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Denmark Danish Small Animal Veterinary Association (DSAVA) Emdrupvej 28 A Tel: +45 38 710888 President: Dr. Jan Ilkjaer Birch WSAVA Representative Tel: +45 86 56 02 21 Membership number: 957 _________________________________ DSAVA 2008 Annual Report (posted May 2009) The past year the DSAVA Board has been working on 4 matters which might be of interest to the WSAVA: 1. Marketing Danish Practice Accreditation. Danish Practice Accreditation requires certain standards for membership (like that of practices in the AAHA-Accreditation). It is voluntary for hospitals and clinics in Denmark to take seek accreditation. All clinics and hospitals may apply for accreditation, if the set standards are met. To become accredited a report of 19 Chapters with different fields of activity has to be filled in. For example a Chapter on X-Rays, describing the procedure used, measures of precaution, picture quality etc. Another example is a Chapter on Continued Education. Veterinarians and personnel must account for 5 yearly course days. Accreditation is handled by veterinarians who have applied for the job. DSAVA members wish to market accreditation. Therefore, the Board has started a market analysis to inform on the need to inform clients about accreditation before marketing officially. The result of the market analysis will probably be available primo October. 2. Certification for an ISO-9000 approximation. DANAK Norwegian Veritas (DNV) is authorized to check various professions. The professions need the authorization to show that they observe the necessary standards of their profession. DNV is an impartial company, the “supervisors” are independent of the company and they check that regulations etc. are observed. At this stage it is a pilot project regarding a voluntary certification of clinics respectively hospitals also examining if it is possible to have clinics as well as hospitals in such a scheme. The certification includes parts that are identical with the present accreditation. DNV is involved in the existing accreditation in preparation for which kind of ISO standardisation may be implemented in the practices. 3 test clinics have been chosen. The pilot project is expected to finish this year with a report. 3. Blue Dog. In Danish the title is “Hej Hund”. The project was launched this year with the assistance from a national communication company. As a new thing, the Board initiated to set up a website where the game can be played directly by the users. On the same website you will find information on dogs. A menu on the website is guiding parents on buying a dog, breeds etc. Another point on the menu is information on different facts, e.g. how many bite injuries in Denmark a year, how the bites occur etc. Information on how to improve children’s social competences if they have a companion animal. Avoid that adults communicate fear for dogs to their children and many other facts. In Denmark all practitioners have been informed on the project. The practitioner may then use the material in a dialogue/contact with the youngest school classes or kindergartens when they are invited to visit a practice. A media campaign in newspapers and magazines was carried out the first months of 2009 to acquaint the public with Blue Dog. In the long term we hope that the project becomes a permanent part of the school curriculum for the 5-7 year-old. 4. Cat Regulation. In Denmark the cat is almost lawless. For different reasons there are a lot of stray cats which give a lot of work to the animal welfare organisations trying to help with this problem. Some owner cats are either ear-tattooed or chipped. Unfortunately, there are two cat registers in Denmark making search for an abandoned cat more difficult. Many people do not know that there are 2 registers. In April 2009 the Board succeeded in getting all organisations working with stray cats and cats in distress to meet. The Agenda of the meeting was the request for a cat regulation proposing that all owner cats and farm cats have to be id-marked before they are 4 months and only to have 1 cat register in future. The respective animal welfare organisations were in favour of the proposal so the Board will carry on its work.
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