Meetings and Events
 Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research (IAAVR)
Changing Scenario in Veterinary Vaccinology & Diagnostics in India with Reference to National Standards
Organized by:
Director, Animal Husbandry Department
Government Of Andhra Pradesh
The 12th Indian Veterinary Congress which was scheduled on 9-10 February 2012 at Hyderabad (Andhra Prdaesh) has now been rescheduled for 20-21st April 2012 at College of Veterinary Science, Mhow (MP).
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„King´s buried – long live the king“; while the last World Veterinary Congress in Cape Town stays deeply in our memories, prepares for coming World Veterinary Congress in Prague, Czech Republic, (17 – 20 September 2013) are full speed getting on now.
„The outline of scientific program and timeline for the sections together with allocation of lecturing rooms within the already hired Prague Congress Centre are currently known. At this moment we are communicating with heads of particular scientific streams or disciplines in order to address the best speakers for each topic“– said Dr. Jan Bernardy, head of the WVC scientific board.
„To meet the Prague WVC promotion plan, we expect to start the WVC promotion campaign at spring WSAVA Congress in Birmingham and to continue throughout the bigger professional events worldwide - being it species or discipline based international veterinary congresses, Conventions or Assemblies of WVA member Associations, or any other important professional events, gathering together colleagues that might be interested to come. The Prague WVC webpage www.wvc2013.com/en/ is continuously updated and we fill it with details as they come“– explained Dr. Karel Daniel, in charge of Prague WVC advance promotion.
„We have been an active member of WVA for years and years. The Czech Veterinary Chamber is relatively small professional association with some 3 thousand core members. With Prague WVC next year we cannot afford to fail. We are committed to success and we are ready to invest any effort to bring successful and high standard professional and social event to colleagues coming to participate from worldwide“ – confirmed Dr. Ondrej Rychlík, President of the Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons of Czech Republic.
„To help to build up scientific program, budget, promotion plan or sponsors management is different from profession to profession. Big human medicine congresses used to be more narrowly oriented – one discipline usually, with participants closely related by their professional domain. The program of the Prague WVC is planned for really large spectrum of professional or scientific interests. And vets themselves? Maybe a bit more pragmatic, a bit more business oriented than human doctors“ – commented Mrs. Zuzana Brychová, Prague WVC Secretary from GUARANT International, professional congress organiser company, contracted by the Czech Vet Chamber.
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Source: Dr. Waseem Shaukat
Solve Agri & Dairy Institute™ (SADI) has conducted special training programme on “Commercial Dairy Farming” for Pioneer Pakistan Seed Ltd on December 29 - 31, 2011. The three days course was attended by Pioneer Pakistan Seed’s field staff including District Sales Agronomists (DSA), Customer Service Agronomist (CSA) and Sales Officers (SO). The objective of the training was to impart practical knowledge about dairy farming on commercial scale in order to make them effective in guiding and supporting dairy farmers in their respective areas.
Dairy farm feasibility, Site and animal selection, Housing and sheds construction, Basics of animal Nutrition, Nutritional requirements and ration balancing, Nutritional deficiencies, Feeding management, Heat stress management, Standard operating procedures, Economics of dairy farming were the major areas focused during the training. Experts with hands-on and practical knowledge were invited to conduct the training sessions.
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 Last week FVE president Christophe Buhot and vice president Rafael Laguens met with Bernard Van Goethem – Director Veterinary and International affairs, DG SANCO of the European Commission.
High on the agenda was antimicrobial resistance. FVE underlined the veterinary profession’s ambition to be part of the solution. Concerning the Community Animal Health Law, FVE emphasized the need for assuring the right conditions for veterinarians to carry out their tasks. With regard to the modernization of meat inspection FVE urged the Commission to maintain the pivotal role of the official veterinarian in the slaughterhouse.
FVE briefing paper.
Small animal national congress held 15 and 16 December accomplished by a new style.
Announcement, papers delivery, reviewer consults, acceptance reports and all secretarial activities have done by internet. Lecture presentations have taken as video and poster presentation delivered as pdf files. 32 lectures and 54 poster presentation were available for delegates during 2 days of congress.
All delegates who registered before congress have received a username and password. They could go to congress websites by their own username and password 24 hours in congress dates. Iranian veterinary council has special username to control present or absent delegates.
An overview exam has done after congress by available 24 questions. Exam results will be useful for our future similar programs. It was the first webinar in veterinary field in Iran that was promoted by most of delegates.
It has few registration fee and all delegates could use all papers during days or nights from long distance or even out of country.
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 On Dec. 15, as delegates from around the globe meet at the U.N. to discuss policies to promote sustainable development, WSPA and other agriculture and development organizations spoke at a United Nations reception event.
In front of an audience of more than 60 U.N. representatives and delegates, the speakers presented evidence that high-welfare farming is a viable, environmentally-friendly alternative to intensive industrial production methods. They also outlined the strong link between better animal welfare, improved livelihoods and the global ‘green economy,’ and stressed that these issues must be on the agenda for next year’s U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio +20).
“The number of animals involved in farming is almost impossible to comprehend – more than 63 billion, worldwide,” said speaker Michael C. Appleby, PhD, Chief Scientific Adviser, Humane and Sustainable Agriculture, WSPA. “Animals are central to our world – they’re critical to the lives of human beings. But it’s important to remember that they are not just economic machines. If we remember that, then we’ll produce a system that is centered more on biology rather than technology – one that will benefit animals, people and the environment.”
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Two workshops were organised by the Gorilla Pathology Study Group (GPSG) in November 2011. Both of these covered pathology and were planned with a view to providing training in diagnostic and investigative techniques in non-human primates for East African veterinarians, primatologists, wildlife biologists and laboratory personnel.
The first Primate Pathology Workshop was held in Karen, on the outskirts of Nairobi on Wednesday 9th November and was hosted by the Institute of Primate Research (IPR), part of the National Museums of Kenya. The emphasis in this Workshop was on the pathology of captive non-human primates, especially monkeys.
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 High-ranking officials from 16 Member Countries of the OIE Regional Commission for Asia, the Far East and Oceania, including national, regional and international organisations, attended the 27th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Asia, the Far East and Oceania, held in Teheran (Iran) from 19 to 23 November 2011. That region includes the major part of world human and animal population.
Discussions dealt with the animal health situation and in particular with epidemiological developments and control of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in the Region. FMD outbreaks have continued to occur widely over the last years in particular due to the rapid increase of trade. “Today more than 100 countries in the world are still not officially free of FMD. Regional and country levels are the priority areas for intervention”, said Dr Bernard Vallat, Director General of the OIE. “We have to build on the experience of existing regional programmes to achieve FMD control worldwide and we must get firm political and economic commitment from governments and donors to strengthen Veterinary Services to achieve FMD control”, Dr Vallat added.
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Held November 21-23, IW-DSP-2011
The three days International Workshop on Dairy Science Park was inaugurated by the Honorable Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Arbab Muhammad Ayub Jan. He said that the peri-urban dairy farms provide a good source for milk and surplus animals for the slaughter house. However, this is also posing a threat to the environment by producing pollutants to the air, water and soil. This workshop is a good attempt and attracted a good number of papers, exceeding 100, from various universities and research and development organizations, out of which about 60 have been selected for oral presentation.
Minister for Agriculture with the senior officers of the University
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This High Level Technical meeting was held from 15-17 November in Mexico City Mexico.
The Government of Mexico, together with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), and the World Health Organization (WHO). This meeting built on the Tripartite Concept Note, the International Ministerial Conference on Animal and Pandemic Influenza (IMCAPI) process and a variety of other recent meetings related to “One Health. Zoonotic influenza, rabies and antimicrobial resistance were discussed in working groups to address commonalities with regard to risk assessment, risk mitigation and intersectoral collaboration.
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