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Federation ofVeterinarians

of Europe

Newsletter October 2012Conens

Animal HealhFVE Conerence 2EU Animal Healh Law 2Veerinary Week 2012 3Movemen o pes 3

Animal WelfareNew workshop in Ialy 4Welare educaion worldwide 4FVE WG on animal welare 4Sudy on welare during slaugher 5Boar ain 5

Public HealhCalliso 5Food Hygiene WG 6

MedicinesFVE leaes on he responsible use oanibioics 6Council and MEP dra repor and

opinion 7Medicines working group 8EPRUMA new Chair 8

EducaionFVE EAEVE ask orce 915-16 November: FVE GA 10FVE members me in Amserdam 10

3 Quesions for.....Dr Karin Schwabenbauer 10

FVE & Professional maters

Croaia: Workshop on aquaculureFEEVA 12

WVA 12

editorial

Health Profession

V e t e r i n a r y

medicine is

a health pro-

fession with

a direct ands u b s t a n t i a l

impact on

public health.

We cannot stress this oen enough,including in the FVE Strategy 2011-2015. However, many decision mak-ers have a limited noon of healthand in consequence of health profes-

sions: such term is oen restricted tohuman doctors and nurses.

It may therefore be appropriate to

recall that the veterinary professionhas a long and disnguished historyof contribung to the protecon andpromoon of public health and thatthe World Health Organisaon con-siders that the applicaon of veteri-

nary science can, and must, contrib-

ute to the physical, mental and social

well being of humans.

The elds in which our professionplays an important role for public

health are numerous and include the

control of zoonoses (including emerg-ing and re-emerging zoonoc diseas-

es); food safety; anmicrobial resist-ance; biomedical research; health ed-

ucaon and extension; managementof domesc and wild animal popula-

ons; protecon of the environment;and social, behavioural and mentalaspects of the human-animal bond

(including animal-assisted therapyand animal welfare).

In view of these arguments, mostwill agree that the veterinarians area health profession. However, manypolicians and Commission ocialsseem reluctant to accept this. Per-

haps we should remind them of oneof the fundamental laws of the EU...

Indeed, Arcle 168 of Title XIV (PublicHealth) of the Treaty on the funcon-ing of the European Union reads: theEuropean Parliament and the Council

(...) shall contribute to the achieve-

ment of the objecves (...) through

adopng (...) measures in the veteri-

nary and phytosanitary elds which

have as their direct objecve the pro-

tecon of public health.

Raphael Laguens, FVE Board


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Animal

health

FVE Conference

Exoc animals across Europe

Import & keeping of exoc animals in

EU: exisng concerns and risks - cur-

rent challenges to meet is the theme

of a two-day conference held on 5 and6 October, in Brussels. The event is or-ganised by the FVE, with the support of

the Cyprus Presidency of the Councilof the EU, the EU Commission and theSwiss Federal Veterinary Oce. Aim ofthe conference is to exchange informa-on on the ways exoc animals enterthe EU market, to point out the risks foranimal health and welfare and for pub-

lic health and to idenfy crical pointsand propose sustainable soluons.

Speakers include Hlne Perier (Sci-enc Ocer, DG Environment), Paul

Koene (Department of Applied ethol-ogy, Wageningen Agricultural Univer-sity), Neil Forbes (European specialistin avian medicine), Staci McLennan(Eurogroup for animals, policy ocerwildlife), Els Vanautryve (Animal wel-fare division, Belgium federal servicesof public health), Thomas Jemmi andMahias Lrtscher (Swiss Federal Vet-erinary Oce).

The seminar will be followed by a Net-

working recepon.

http://www.fve.org/news/presenta-ons.php

EU Animal Health

Law

Role of vets needs to be

clariedRegarding the new EU Animal HealthLaw, FVE welcomes the Commissionsiniave to bring the large body of EUanimal health legislaon in one singleand clearer regulatory framework.

Looking at recently circulang dratext proposals, FVE warmly welcomesthe added arcle on animal healthvisits requesng for operators to en-

sure that the establishments undertheir responsibility are visited by a

veterinarian when appropriate due to

the health risks to animal and public

health posed by the establishment.

FVE believes that a regular farm visitis one of the cornerstones of the pre-

venon is beer than cure strategy,basis of the new law.

However, the FVE also raises anumber of concerns. It feels the

current text sll does not recogniseenough the advantageous role vet-erinarians - who are sciencallytrained, knowledgeable, skilled andcaring professionals can play in theprotecng animal health and wel-fare. FVE feels that the current textsll does not give a clear vision on therole and responsibilies of the vet-erinary profession including bothpublic and private partners. Member

states will only be able to assure thehealth of animals and to prevent andcontrol animal diseases if a complete

and well-funconing system for vet-erinary services is put in place. Princi-ples of the system should be outlined

in the Animal Health Law or refer tothe standards laid down elsewhere,e.g. in the OIE terrestrial Code. Therole of veterinarians and their re-sponsibility regarding public health,ocial dues, training of operatorsand animal professionals should also

be clearly dened, perhaps follow-

ing the FVE denion. Finally, moreemphasis should also be put on OneHealth, according to FVE.

Many open quesons remain whichmake it very dicult at this stage to

from a fully developed opinion aboutthe eecveness of the new Ani-mal Health Law. It is not yet clear onhow it will be linked with the legisla-on on ocial controls, what all thesecondary legislaon will entail, howmeasures will be nanced and whichdiseases will be listed.

The dra Animal Health Law is cur-rently being discussed internally bythe Commission; an ocial dra is

expected early 2013.

Veterinary Week

2012

The Economics of Animal

Health

A conference entled Economics ofAnimal Health: A price worth paying?

will take place in Brussels on 3 Octo-
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ber, on the occasion of this years Vet-erinary Week1.

Topics include: The importance of an-

imal health and its role in the econo-

my; Animal health as a driver for de-

velopment; Allocang resources forimproved animal health; Trade ver-sus risks; How to ensure reasonablypriced livestock. The event will bringtogether vets, policy makers and sen-ior experts of local, regional, naonaland internaonal authories.

Presentaons will be broadcast liveas a webstream the event live. View-ers can ask quesons to the speakersvia twier and email.

There will also be a student semi-

nar, held on 5 October, whereby thevarious instuons and organisaons(DG Sanco, FVE, EFSA...) will intro-duce themselves and current topicswill be presented, including emergingdiseases and the Animal Health Law

EP draft report

Movement of pets: EP fails

to call for I&D

A dra report on the proposed revi-sion of the Regulaon on the Non-commercial movement of pets waspresented by Horst Schnellhardt (rap-porteur), early September, at the Eu-ropean Parliaments Animal WelfareIntergroup.

1 hp://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/informaon_sources/ahw_events_en.htm

FVE welcomes the fact that, in his re-port, Dr Schnellhardt cauons againstthe risk that commercial movementsmay be disguised as non-commercialmovements and has proposed anamendment. Indeed, the Commission

proposal does not limit the number

of animals that can be transported in

a non-commercial movement.

However, FVE is disappointed thatthe rapporteur did not include a call

for the compulsory permanent iden-

caon and registraon of animalsbeing moved between EU MemberStates in parcular since only lastyear, European Parliament had called

for the compulsory idencaon andregistraon of dogs Eecve and reli-able systems of dog idencaon and

registraon are crucial for successful

animal health and welfare manage-

ment, not only to reunite stray dogs

with their owners, but also to help

prevent illegal puppy trading and

to promote responsible ownership,recalls Christophe Buhot, FVE Presi-dent.

The European Commission publishedits proposal in March 2012 and theEuropean Parliament is currently de-bang its content. The Parliament isexpected to provide its nal report bythe end of the year. The new propos-

al2 will repeal and replace Regulaon(EC) No 998/2003 on animal healthrequirements applicable to the non-

commercial movement of pet ani-mals.

2 hp://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Lex-UriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0089:FIN:EN:PDF

Animal

welfare

New workshop inItaly

Praccal farm animal

welfare

A next workshop Improving animalwelfare, a praccal approach will

be held on 27-28 November in Lazise(Garda Lake, Italy). It will be organised

by FVE and DG Sanco, in co-operaonwith the Italian Ministry of Health,

the naonal federaon of veterinaryorders (FNOVI), Italian Ministry ofHealth, the Italian veterinary asso-ciaon (ANMVI) and the Italian soci-ety of prevenve veterinary medicine(SIVEMEP).

The workshop aims to provide veteri-narians with a deeper understandingof animal welfare, including species-specic welfare legislaon and as-sessment schemes as well as the crit-

ical welfare issues. Day one includespresentaons on Why should we caremore about animal welfare, followedby four breakout sessions (poultry,cale, pigs and wild animals kept incapvity). Day two consists of prac-cal sessions in the eld on a poultryfarm, a cale farm, a pig farm and azoo, during which the Welfare Qual-ity (WQ)3 protocols to assess welfarewill be demonstrated and pracced.

3 Protocols available at hp://www.welfarequali-tynetwork.net/network/45627/9/0/40
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Presentaons, photographs and vid-eos of this conference and the previ-ous ones, will be available online4.

Similar workshops were held in Bu-dapest (Hungary), Barcelona (Spain),

Riga (Latvia) and Sinaii (Romania). Fu-ture workshops are planned in 2013in the Netherlands and Poland. Theworkshop in Italy is mainly targetedat veterinary farm animal pracon-ers and ocial veterinarians fromItaly, Austria, France, Greece, Malta,Cyprus and Slovenia. Some places willbe reserved for veterinary or animalhealth related students and produc-

ers. Registraon will open mid-Oc-

tober

5

. For more informaon aboutthe welfare quality protocols, pleasesubscribe to the WQ newsleer6.

WSPA

Welfare educaon

worldwide

The World Society for the Protecon

of Animals has produced a number ofprogrammes designed for teachers,students and professionals. These

include First Concepts in Animal Wel-fare7, an introductory-level educa-on programme for schoolchildren indeveloping countries, and AdvancedConcepts in Animal Welfare trainingin the more complex animal welfareconcepts.

This module has two main pro-

grammes: Agricultural vocaonaltraining and Terary animal welfareeducaon. The laer targets univer-sity veterinary facules and agricul-ture and livestock training instutesworldwide. It has a CD ROM syllabus,

4 hp://www.onetec.be/animalwelfare/riga.html

5 hp://www.onetec.be/animalwelfare/6 hp://www.welfarequalitynetwork.net/

network/44208/5/0/407 hp://www.wspa-internaonal.org/wspas-work/educaon/concepts-animal-welfare-mod-ules.aspx

developed with the University of Bris-tols School of Clinical Veterinary Sci-ence, and can be accessed online.

The WSPA Concepts in Animal Wel-

fare are very useful publicly available

tools, comments the FVE. It is alsoan excellent example of collabora-

on between a veterinary teaching

instuon, the Bristol Faculty of Vet-

erinary Medicine, and an animal wel-

fare organizaon. The Animal Wel-fare Syllabus is a valuable resource ofinformaon and users are invited toexplore and enjoy its modules.

Veterinaryeducation

FVE WG on animal welfare

educaon: update

From the le: Vlatko Ilieski, Borut Zemljic, DirkNeuhaus, Frauke Ohl, Manuel SantAna, Linda Keel-ing, David Morton, Nancy De Briyne, Anna-CarolineWhr.

The FVE ad hoc working group onanimal welfare educaon8, createdearly 2012, has a double remit: tak-ing an inventory of animal welfarescience, law and ethics taught in un-dergraduate educaon in the EU, and

draing a model animal welfare cur-riculum for undergraduate veterinaryeducaon. Several teleconferenceshave been held since its inauguralmeeng in February. Regarding themodel curriculum, a dra report iscurrently being circulated among theWG members. It will exist of 4 mainparts: background paper, learning ob-

jecves, syllabus and teaching meth-ods. A consultaon will be done late

2012. the inventory of undergradu-ate educaon is also nearly nished,for which the WG works togetherwith the AWARE project9 (EU FP7).

The nal report is expected to beready for presentaon at the spring

8 Members: David Morton (UK chair), FraukeOhl,(Netherlands), Borut Zemljic (Slovenia), DirkNeuhaus (Germany), Manuel SantAna (Portugal),Anna-Caroline Whr (Germany), Denis Simonin

(France, European Commission), Linda Keeling(Sweden), Vlatko Ilieski (FYROM) and Nancy DeBriyne (FVE Oce).9 hp://www.aware-welfare.eu/aware
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FVE General Assembly in Maribor(Slovenia). For more informaon onthis project, you can contact FVE10.

Slaughteranimals

Study on welfare during

slaughter and labelling

A study on information provision re-

garding animal welfare during slaugh-

ter is carried out by Sarah Pesie, Animal

Sciences student at Wageningen Uni-

versity (Netherlands) and current FVE

intern. The focus of this research is onconventional slaughter and slaughter

without stunning, and to understand the

consumer requests and debate on this

subject in different European countries.

The aim is to increase transparency and

traceability of animal welfare during

slaughter.

For her study, she will interview stake-

holders about their position and expec-

tations for the future. Meanwhile, a con-

sumer questionnaire is available onlineto identify consumer interests in animal

welfare and slaughter methods11.

Readers are invited to distribute the

consumer questionnaire, available in

fve languages. It is anonymous and

only takes 5 minutes to complete.

English

http://freeonlinesurveys.com/s.

asp?sid=its77vf3cbz648l90800

Netherlandshttp://freeonlinesurveys.com/s.

asp?sid=dmeg4ym3lv9hvu992817

French

hp://freeonlinesurveys.com/s.asp?sid=vnofykq1xfy5ixx93357

Czech


asp?sid=qy2eiaby7h2yps293849

10 For WG on model Animal Welfare Curriculum,contact [email protected] For further informaon, please contact [email protected]

Greek


asp?sid=5n3wb2gebmc8kxl93852

German


asp?sid=wdz33hzdkcqfyzp9336

Boar Taint

Alternaves to surgical pig

castraon: website

The European Partnership on Pig Cas-

tration was formed to develop methods

to phase out the surgical castration of

pigs by 2018, and to make sure that

costs of transition are shared in a fairway. FVE is signatory of the Declara-

tion on pig castration and member of

the Partnerships core group. The part-

nership now has its own website, called

Alternatives for pig castration12.

With changing social values, many con-

sumers have called for pigs to be treated

with less painful and invasive practices.

In response to these growing concerns,

several main players within the pig and

pork industry have agreed to a plan tovoluntarily end the practice of surgical-

ly castrating pigs in the EU by 1 Janu-

ary 2018. A meeting called Alternatives

to surgical castration of pigs: Main Ac-

tions of the European Partnership - or-

ganised by the European Commission

will be held on 17 December

12 hp://www.alternavepig.eu/home.html

Public

health

CALLISTO

EU Zoonoses project

terminates rst cycle

The rst cycle of the CALLISTOproject13 with a focus on the currentsituaon and knowledge gaps of com-panion animal zoonoses is drawingto an end. While the chairs of the Ex-pert Advisory Groups are nalizingtheir reports, the last preparaonsare being made for the rst CALLISTOconference will take place in Brusselson 24, 25 and 26 October. All expertsof the Advisory groups have been in-vited to this closed meeng as well asa number of experts from outside theCALLISTO network. In order to achievea high level of cross ferlizaon be-tween the dierent disciplines andprofessions the conference will work-

with Dahlem-like workshops: small,simultaneous sessions with parci-pants from dierent disciplines andprofessions. During these sessionscertain predened quesons willbe discussed of which the answers

will be fed

into the CAL-LISTO strat-egy report.

CALLISTO isorganised inthree main

cycles of 12months each:

Cycle I over-view of the current situaon andcrucial knowledge gaps; Cycle II link-ing the ndings to risk assessments;Cycle III recommendaons and iden-caon of priority areas for acons.

13 Companion animals mulsectorial interpro-fessional and interdisciplinary strategic think tankon zoonoses, see www.callistoproject.eu
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Food Hygiene WG

Focus on meat inspecon

The FVE Food Hygiene working groupwill next meet on the 16 October inBrussels. On the agenda: the mod-ernisaon of meat inspecon. EF-SA14 has published several opinionson meat inspecon procedures andprovided advice on inspecng themeat of various animal species fortuberculosis and the Trichinella, Cyst-icercus and Echinococcus parasites.The opinions on bovine animals,

domesc sheep and goats, farmedgame and domesc solipeds areexpected by the summer of 2013.

The EU Commission will now progressto draing a legislave proposal onthe review of meat inspecon, takinginto consideraon the EFSA opinions,the conclusion of a number of round

table conferences with stakeholders,the outcome of a number of queson-naires completed by stakeholders andCompetent Authories and the resultsof the ocial Commission evaluaonof the new food hygiene legislaon.

Over the last thirty years it has be-come apparent that the procedures,which have served public and animalhealth well for over a century, are inneed of a radical overhaul. The need

14 hp://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/meanspecon.htm

for change has been championed byrecognised authories in meat hy-giene worldwide. However, it is es-senal that any alteraons to theexisng systems are based on soundscienc principles of meat hygiene

and risk analysis, and not unduly in-uenced by polical pressures fromvested interests, or to defend theirposions and the status quo. Foodsafety is of paramount importance.

It is clear to the FVE that such a changemust be gradual in order not to under-mine consumer condence and thatthe rate of change will vary amongmember states and regions due to a

variaon in establish-ment types and acvity.

For a number of rea-sons, including socio-economic factors,there is not one globalanswer to modernisa-

on. Each MemberState, compartmentor region, may haveits own way to deliver

the equivalent foodsafety objecve. How-

ever, in all cases, the following basicprinciples should apply for a Mod-ernised Meat Inspecon System:

- The system should be lead

by the veterinary profession, sincea farm to fork, especially pre-harvest, is central to a processcontrol approach to food hygiene

- Veterinarians must engage fullywith the modernisaon process andseek to direct change in the direconof the public good and not for econom-ical purposes. The veterinarian plays apivotal role and should safeguard pub-lic health and consumer condence.

Modernisaon of meat inspeconwill also be a topic of a workshop dur-ing the next FVE General Assembly.

Medicines

Antimicrobial

resistance

FVE leaets on the

responsible use of

anbiocs

The FVE has published two short,easy-to-read leaets on the responsi-ble use of anmicrobials: How to useanmicrobials responsibly: advice forveterinarians15, aimed at veterinarypraconers, and How we can safe-guard anmicrobials now and for thefuture, aimed at animal owners andpolicymakers16. Two further leaets

are in the pipeline for 2013, one forpet owners and one for farmers.

To assure the health and welfare of

people and animals, now and in the

future, it is imperave that we safe-

guard the ecacy of anmicrobi-

als, stresses Christophe Buhot, FVEpresident. This can only be achieved

if everyone involved in human and

animal health joins forces, including

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veterinarians, animal owners, medi-

cal doctors, paents and policymak-

ers. To keep people and animals safe,

we need to raise general awareness

of this important issue.

Antimicrobial

resistance (2)

Council calls for veterinary

prescripon of anbiocs

Conclusions17 of the Presidency Con-ference on anmicrobial resistance(AMR) were ocially adopted by EU

Health ministers at the Council meet-ing of 22 June18. FVE warmly wel-comes the conclusions, which wereadjusted following earlier concernsvoiced by the veterinary profession including the FVE, the World Organi-saon for Animal Health (OIE) andmany Chief Veterinary Ocers.

For the FVE, this is an enormous step

forward in combang anmicrobial

resistance, comments Dr ChristopheBuhot, FVE president. The currentconclusions give a much more bal-

anced view, taking into account all

aspects of anmicrobial resistance,

and I am delighted FVEs concerns

have been taken on board. Anmi-

crobial resistance is a complex issue

for which there is no simple, one-size-

ts-all soluon such as decoupling

of prescripon and dispensing, but

which requires rigorous acon from

all players and at mulple levels. It is

a true One Health maer.

FVE is pleased that the conclusionstake into consideraon many of its ownrecommendaons, including that:

prescripon of veterinary anbiot-ics should only be carried out by a

veterinarian

17 Dra conclusions: hp://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/12/st10/st10347.en12.pdf18 Webcast: hp://video.consilium.europa.eu/webcast.aspx?cket=775-979-11466

suscepbility tesng should be partof diagnosis, allowing a correct treat-ment choice

there is a need to increase aware-ness about the risk of AMR in the

general public and in the human andanimal health sectors

Member States should enforcelegislaon to prevent illegal sales ofanmicrobials, in parcular over theInternet

Member States should encourageincenves for improved animal healthand hygiene, e.g. through farm visita-on programmes

These recommendaons clearly

strengthen the posion of the vet-

erinary praconer as gatekeeper

of anmicrobial use in animals, con-cludes Dr Buhot.

Antimicrobialresistance (3)

FVE comments on MEP

dra report and opinion

FVE has welcomed the dra reportMicrobial Challenge rising threats

from Anmicrobial resistance19, by

19 hp://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/get-Doc.do?type=COMPARL&reference=PE-486.077&format=PDF&language=EN&secondRef=01

Anna Rosbach MEP, rapporteur of theENVI Commiee report on the Com-mission communicaon regardinganmicrobial resistance. FVE has sug-gested a number of amendments tothe report in a recent brieng note.

These include:

- the need for improved farmer-vetcommunicaon, such as throughherd health plans, for the connu-ous improvement of animal healthand welfare including the prevenonof diseases and enhancement of hy-

giene measures;

- a call to enforce legislaon prevent-ing all illegal sales of anmicrobials

including illegal sales over the Inter-net, in both the human health sectorand the veterinary sector.

- the need of a true single market formedicinal products, to ensure theavailability and accessibility of these

products throughoutthe EU and to reducethe need for o-labeluse of medicines.

In reacon to theabove report, Mar-n Husling MEPfrom the AGRI com-miee20 publisheda dra opinion, inwhich he calls for

the phasing out of allsystemac prophy-lacc, metaphylacc

and subtherapeuc use of anmicro-

bials. FVE would like to stress thatanmicrobials should be prescribedonly aer a proper examinaon anddiagnosis, including sensivity test-ing.

In his dra opinion, Mr Husling alsoproposes a target of halving the an-microbial use in the EU by 2018.Commenng on this, the FVE recalls

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that Simply reducing the quanty of

anmicrobials used is not the miracle

soluon to prevent anmicrobial re-

sistance. As important is the type of

anmicrobials used and the way they

are used. Anmicrobials should never

replace good husbandry, bio-securi-

ty, stockmanship and management

pracces. Farmers can reduce animal

diseases and so the need to use an-

biocs by drawing up an eecve

health plan together with their vet-

erinarian.

fve medicines WG

Anthelminc resistance,

generics and internet sales

Anthelminc resistance is a growingproblem, especially in sheep, goatsand horses and in certain areas, re-called Edwin Claerebout (Ghent Uni-versity), speaking at the 4 Septem-ber meeng of the FVE Medicinesworking group (MWG). Compared to

anmicrobial resistance, the publichealth impact is more limited. An-thelminc resistance is dicult todetect and there are fewer products

available than in the anmicrobialclass. Dr Claerebout recommendedpersuading farmers to use substanc-es in a more targeted strategic wayinstead of mass treatments. Althoughmonitoring of resistance is useful, theresistance detecon system should

rst be opmised. Veterinarians havea role in promong the monitoring ofsensivity and responsible use of an-parasics, MWG concluded. In orderto control the use of anthelmincs,all anthelmincs for food producinganimals should be on veterinary pre-scripon.

The use of generics was also discussedat the meeng. Although these prod-ucts had many economic advantages,

their lower cost could also lead toincreased use. The MWG concluded

that there were both advantages anddisadvantages, and the most impor-tant point was that they should be

used responsibly.

Regarding the internet sales of veteri-

nary medicines, Peter Jones (UK) re-ported on the UK experience, where-by internet retailers of veterinarymedicines can apply for accreditaonunder the VMD Accredited InternetRetailer Scheme. Retailers who meet

the criteria may carry a special logoon their website. So far, the systemis voluntary. The EU Commission iscurrently looking into mechanismfor an improved control of internet

sales into the new Medicines Leg-

islaon. Regards illegal sales of vet-erinary medicines, there is very liledata available, and veterinarians arestrongly urged to report any proof ofillegal sales.

Responsible use

of medicines

Gwyn Jones EPRUMA new

ChairGwyn Jones,vice-chair ofthe workingparty of Co-pa-Cogeca onanimal health

and welfare,and former vice-

President of the Naonal FarmersUnion (UK), will become Chair of

the European Plaorm of the Re-sponsible Use of Medicines in Ani-mals (EPRUMA), from January 2013,for a three-year mandate. EPRUMAhas a rotang chair, and the FVE isnext in line to preside the plaorm.

EPRUMA also published a posterhighlighng the role of veterinarians,farmers, pet owners and pharmacistsin ensuring responsible use. The doc-ument also menons the benets ofresponsible use for the food chain and

society at large. It has also produced aleaet presenng the objecves andacvies of the plaorm. For moreinformaon, see www.epruma.org
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Education

FVE-EAEVE task

force

Updang Minimum training

requirements and Day 1

skills

A joint task force has been set up bythe FVE and the European Associa-on of Establishments for VeterinaryEducaon (EAEVE) to prepare for the

legislave proposal of the Direcveon the recognion of professionalqualicaons (Dir 2005/36/EC)21.

In parcular, the minimum trainingrequirements for veterinarians andDay-one competences will need to be

updated (Arcle 38 and Annex V.4.1of the proposal). Members of the taskforce include Karin Ostensson (FVEVice President and chair), ManuelSantAna, Stephen Ware, Borut Zem-ljic, Rmi Gell, Ana Bravo, Hans-Hen-rik Dietz and Laszlo Fodor with contri-buons from Gert Niebauer.

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The proposal was released by the

European Commission in December2011 and is now under study by theEuropean Parliament and the Coun-cil. The 1st dra report by the EP hasbeen published in July 201222. At this

stage, it is not yet clear whether theamendments will be adopted througha Delegated Actsor via the Co-deci-sion procedure.

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FVE &

Professional

matters

Brussels GA

15-16 November: FVE

general assembly

The next meeng of the FVE GeneralAssembly will be held on 16 and 17November in Brussels. The FVE sec-ons (praconers; hygienists; stateveterinary ocers; and veterinar-ians in industry, research and educa-on) will hold their meengs on 15November.

Three simultaneous workshops willbe held: Modernisaon of meat in-specon, the veterinary workforcenow and in the future and eecve-ness of guidelines for responsible use.An update will be provided by Com-

mission ocials on the new AnimalHealth Law. Guest speakers includeProfessor Anton Pijpers (UtrechtUniversity), Alberto Laddomada (DGSanco) and Catherine Magras (NantesUniversity).

For further informaon, please con-tact the FVE Oce.
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Karin

Schwabenbauer

Dr Karin Schwabenbauer is the Ger-

man Chief Veterinary Ocer. LastMay she was elected as Presidentof the World Assembly of Delegatesand Council of the Worldd Organi-saon for animal Health (OIE).

1. What do you see as the most

important challenges for the vet-

erinary profession at global level?

First, livestock producon is facinghuge challenges worldwide, such

as the emergence of novel disease,including zoonoses, but also poorproducvity of livestock, linkedinter alia to growing urban popu-laon, globalizaon, and climatechange.

This means that veterinary servicesare more than ever of paramountimportance for livestock keepers.Secondly animal welfare in live-stock and pet animals is worldwideincreasingly on the societal agenda.And thirdly ensuring food safety, ina world where food chains are get-ng longer and longer, is key to pre-vent food crises worldwide.

In all these elds veterinarians playa decisive role: they are the expertsfor animal health and animal wel-

fare, they have the experse to pre-vent foodborne diseases along the

food chain, from farm to fork. Thismeans that veterinarians have anincreasing responsibility: as prac-oner in farm and pet animals, oras ocial veterinarians or in thefood and pharmaceucal industry.

In this context, I believe the mostmportant challenges for the veteri-narian profession worldwide are:

In this context, I believe the most

important challenges for the veteri-narian profession worldwide are:

3 Questions for.......- ensuring good quality servicesbased on a high quality educaonand connuous training;

- being open minded about

how to solve problems along thefood chain, not forgeng the petsand their owners;

- being present in the publicdomain as competent advisers toanimal owners, consumers and in-dustry.

Q2 -Which opportunies do you

see for the future of our profes-

sion?

In the context described above ourprofession has many opportuniesin dierent elds beyond the vet-erinarian pracce. WE have an im-portant role to play when it comes

to consumer protecon, prevent-ing hunger, controlling zoonoses,

among other tasks.

But when there are many opportu-nies, usually there are also risksto consider! The most important

risk for our profession is compla-cency! Although veterinarians havethe best qualicaons to deal withmany of the challenges ahead,we should not take it as granted!

We have to be open minded, listen-

ing to our customers and accepngthat there are things we are not so

that there are things we are not sogood at! The challenges we are facingshould be considered in a muldisci-plinary approaches. As long as we canrely on our competence in all aspects

of veterinary medicine, we dont haveto worry about working in a team withother experts.

3. What come number one on the list

of goals you wish to achieve during

your mandate?

The main topics I would like to workat as elected President of the OIE arethe following:

- modernizaon of the OIE;

- ensuring transparency of ani-mal health status worldwide and of

the procedures;

- solidarity between the dierentregions of the OIE

- promong a fair share for wom-en within the OIE.

My number one is the last menoned:

our profession aracts many femalestudents, and many women have tak-en responsibility in many places. Butthey are sll a minority when it comesto be Delegate to the OIE World As-sembly or even Member in the dif-ferent Specialized Commissions andWorking Groups.

I will try my best to help women to be-

come more involved in our organiza-on for its benets. I am convincedthat diversity is key for a sustainablesuccess of Internaonal Organiza-ons, and gender is undoubtedly partof this diversity!


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General Assembly

FVE members met in

Amsterdam

These are challenging mes for theveterinary profession, conrmedLudo Hellebrekers, president of the

Chris Donswijk and Ludo Hellebrekers

Royal Dutch Veterinary Society (KN-MvD), which celebrated its 150th an-niversary. Speaking at the General As-sembly of the FVE in Amsterdam on 8and 9 June, he connued on a moreopmisc note. In the Netherlands,recent developments have strength-ened the role of the veterinarian, hesaid, referring to the recent legisla-on on veterinary medicines whichrequired a signed agreement of aone-on-one relaonship between

farmer and vet, a herd health plan, atreatment plan and regular farm visitsfor the farmer to be allowed to keepand administer anbiocs. Veterinar-ians would also have the obligaonto inform authories if any medica-on was found on-farm that had notbeen dispensed by them. Professor

Hellebrekers also informed the as-sembly of a recently introduced two-

year coaching system for new gradu-

ates and a naonal One-health com-peon. But whatever the theme

anmicrobial resistance, zoonoses,the role of the veterinarian in society

they must all be addressed atEU level, as we need to do it together.

We share the same focus stressed the

Dutch CVO Chrisanne Bruschke in heraddress to the FVE General Assembly,

even though things have changed

since I spoke to you ve years ago.

Animal welfare topics are now more

prominent than ever in the Nether-

lands, we even have a polical party

for animals with two seats in Parlia-ment but there also is an increased

concern for animal health and its rela-

on to public health.

When asked about the new rules onveterinary medicines in the Nether-lands, she explained that these includ-ed the possibility of individual decou-pling of prescripon and dispensingof veterinary medicines as a possiblesancon for veterinary pracon-

ers who did not sck to the rules. Wemust be strict in these maers, sheadded, in view of the high populaonand animal density in our country.

Nancy De Briyne (FVE Deputy execu-ve director) and Chris Donswijk (FVEintern) presented the results of an on-

line survey on veterinary prescriponhabits. The survey, a joint iniaveby the Heads of medicines agen-

cies (HMA-V) and FVE, had yielded3,017 responses from 25 countries.

The rst reports on factors inencing

prescripon behaviour and sensiv-ity tesng will be published by en2012.

Are we acng responsibly or are we

entering a post-anbioc era? The

threat is real, warned Peter Jones(UK), member of the FVE medicinesworking group (MWG). If we aredenied the ability to dispense an-

biocs, this would be a complete

undermining of our capacity as vet-

erinary professionals. There is no

doubt that the use of new and cri-cally important anmicrobials mustbe controlled, he said, adding thatthe animal health industry should

promote prudent use, preferably ina predictable regulatory environ-ment. In order to show the FVEsleadership role and engagement

in the eld of anmicrobial resist-ance, the MWG had draed twoleaets one for praconers, onefor policy makers on the prudentuse of anmicrobials (see page 6).The cascade is a gi and also our

safety net, we should not abuse it,he concluded.

In Amsterdam, past president Wal-ter Winding became the h andlast FVE honorary member. The as-sembly voted to disconnue thisaccolade and replaced it by the FVEaward of which Gundega Micule(Latvia) became the rst recipientin Amsterdam and the FVE Disn-guished Services award. A farewellgi was also presented to Chrisne

Arosenius (Sweden), who was con-gratulated on her input and dedi-caon to the European cause overthe years.


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NE O U S

TAIEX

Croaa: Workshop on

aquaculture

EU requirements for aquaculture pro-ducon, sh safety, sh health andwelfare and the use of medicines are

the theme of the TAIEX workshop tobe held in Croaa. The event is sup-

ported by the Veterinary Directorateof the Croaan Ministry of Agricul-ture, the Croaan Veterinary Cham-ber and the FVE.

The event is mainly targeted at vet-erinary inspectors, ocial veterinar-ians and authorized veterinarians,experts from reference and ociallaboratories, competent authori-es and aquaculture producers fromCroaa and neighbouring countries

(Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro,Serbia and Former Yugoslav Republicof Macedonia).

Croaa is expected to become an EUmember by 1 July 2013, and is there-fore commied to harmonise its leg-islaon with the acquis communau-taire.

FEEVA

28-29 November: Meeng

in Vienna

The next FEEVA Board meeng willbe held at the Veterinary Chamberin Vienna, Austria on 28 November.The meeng includes a presentaonon disease surveillance and biose-curity for horses during the LondonOlympics, an update on the Europe-

an Horse network, VetCEE and Cal-listo. The annual FEEVA meeng willbe held on 29 November, organisedthis year by the Austrian Equine Vet-

erinary Associaon (VP)23. Theme ofthe event is the geriatric horse.

On 10 July, a lunch meeng washeld at the European Parliamentby European Horse Network. Par-

cipants were key members of EHNand an unocial parliamentaryhorse group with eight MEPs, leadby Julie Girling. See more at the Eu-ropean Horse Network website24.A new lunch meeng between theMEP group and the EHN is scheduledfor 27 November where Josh Slater,FEEVA president will talk about in-fecous diseases and Jan Vaartenabout availability of medicines.

WVA

Zeev Noga, new Policy ocer

for WVA

The World Veterinary Associaon ishappy to announce the appointment

of Zeev Noga as its new full-me pol-icy ocer fully. Zeev has a degree inveterinary medicine from the Univer-

sity of Milan and previously workedas veterinary advisor for the Euro-pean Livestock and Meat Trading Un-ion (UECBV) for several years, dealingwith many dierent, internaonalveterinary issues.

Zeev joined the Brussels oce inSeptember and is currently followingthe organizaon of the WVA Veteri-nary Educaon conference entledVeterinary educaon for the future

generaon which will take place inBangkok, Thailand in 2-4 May 2013.

Zeev will of course also assist withpreparaons of the 31st World Vet-erinary Congress to be held in Prague(Czech Republic), from 17 to 20 Sep-tember 2013, when the WVA will cel-ebrate its 150th anniversary.

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