaccinations and the required quarantine period in Oman to permit legal and certain entry into the United Arab Emirates.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_237\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"479\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-237\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease and antibiotic-free livestock into the UAE. \" width=\"479\" height=\"270\" /></a> Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease-free, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free livestock into the UAE.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Read next <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/kenya-bachuma-quarantine/\">Kenya Bachuma Quarantine</a></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Media enquiries</strong> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>            <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'LTS secures Quarantine Management Contract for Oman', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '415-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 15:19:20', '2016-10-08 12:19:20', '', 415, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/415-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(649, 1, '2016-10-08 15:21:48', '2016-10-08 12:21:48', 'Livestock Trade Services has signed an agreement to Operate and Manage a livestock export quarantine in the Sultanate of Oman for a leading livestock importer and slaughterhouse management company in the UAE.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_439\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"278\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-439\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Oasiss-Quarantine-Lab-Dr.-Bashir-Paint-resized-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Buraimi Quarantine has a stat-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman. \" width=\"278\" height=\"493\" /></a> Buraimi Quarantine has a state-of-the-art laboratory which is said to be one of the most advanced livestock laboratories in Oman.[/caption]\r\n\r\nLivestock will be carefully purchased by LTS ensuring that all importing trader specifications are met.  They will then undergo thorough clinical examinations, laboratory tests,  appropriate vaccinations and the required quarantine period in Oman to permit legal and certain entry into the United Arab Emirates.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_237\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"479\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-237\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease and antibiotic-free livestock into the UAE. \" width=\"479\" height=\"270\" /></a> Private quarantine in Oman that LTS will operate for export of disease-free, antibiotic-free, and hormone-free livestock into the UAE.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Read next <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/kenya-bachuma-quarantine/\">Kenya Bachuma Quarantine</a></strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Media enquiries</strong> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>            <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'LTS secures Quarantine Management Contract for Oman', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '415-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-08 15:21:48', '2016-10-08 12:21:48', '', 415, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/415-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(651, 2, '2016-10-09 06:05:06', '2016-10-09 03:05:06', '<h1> Livestock &amp; Meat Global Trade Services</h1>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Management and Operations</strong></h2>\r\n<h1><strong><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-32 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"dr-stem-at-a-somalia-quarantine\" width=\"401\" height=\"267\" /></a></strong></h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS provides turn-key Operations and Management for livestock export quarantines, ensuring that <em>all </em>livestock pass importing country requirements inspections.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"447\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"447\" height=\"252\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.ding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.[/caption]</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Our Animal Passport System and Traceability Systems record all key events in the animal’s life as they relate to livestock and meat export: the results of any examinations, lab tests, vaccinations, treatments and antibiotic withholding times to ensure that the animal is not slaughtered with antibiotic residues that could endanger the human food chain.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_96\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"368\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-96\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bar-code-Sheep-Djibouti.png\" alt=\"Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.\" width=\"368\" height=\"280\" /></a> Our Animal Passport &amp; Traceability System assures disease-free, wholesome livestock &amp; meat for our importing partners.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>By offering a variety of quality livestock feeds both in the quarantines and on quarantined ships, we can assure livestock wholesomeness.</li>\r\n 	<li>Shipping services with our technical staff on-board ensure that the disease and antibiotic free status of our livestock is maintained.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Quarantine Design Services</strong></h2>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-261 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Djibouti-All-Areas-Design-Satellite-300x173.png\" alt=\"djibouti-all-areas-design-satellite\" width=\"480\" height=\"277\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>State-of-the-art design.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff designed the first modern livestock export quarantine in Djibouti, Africa which has become the standard model for livestock export from the Horn of Africa region since it’s opening in 2006.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS staff have informed the design of most Somalia quarantines, one under construction in Kenya and one in Oman.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>End-to-End Supply &amp; Processing Chain Operations </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-87\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"344\" height=\"194\" /></a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-88\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Good-Quality-Kenyan-Goat-Carcasses-meat-IMG-20160118-WA0003-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"good-quality-kenyan-goat-carcasses-meat-img-20160118-wa0003\" width=\"124\" height=\"220\" /></a>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>A quality product, be livestock or meat comes from intimate knowledge of the entire supply and processing chain.</li>\r\n 	<li>LTS carefully manages its supply of livestock to ensure that they are consistent in quality and are sourced from areas free of livestock diseases important to trade.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our goal is to ensure that the importer and client specifications for livestock and meat are met or exceeded. Only through end-to-end supply chain management can we assure this.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><strong>Fattening &amp; Finishing Livestock </strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-91 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Well-finished-goat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"well-finished-goat\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-40 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot-2016-09-17-14.49.05-1-300x201.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2016-09-17-14-49-05\" width=\"358\" height=\"240\" /></a>\r\n\r\nTo ensure that client specifications are met, we fatten and finish our livestock with quality feed.\r\n<h2>Innovative feed technologies</h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_90\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"283\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-90\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hydroponic-Barley-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya\" width=\"283\" height=\"503\" /></a> Hydroponically grown barley can provide rapid nutrient access to finish livestock for market. Photo taken at Hydroponics Kenya[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We use a number of approaches to our fattening and finishing, from the traditional quality pasture and grain feeding to hydroponics and newer innovative feeding practices.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Coastal, Riverside Farm</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_94\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-94\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/River-Farm-Coast-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a> The river that flows through our farm along the coast of Kenya.[/caption]\r\n\r\nOur farm along the north coast of Kenya is well placed for the development of livestock fattening and finishing operations since it has a large river meandering through which provides abundant water for irrigation purposes.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_93\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"422\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-93\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.\" width=\"422\" height=\"238\" /></a> Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Additionally, we fatten and finish at other locations such as holding grounds and quarantines.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h2><strong>Slaughterhouse Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement  &amp; Management Services</strong></h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We provide input into all aspects of slaughterhouse operations and onward shipment ensuring that the meat is hygienic and wholesome.</li>\r\n 	<li>Our Services range from Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement training and oversight to full slaughterhouse management and operations.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">Go to top</a>              <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us</a></p>', 'Serving the Livestock & Meat Global Trade Industries', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '201-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-09 06:05:06', '2016-10-09 03:05:06', '', 201, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/201-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(660, 1, '2016-10-09 09:22:57', '2016-10-09 06:22:57', '<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-28 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-300x184.png\" alt=\"lts-logo\" width=\"448\" height=\"275\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Lives</strong><strong>tock Trade Services (LTS) is a UK-based private holding company that houses country-level livestock inspection, certification, quality assurance, and traceability services for the export trade in livestock and meat. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Additionally, LTS is the parent company for Agri-Secure International, a Kenyan based river side livestock fattening and finishing farm that specializes in the production or high-quality feed and livestock for discerning importing markets. </strong>\r\n<h1><strong>Adding Value </strong><strong>to Livestock and Meat</strong></h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Livestock Trade Services was formed to work independent of, but with livestock and meat exporters, importers, governments, producers and processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-87 alignnone\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"437\" height=\"246\" /></a></li>\r\n 	<li>As an independent specialized service provider, LTS works only in livestock and meat. Our proprietary Animal Passport and Traceability system provide quality  assurance that our products are what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We strive to increase consumer and governmental trust and confidence in any product we handle.  This is why we guarantee our products to be what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS was formed in 2005 in London. Operations are in the Horn of Africa and the GCC with plans for extension into Middle East Countries.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We serve exporters, importers, and governments. In addition, we provide training and consulting services to live animal and meat export processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Our Activities and Projects </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Quarantine Operations &amp; Management </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"421\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"421\" height=\"237\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<div id=\"OmanAboutUs\">\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Oman to the UAE</h3>\r\nLTS has been contracted by a major UAE importer to operate and manage an export quarantine from Oman to the UAE.  LTS works under the supervision of the Sultanate of Oman and with guidance and direction from UAE, the importing country.  The quarantine operates according to strict LTS protocols and procedures.\r\n\r\nIn addition to quarantine services, LTS provides livestock selection, purchase, and transport services for the UAE importing company.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Kenya to GCC, ME, and Asia</h3>\r\nLTS is planning to begin livestock export quarantine operations and management activities in the near future from Kenya.\r\n\r\nOur services will include livestock selection, fattening and finishing, transport supervision, animal welfare, quarantine services, and quarantined shipping services to ensure that all animals arrive on spec &amp; disease-free.\r\n<h2><strong>Livestock Fattening, Finishing &amp; Meat Export </strong></h2>\r\n<h3><strong>Kenya Meat Export</strong></h3>\r\nWorking with a quality-oriented livestock exporter, Blue Mountain Meat and Livestock, LTS conducts production, supply, and processing chain management to ensure meat exported meets importer specifications and is hygienic, wholesome and disease- antibiotic- and hormone-free.\r\n\r\nLTS also undertakes innovative fattening and finishing operations to ensure a reliable supply of consistent quality is provided to the importer.\r\n\r\nIn addition, LTS liaises with Blue Mountain to identify appropriate clients, negotiate contracts and pricing and facilitating Shari’ah Compliant financing.\r\n<h3> <strong>Kenya Meat and Livestock Exporters Association</strong></h3>\r\nAs the Specialized Livestock Service Provider for Kenya meat and livestock exporters, LTS is working to create quality products for exporters, moving them up the value chain, increasing profits and ensuring a smooth flow of meat and livestock to the destination port.\r\n<h3><strong>Slaughterhouse Operations &amp; Management — new slaughterhouse</strong></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-234 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"basra-slaugherhouse-1\" width=\"298\" height=\"528\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/management/\">Management</a>     <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/operational-partners/\">Operational Partners </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/publications/\">Publications </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'About Us', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '48-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-09 09:22:57', '2016-10-09 06:22:57', '', 48, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/48-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(652, 1, '2016-10-09 09:05:23', '2016-10-09 06:05:23', '<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-28 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-300x184.png\" alt=\"lts-logo\" width=\"448\" height=\"275\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Lives</strong><strong>tock Trade Services (LTS) is a UK-based private holding company that houses country-level livestock inspection, certification, quality assurance, and traceability services for the export trade in livestock and meat. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Additionally, LTS is the parent company for Agri-Secure International, a Kenyan based river side livestock fattening and finishing farm that specializes in the production or high-quality feed and livestock for discerning importing markets. </strong>\r\n<h1><strong>Adding Value </strong><strong>to Livestock and Meat</strong></h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Livestock Trade Services was formed to work independent of, but with livestock and meat exporters, importers, governments, producers and processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-87 alignnone\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"437\" height=\"246\" /></a></li>\r\n 	<li>As an independent specialized service provider, LTS works only in livestock and meat. Our proprietary Animal Passport and Traceability system provide quality  assurance that our products are what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We strive to increase consumer and governmental trust and confidence in any product we handle.  This is why we guarantee our products to be what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS was formed in 2005 in London. Operations are in the Horn of Africa and the GCC with plans for extension into Middle East Countries.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We serve exporters, importers, and governments. In addition, we provide training and consulting services to live animal and meat export processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Our Activities and Projects </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Quarantine Operations &amp; Management </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"421\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"421\" height=\"237\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<div id=\"oman-content-link\">\r\n<h3 id=\"”Oman\">Export Quarantine from Oman to the UAE</h3>\r\nLTS has been contracted by a major UAE importer to operate and manage an export quarantine from Oman to the UAE.  LTS works under the supervision of the Sultanate of Oman and with guidance and direction from UAE, the importing country.  The quarantine operates according to strict LTS protocols and procedures.\r\n\r\nIn addition to quarantine services, LTS provides livestock selection, purchase, and transport services for the UAE importing company.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Kenya to GCC, ME, and Asia</h3>\r\nLTS is planning to begin livestock export quarantine operations and management activities in the near future from Kenya.\r\n\r\nOur services will include livestock selection, fattening and finishing, transport supervision, animal welfare, quarantine services, and quarantined shipping services to ensure that all animals arrive on spec &amp; disease-free.\r\n<h2><strong>Livestock Fattening, Finishing &amp; Meat Export </strong></h2>\r\n<h3><strong>Kenya Meat Export</strong></h3>\r\nWorking with a quality-oriented livestock exporter, Blue Mountain Meat and Livestock, LTS conducts production, supply, and processing chain management to ensure meat exported meets importer specifications and is hygienic, wholesome and disease- antibiotic- and hormone-free.\r\n\r\nLTS also undertakes innovative fattening and finishing operations to ensure a reliable supply of consistent quality is provided to the importer.\r\n\r\nIn addition, LTS liaises with Blue Mountain to identify appropriate clients, negotiate contracts and pricing and facilitating Shari’ah Compliant financing.\r\n<h3> <strong>Kenya Meat and Livestock Exporters Association</strong></h3>\r\nAs the Specialized Livestock Service Provider for Kenya meat and livestock exporters, LTS is working to create quality products for exporters, moving them up the value chain, increasing profits and ensuring a smooth flow of meat and livestock to the destination port.\r\n<h3><strong>Slaughterhouse Operations &amp; Management — new slaughterhouse</strong></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-234 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"basra-slaugherhouse-1\" width=\"298\" height=\"528\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/management/\">Management</a>     <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/operational-partners/\">Operational Partners </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/publications/\">Publications </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'About Us', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '48-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-09 09:05:23', '2016-10-09 06:05:23', '', 48, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/48-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(655, 2, '2016-10-09 09:07:37', '2016-10-09 06:07:37', '<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-Logo-Final.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-83\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-Logo-Final-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"lts-logo-final\" width=\"248\" height=\"176\" /></a></p>\r\n<strong>Management: Chip Stem, CEO</strong>\r\n\r\nOur approach to management is highly interactive.  We engage our staff empowering them to question everything we do and develop even better, more efficient solutions.\r\n\r\nDr. Chip Stem,  CEO of LTS has 40 years’ experience in livestock production, disease control, export and import processing and trade.\r\n\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-38 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"cropped-Dr-Stem-at-a-Somalia-Quarantine.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"137\" />\r\n\r\nDr. Stem conceived and developed the first modern livestock export quarantine in Africa.  His unique design has become the standard for livestock export quarantines.\r\n\r\nPrior to that, he led a small team to develop a thermos-stable rinderpest vaccine which became the vaccine of choice for the Global Rinderpest Eradication Program.  This vaccine permitted community-based animal health workers, government agents, and private veterinarians to keep the vaccine without refrigeration for a month or more.\r\n\r\nBeginning in 1983, Dr. Stem while an Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, pioneered the concept of community-based animal health workers, by training pastoralists and farmers to operate their own animal health businesses under the watchful eyes and supervision of a licensed veterinarian.  This system was largely responsible for the rapid success in delivering tens of millions of doses of rinderpest to countries in the Horn of Africa, Central Africa, and West Africa eradicating this most serious livestock disease from the continent and eventually the world.  Rinderpest is only the second disease (after smallpox) to have been globally eradicated by man.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/coastal-farm-open-space-goats-DSC_0577-2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-244 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/coastal-farm-open-space-goats-DSC_0577-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"coastal-farm-open-space-goats-dsc_0577\" width=\"369\" height=\"208\" /></a>\r\n\r\nLTS staff consist of highly ethical professionals and lay personnel who have a sense of service and understand the importance of their work in protecting consumers from unhygienic or tainted meat and livestock in importing countries from livestock disease.\r\n\r\nDr. Stem holds a BS in Biology from St, John Fisher College, Rochester, New York; a DVM from the University of Nairobi, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Nairobi Kenya; Internship and Residency Certificates from The New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, and a MA in Economics and International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.\r\n\r\nHe served as faculty and Head of International Veterinary Programs at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and also on the faculty of the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at the Feinstein International Center, and Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/operational-partners/\">Operational Partners </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/publications/\">Publications </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\">About Us  </a> <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Management', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-09 09:07:37', '2016-10-09 06:07:37', '', 4, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/4-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(658, 1, '2016-10-09 09:14:05', '2016-10-09 06:14:05', '<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-28 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-300x184.png\" alt=\"lts-logo\" width=\"448\" height=\"275\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Lives</strong><strong>tock Trade Services (LTS) is a UK-based private holding company that houses country-level livestock inspection, certification, quality assurance, and traceability services for the export trade in livestock and meat. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Additionally, LTS is the parent company for Agri-Secure International, a Kenyan based river side livestock fattening and finishing farm that specializes in the production or high-quality feed and livestock for discerning importing markets. </strong>\r\n<h1><strong>Adding Value </strong><strong>to Livestock and Meat</strong></h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Livestock Trade Services was formed to work independent of, but with livestock and meat exporters, importers, governments, producers and processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-87 alignnone\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"437\" height=\"246\" /></a></li>\r\n 	<li>As an independent specialized service provider, LTS works only in livestock and meat. Our proprietary Animal Passport and Traceability system provide quality  assurance that our products are what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We strive to increase consumer and governmental trust and confidence in any product we handle.  This is why we guarantee our products to be what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS was formed in 2005 in London. Operations are in the Horn of Africa and the GCC with plans for extension into Middle East Countries.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We serve exporters, importers, and governments. In addition, we provide training and consulting services to live animal and meat export processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Our Activities and Projects </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Quarantine Operations &amp; Management </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"421\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"421\" height=\"237\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<div id=\"oman-content-link\">\r\n<h3 id=\"OmanAboutUs\">Export Quarantine from Oman to the UAE</h3>\r\nLTS has been contracted by a major UAE importer to operate and manage an export quarantine from Oman to the UAE.  LTS works under the supervision of the Sultanate of Oman and with guidance and direction from UAE, the importing country.  The quarantine operates according to strict LTS protocols and procedures.\r\n\r\nIn addition to quarantine services, LTS provides livestock selection, purchase, and transport services for the UAE importing company.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Kenya to GCC, ME, and Asia</h3>\r\nLTS is planning to begin livestock export quarantine operations and management activities in the near future from Kenya.\r\n\r\nOur services will include livestock selection, fattening and finishing, transport supervision, animal welfare, quarantine services, and quarantined shipping services to ensure that all animals arrive on spec &amp; disease-free.\r\n<h2><strong>Livestock Fattening, Finishing &amp; Meat Export </strong></h2>\r\n<h3><strong>Kenya Meat Export</strong></h3>\r\nWorking with a quality-oriented livestock exporter, Blue Mountain Meat and Livestock, LTS conducts production, supply, and processing chain management to ensure meat exported meets importer specifications and is hygienic, wholesome and disease- antibiotic- and hormone-free.\r\n\r\nLTS also undertakes innovative fattening and finishing operations to ensure a reliable supply of consistent quality is provided to the importer.\r\n\r\nIn addition, LTS liaises with Blue Mountain to identify appropriate clients, negotiate contracts and pricing and facilitating Shari’ah Compliant financing.\r\n<h3> <strong>Kenya Meat and Livestock Exporters Association</strong></h3>\r\nAs the Specialized Livestock Service Provider for Kenya meat and livestock exporters, LTS is working to create quality products for exporters, moving them up the value chain, increasing profits and ensuring a smooth flow of meat and livestock to the destination port.\r\n<h3><strong>Slaughterhouse Operations &amp; Management — new slaughterhouse</strong></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-234 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"basra-slaugherhouse-1\" width=\"298\" height=\"528\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/management/\">Management</a>     <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/operational-partners/\">Operational Partners </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/publications/\">Publications </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'About Us', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '48-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-09 09:14:05', '2016-10-09 06:14:05', '', 48, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/48-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(659, 1, '2016-10-09 09:16:35', '2016-10-09 06:16:35', 'Livestock investment opportunities are exceptional.  They offer many a high degree of liquidity (livestock assets), rapid cycling, which means more rapid returns to the investor, and, using emerging technologies, modern veterinary medicine an integration with IT (information technology) carry a lower risk than many alternative investments.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_441\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"359\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Revenues-Costs-Profits.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-441\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Revenues-Costs-Profits-300x194.png\" alt=\"Revenue, Expenses &amp; profit growth years 1-3. Quarantine Operatoins and Management and livestock supply activities.\" width=\"359\" height=\"232\" /></a> Revenue, Expenses &amp; profit growth years 1-3. Quarantine Operations and Management and livestock supply activities.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>‎<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">Long &amp; Short-term Opportunities</a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid exit possible --- 2 years or less</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Long-term equity participation equally possible</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe are highly ethical in our work and are fully open and transparent, providing our investors with checks and balances that secure their interests, including real-time access to Internet-based accounts and financial records.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Food Security Investment Opportunities </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">The livestock export sector from Africa, S. Asia, and the Middle East has been virtually unchanged for hundreds of years providing superb opportunities for update and change which can dramatically increase profits and reliability.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_304\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"401\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-304\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa. \" width=\"401\" height=\"301\" /></a> Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">The meat export sector from these regions hasn\'t changed for nearly 100 years making this sector ripe for feeding, management animal welfare, and processing changes that can produce much better meat that is more desirable and more profitable.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Why Livestock? <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dirie-Cattle-Athi-River-DSC008981-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-245\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dirie-Cattle-Athi-River-DSC008981-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dirie-cattle-athi-river-dsc008981\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Demand for Livestock and Meat in the GCC &amp; ME is growing at unprecedented rates and prices are increasing yearly</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">How healthy are they when they reach?\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">With good management and modern health care &amp; disease prevention, they maintain good health and deaths are very rare, generally less than 1 or 2%</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Livestock is profitable investment</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid turnover, multiple cycles per month means profits build fast</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid start-up means profits quickly roll in (rather than taking months or years as is typical in other investments)</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Livestock are <em>real</em> assets you can see, touch, and feel (unlike stock market paper)</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Livestock are highly liquid livestock assets can quickly be turned into cash</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Our Investment Opportunities</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Range in size from several hundred thousand dollars to several million dollars</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>GCC Region</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-lts/#OmanAboutUs\" target=\"_blank\">Oman</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_443\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-Feeding-Paint-Reduced.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-443\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-Feeding-Paint-Reduced-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Goats feeding at the Buraimi, Oman Quarantine.\" width=\"300\" height=\"533\" /></a> Goats feeding at the Buraimi, Oman Quarantine.[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Horn of Africa Region</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\">Organic, grass-fed, and grain-fed meat from Kenya</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_166\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"380\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tarquin-Sheep-Mara-Mountain.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-166\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tarquin-Sheep-Mara-Mountain-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"tarquin-sheep-mara-mountain\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" /></a> Kenyan sheep on virgin organic pastures. Most of our livestock are purchased from pastoralists, permitting us to support livelihoods in marginalized areas.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">Livestock Export from Kenya</a></li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/news/kenya-bachuma-quarantine/\" target=\"_blank\">Quarantine Operations and Management in Kenya</a></li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">New slaughterhouse management in Kenya</a></li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">100,000-acre riverside farm in Kenya</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_93\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"392\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-93\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.\" width=\"392\" height=\"221\" /></a> Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Investor Relations', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '130-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-09 09:16:35', '2016-10-09 06:16:35', '', 130, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/130-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(661, 1, '2016-10-09 09:27:12', '2016-10-09 06:27:12', '<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-28 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-300x184.png\" alt=\"lts-logo\" width=\"448\" height=\"275\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Lives</strong><strong>tock Trade Services (LTS) is a UK-based private holding company that houses country-level livestock inspection, certification, quality assurance, and traceability services for the export trade in livestock and meat. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Additionally, LTS is the parent company for Agri-Secure International, a Kenyan based river side livestock fattening and finishing farm that specializes in the production or high-quality feed and livestock for discerning importing markets. </strong>\r\n<h1><strong>Adding Value </strong><strong>to Livestock and Meat</strong></h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Livestock Trade Services was formed to work independent of, but with livestock and meat exporters, importers, governments, producers and processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-87 alignnone\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"437\" height=\"246\" /></a></li>\r\n 	<li>As an independent specialized service provider, LTS works only in livestock and meat. Our proprietary Animal Passport and Traceability system provide quality  assurance that our products are what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We strive to increase consumer and governmental trust and confidence in any product we handle.  This is why we guarantee our products to be what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS was formed in 2005 in London. Operations are in the Horn of Africa and the GCC with plans for extension into Middle East Countries.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We serve exporters, importers, and governments. In addition, we provide training and consulting services to live animal and meat export processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Our Activities and Projects </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Quarantine Operations &amp; Management </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"421\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"421\" height=\"237\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<div id=\"OmanAboutUs\">\r\n<h3></h3>\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Oman to the UAE</h3>\r\nLTS has been contracted by a major UAE importer to operate and manage an export quarantine from Oman to the UAE.  LTS works under the supervision of the Sultanate of Oman and with guidance and direction from UAE, the importing country.  The quarantine operates according to strict LTS protocols and procedures.\r\n\r\nIn addition to quarantine services, LTS provides livestock selection, purchase, and transport services for the UAE importing company.\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Kenya to GCC, ME, and Asia</h3>\r\nLTS is planning to begin livestock export quarantine operations and management activities in the near future from Kenya.\r\n\r\nOur services will include livestock selection, fattening and finishing, transport supervision, animal welfare, quarantine services, and quarantined shipping services to ensure that all animals arrive on spec &amp; disease-free.\r\n<h2><strong>Livestock Fattening, Finishing &amp; Meat Export </strong></h2>\r\n<h3><strong>Kenya Meat Export</strong></h3>\r\nWorking with a quality-oriented livestock exporter, Blue Mountain Meat and Livestock, LTS conducts production, supply, and processing chain management to ensure meat exported meets importer specifications and is hygienic, wholesome and disease- antibiotic- and hormone-free.\r\n\r\nLTS also undertakes innovative fattening and finishing operations to ensure a reliable supply of consistent quality is provided to the importer.\r\n\r\nIn addition, LTS liaises with Blue Mountain to identify appropriate clients, negotiate contracts and pricing and facilitating Shari’ah Compliant financing.\r\n<h3> <strong>Kenya Meat and Livestock Exporters Association</strong></h3>\r\nAs the Specialized Livestock Service Provider for Kenya meat and livestock exporters, LTS is working to create quality products for exporters, moving them up the value chain, increasing profits and ensuring a smooth flow of meat and livestock to the destination port.\r\n<h3><strong>Slaughterhouse Operations &amp; Management — new slaughterhouse</strong></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-234 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"basra-slaugherhouse-1\" width=\"298\" height=\"528\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/management/\">Management</a>     <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/operational-partners/\">Operational Partners </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/publications/\">Publications </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'About Us', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '48-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-09 09:27:12', '2016-10-09 06:27:12', '', 48, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/48-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(662, 1, '2016-10-09 09:32:51', '2016-10-09 06:32:51', '<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-28 alignleft\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/LTS-logo-300x184.png\" alt=\"lts-logo\" width=\"448\" height=\"275\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Lives</strong><strong>tock Trade Services (LTS) is a UK-based private holding company that houses country-level livestock inspection, certification, quality assurance, and traceability services for the export trade in livestock and meat. </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Additionally, LTS is the parent company for Agri-Secure International, a Kenyan based river side livestock fattening and finishing farm that specializes in the production or high-quality feed and livestock for discerning importing markets. </strong>\r\n<h1><strong>Adding Value </strong><strong>to Livestock and Meat</strong></h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Livestock Trade Services was formed to work independent of, but with livestock and meat exporters, importers, governments, producers and processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-87 alignnone\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-a-hill-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"goats-on-a-hill\" width=\"437\" height=\"246\" /></a></li>\r\n 	<li>As an independent specialized service provider, LTS works only in livestock and meat. Our proprietary Animal Passport and Traceability system provide quality  assurance that our products are what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We strive to increase consumer and governmental trust and confidence in any product we handle.  This is why we guarantee our products to be what we say they are.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>LTS was formed in 2005 in London. Operations are in the Horn of Africa and the GCC with plans for extension into Middle East Countries.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>We serve exporters, importers, and governments. In addition, we provide training and consulting services to live animal and meat export processors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Our Activities and Projects </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Quarantine Operations &amp; Management </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"421\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-258\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DSC_0183-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.\" width=\"421\" height=\"237\" /></a> Djibouti Regional Livestock Export Processing Center designed and built by LTS staff.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<div id=\"OmanAboutUs\">\r\n<h3></h3>\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Oman to the UAE</h3>\r\nLTS has been contracted by a major UAE importer to operate and manage an export quarantine from Oman to the UAE.  LTS works under the supervision of the Sultanate of Oman and with guidance and direction from UAE, the importing country.  The quarantine operates according to strict LTS protocols and procedures.\r\n\r\nIn addition to quarantine services, LTS provides livestock selection, purchase, and transport services for the UAE importing company.\r\n<h3>Export Quarantine from Kenya to GCC, ME, and Asia</h3>\r\nLTS is planning to begin livestock export quarantine operations and management activities in the near future from Kenya.\r\n\r\nOur services will include livestock selection, fattening and finishing, transport supervision, animal welfare, quarantine services, and quarantined shipping services to ensure that all animals arrive on spec &amp; <em>disease- antibiotic- and hormone-free</em>.\r\n<h2><strong>Livestock Fattening, Finishing &amp; Meat Export </strong></h2>\r\n<h3><strong>Kenya Meat Export</strong></h3>\r\nWorking with a quality-oriented livestock exporter, Blue Mountain Meat and Livestock, LTS conducts production, supply, and processing chain management to ensure meat exported meets importer specifications and is hygienic, wholesome and disease- antibiotic- and hormone-free.\r\n\r\nLTS also undertakes innovative fattening and finishing operations to ensure a reliable supply of consistent quality is provided to the importer.\r\n\r\nIn addition, LTS liaises with Blue Mountain to identify appropriate clients, negotiate contracts and pricing and facilitating Shari’ah Compliant financing.\r\n<h3> <strong>Kenya Meat and Livestock Exporters Association</strong></h3>\r\nAs the Specialized Livestock Service Provider for Kenya meat and livestock exporters, LTS is working to create quality products for exporters, moving them up the value chain, increasing profits and ensuring a smooth flow of meat and livestock to the destination port.\r\n<h3><strong>Slaughterhouse Operations &amp; Management — new slaughterhouse</strong></h3>\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-234 aligncenter\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Basra-Slaugherhouse-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"basra-slaugherhouse-1\" width=\"298\" height=\"528\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/management/\">Management</a>     <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/operational-partners/\">Operational Partners </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/publications/\">Publications </a>   <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>\r\n\r\n</div>', 'About Us', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '48-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-09 09:32:51', '2016-10-09 06:32:51', '', 48, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/48-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(663, 1, '2016-10-09 09:36:29', '2016-10-09 06:36:29', 'Livestock investment opportunities are exceptional.  They offer many a high degree of liquidity (livestock assets), rapid cycling, which means more rapid returns to the investor, and, using emerging technologies, modern veterinary medicine an integration with IT (information technology) carry a lower risk than many alternative investments.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_441\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"359\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Revenues-Costs-Profits.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-441\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Revenues-Costs-Profits-300x194.png\" alt=\"Revenue, Expenses &amp; profit growth years 1-3. Quarantine Operatoins and Management and livestock supply activities.\" width=\"359\" height=\"232\" /></a> Revenue, Expenses &amp; profit growth years 1-3. Quarantine Operations and Management and livestock supply activities.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>‎<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">Long &amp; Short-term Opportunities</a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid exit possible --- 2 years or less</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Long-term equity participation equally possible</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nWe are highly ethical in our work and are fully open and transparent, providing our investors with checks and balances that secure their interests, including real-time access to Internet-based accounts and financial records.\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Food Security Investment Opportunities </strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">The livestock export sector from Africa, S. Asia, and the Middle East has been virtually unchanged for hundreds of years providing superb opportunities for update and change which can dramatically increase profits and reliability.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_304\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"401\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-304\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Goats-on-Pasture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa. \" width=\"401\" height=\"301\" /></a> Goats on the virgin organic pastures of the Horn of Africa.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">The meat export sector from these regions hasn\'t changed for nearly 100 years making this sector ripe for feeding, management animal welfare, and processing changes that can produce much better meat that is more desirable and more profitable.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<strong>Why Livestock? <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dirie-Cattle-Athi-River-DSC008981-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-245\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dirie-Cattle-Athi-River-DSC008981-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dirie-cattle-athi-river-dsc008981\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" /></a></strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li>Demand for Livestock and Meat in the GCC &amp; ME is growing at unprecedented rates and prices are increasing yearly</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">How healthy are they when they reach?\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">With good management and modern health care &amp; disease prevention, they maintain good health and deaths are very rare, generally less than 1 or 2%</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Livestock is profitable investment</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid turnover, multiple cycles per month means profits build fast</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Rapid start-up means profits quickly roll in (rather than taking months or years as is typical in other investments)</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Livestock are <em>real</em> assets you can see, touch, and feel (unlike stock market paper)</li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Livestock are highly liquid livestock assets can quickly be turned into cash</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<hr />\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Our Investment Opportunities</strong></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\">Range in size from several hundred thousand dollars to several million dollars</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>GCC Region</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-lts/#OmanAboutUs\" target=\"_blank\">Oman</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_443\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-Feeding-Paint-Reduced.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-443\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Buraimi-Quarantine-Goats-Feeding-Paint-Reduced-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Goats feeding at the Buraimi, Oman Quarantine.\" width=\"300\" height=\"533\" /></a> Goats feeding at the Buraimi, Oman Quarantine.[/caption]\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><strong>Horn of Africa Region</strong></p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\">Organic, grass-fed, and grain-fed meat from Kenya</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_166\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"380\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tarquin-Sheep-Mara-Mountain.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-166\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tarquin-Sheep-Mara-Mountain-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"tarquin-sheep-mara-mountain\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" /></a> Kenyan sheep on virgin organic pastures. Most of our livestock are purchased from pastoralists, permitting us to support livelihoods in marginalized areas.[/caption]\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">Livestock Export from Kenya</a></li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-lts/#KenyaExportQuarantine\" target=\"_blank\">Quarantine Operations and Management in Kenya</a></li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">New slaughterhouse management in Kenya</a></li>\r\n 	<li style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">100,000-acre riverside farm in Kenya</a></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_93\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"392\"]<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-93\" src=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Center-Pivot-Irrigation-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.\" width=\"392\" height=\"221\" /></a> Center-pivot irrigation can be used on our farm to grow quality feed to fatten and finish livestock.[/caption]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/about-us/contact-lts/\">Contact Us </a>          <a href=\"http://localhost:8888/disk/\">HOME</a>', 'Investor Relations', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '130-revision-v1', '', '', '2016-10-09 09:36:29', '2016-10-09 06:36:29', '', 130, 'http://localhost:8888/disk/130-revision-v1/', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
