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WSAVA Monthly News 2010
WSAVA Continuing Edcuation Update India The WSAVA India CE Program of 2009 was successfully organized by the Federation of Small Animal Practitioners Association of India (FSAPAI) and took place on 29th November 2009 with a total number of 171 veterinarians attending the CE program. The participants included veterinarians who are serving in the Indian Military, members of the Indo-Tibetan Border force, University staff, Industry veterinarians, and private practitioners; all thoroughly enjoyed the WSAVA CE program. Professor Michael Day’s lecture on Immunology and Pathology was very informative, providing basic practice techniques with very useful tips. A lively Q & A sessions then followed with overwhelming involvement of attendees.. More than 160 response forms have been collected and the report will be submitted to WSAVA Board. Namibia A WSAVA CE meeting was successfully hosted by the Veterinary Association of Namibia in Swakopmund, Namibia, South Africa on 21-23 October 2009. Professor Dan Smeak from Colorado State University and Dr. Pam Williams from Portland, Oregon, USA presented selected topics in Small Animal Surgery and Small Animal Emergency Medicine. The topics presented were both clinically relevant and very well received by the 60 veterinarians and 25 company representatives attending the CE program. WSAVA Member Association Updates: Focus on New Members: Federation of Small Animal Practitioners Associations of India (FSAPAI) Brief History: Names and number of members of the Regional Associations comprising FSAPAI: President: Dr. Jayaprakash WSAVA Representative Focus on New Members: Veterinary Association of Namibia (VAN) President: Dr. Alexander Toto News of InterestVeterinary relief efforts expected following Haiti earthquake Jan. 14 - The devastating earthquake that occurred in Haiti on Tuesday, Jan. 12, is tragic. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is closely monitoring the early response in Haiti to determine if and how we and others involved in animal welfare and health may assist in the Haitian response and recovery efforts. As always with disasters like this, the humanitarian rescue efforts will be the focus in Haiti for the first week or so. However, veterinarians are on standby to assist with the tragedy. For ongoing updates, please follow the AVMA at http://www.avma.org/news/Haiti_earthquake/ Cat Declawing Now A Crime In San Francisco San Francisco has become the first major city in the nation to outlaw the declawing of cats. Some pet owners declaw their felines to protect themselves, or their furniture, from scratches. But pet advocates condemn the practice as animal cruelty. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 to enact a ban on the declawing of cats. Other California cities are considering adopting similar bans. The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote on whether to enact a ban by the end of the year. West Hollywood banned declawing in 2003. Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and Berkeley are considering similar ordinances. Declawing is illegal in 20 countries, including most of Europe, Brazil, Japan and Israel. The California Veterinary Medical Association opposed the legislation. The group said declawing should be left up to veterinarians and not politicians. Many cities have decided to consider such a ban because a state law was recently adopted that would prohibit cities from enacting the bans after Jan. 1. The declawing dilemma – Considering declawing client’s cat? Canadian MPs Give Unanimous OK To Animal Rights; Next Step Is Developing Animal-Welfare Declaration In a rare move, federal MPs have voted unanimously for a private member's motion in support of a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare -- essentially agreeing that animal welfare is important. The motion calls on Canada to support development of animal-welfare declarations at all relevant international organizations and forums. The move sees Canada join a growing list of governments around the world who have agreed that animal welfare could play an important part in reducing poverty, hunger and disease in the developing world. The list includes all 27 members of the European Union, as well as Tanzania, the Seychelles, Bahrain, Australia, New Zealand, India, the Philippines and Thailand. In Canada, the declaration was championed by animal-welfare groups, including the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, the Ontario and B.C. Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association. The initiative aims to link the entire animal-welfare movement under one strategic goal: global recognition that animals are capable of feeling pain and suffering, and that they deserve protection. The declaration voted on in Ottawa and elsewhere is non-binding in a legal sense, but its impact could be significant. Organizers say that by establishing the status of animal welfare as an international issue of concern, it will: Scientific Program NEW! Download the preliminary program at: www.wsava2010.org
Pre-congress day partner institutions • International Veterinary Ear, Nose and Throat Association (IVENTA) To keep up with the latest progress and learn more about “One Medicine”, please join the WSAVA World Congress Geneva 2010 – June 2-5, 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland.
____________________________________ WSAVA Monthly NEWs - February, 2010 Presidential Report December 2009 What an eventful year for WSAVA! The WSAVA Congress held in Sao Paulo was a great success with over 3500 delegates making it the biggest WSAVA World Congress ever staged. It was always going to be a huge party and the Saturday night event had the delegates dancing and partying until the early hours of the morning. The education programme was superb and great credit must go to Drs. Wanderson Ferrara, Saliem Sayeed and Marco Gioso and their committees for their work in staging the Congress and setting such a high standard for the future. Talking of which, the Assembly voted to take the 2013 Congress to Christchurch New Zealand and we are already working hard with them to ensure our ongoing Congress success. We are immensely grateful to our Prime Congress Sponsor, Hill’s Pet Nutrition for all the help given to WSAVA who are continuing to work with us as we aim to set the highest standards in veterinary education. There have been changes to the WSAVA Board. We were saddened that Dr. Luis Tello resigned because of time commitment pressures but I am really pleased that he has been able to continue to look after the WSAVA CE programme in Latin America. His deep knowledge of the area and his many friends and contacts mean that the programme runs very smoothly and I am very grateful for all the help he gives. He was replaced by Professor Peter Ihrke – who I am sure needs no introduction. He is currently Vice President and we will be looking to him for his wisdom and knowledge of international committee work. Dr. Veronica Leong also joined the Board to add greater depth to a committee which is struggling under an expanding workload. Her expertise in marketing will be invaluable in helping us to expand our PR portfolio. Professor Jolle Kirpensteijn – and we must congratulate him on being elected a full Professor in the University of Utrecht, has been working tirelessly on future WSAVA Congresses and developing sponsorship opportunities with our commercial partners. The Assembly voted in Sao Paulo to form a Congress Steering Committee to look into the current structure and future development of the WSAVA Congress. The committee is composed of veterinarians with experience of WSAVA and other large congresses and also, for the first time ever, contains a representative from our commercial partner companies to add greater depth and breadth to the discussions. Drs. Kirpensteijn and Sheehan have worked tirelessly to form this committee which will have as one of its first remits, the job of examining the bids for the 2014 Congress and making a recommendation to the Board and the Assembly in Geneva. Dr. Sheehan has continued to work hard in developing the treasury and is now faced with the task of working with the new Canadian accountants and instituting another new system that will hopefully be stable for many years to come as the WSAVA settles into its new incorporation as a Canadian Registered not-for-profit company. Hon. Secretaries are always spoken of as hard working and Dr. Walt Ingwersen is no exception. As well as his normal duties, he has been the lynch pin in all the discussions and negotiations with the Canadian authorities and we are grateful to him and his wife June for all their hard work. June will also be developing the prototype WSAVA secretariat which will function separately to but under the jurisdiction of the Honorary Secretary. Dr. Brian Romberg has not been relaxing after his tenure as President, he has been working on the formation of the WSAVA foundation, again as a registered company based in Canada and he will be submitting his report on this exciting project in Geneva. The Strategic Planning process identified Animal Welfare as one of the four pillars that underwrote the raison d’etre of WSAVA. I am extremely pleased to announce that WSAVA is entering into a partnership with WALTHAM, a division of Mars Incorporated, who will work with the Association in promoting animal welfare during the WSAVA and other large congresses, in promoting animal welfare in member association countries where there is an identified need for an improvement in standards and to promote the WSAVA Animal Welfare Convention. We are entering a very exciting phase of development of heightened awareness of the veterinary profession in this subject. The WSAVA CE programme last year hosted 5000 delegates in 32 countries and the work of the committee will be reported in detail later. I am grateful to the help given to me by Drs. Julian Wells, Roger Clarke, Lawson Cairns and Luis Tello in overseeing their various regional meetings. Our sponsors, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health and Bayer Animal Health provide invaluable help in the planning stages and work with the Association representatives in setting up the local meetings. Our member associations, ASAVA, BSAVA, VOK, AFVAC and NSAVA have once again been extremely helpful and generous in providing expertise and funding which has continued to help our programme to expand. Professor Urs Giger and his team have been making excellent progress in the mapping of the canine and feline genomes and identifying the many hereditary diseases. WALTHAM is to be thanked for their background assistance and funding for this extremely worthwhile project which will hopefully improve standards in breeding for generations to come. Professor David Polzin has been organizing the Renal Standardization Project which should now be getting well into its stride and the information produced in two years time should benefit current generations of animals. This is a huge project and we are grateful to both Hill’s Pet Nutrition and Bayer Animal Health for their support in this project. Professor Michael Day has been chairing the second phase of the vaccination protocol group and will be reporting in Geneva on this first truly global project which will add much needed clarity to a subject which seems to vary from country to country. Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health have been our partners in this exciting and challenging subject. Michael Day and the SAC have worked unceasingly in advising the Congress organizers on the scientific programmes of the WSAVA congresses and will be overseeing the One Health One Medicine initiative which will for part of the programme in Geneva. Renowned international speakers from both the medical and veterinary professions will exchange ideas and look to future developments of mutual interest. We are looking forward to the next Congress in Geneva next June. Dr. Chris Amberger and his team have prepared an excellent programme. CPD with Lac Leman and Mont Blanc as a back drop – what more can one say! Make a note in your diaries and join us there. In Memoriam Dr. Lluis Pomar (WSAVA President 1980-82) passed away in Palma de Mallorca on 8 November 2009 at the age of 92. Please see below short biography of Dr. Lluis Pomar. Although one does not pass on such news about a valued friend and colleague without a touch of sadness, it is also a time to celebrate Lluis's many achievements and to be thankful for the opportunity to have known him. He was one of WSAVA primary mentors. The President's in the eighties achieved a great deal and put WSAVA on the firm footing that it now holds. President Dr. David Wadsworth sent our message of condolence on behalf of WSAVA. We will miss him. Messages of condolence to the family can be sent to Dr. Joaquin Aragones, Dr. Lluis Pomar - Past President of WSAVA - 1980-1982
Social Events The official welcome reception will take place on June 2nd at Palexpo and be followed by a Swiss Apero in the exhibition hall. June 3rd 2010 - Gala Dinner June 4th 2010 – Swiss Evening Party Scientific Program To keep up with the latest progress and learn more about “One Medicine”, please join the WSAVA World Congress Geneva 2010 – June 2-5, 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland. It’s our 50th anniversary!!! _______________________________ WSAVA Monthly NEWs - January, 2010 WSAVA elects a New Editor / 7th Board member - Dr. Veronica Yin-Ming Leong, DVM, MAM, Diplomate ACPV Dr. Veronica Leong was elected to be the 7th WSAVA Executive Board member by the General Assembly in San Paulo, Brazil this past July, 2009. She will be taking care of the marketing plan of WSAVA and be the new editor for WSAVA Monthly News and News Bulletin starting in January 2010. Dr. Leong has been helping and promoting WSAVA in Asia since 2001. She assisted Shanghai Small Animal Veterinary Association and Guangdong Small Animal Veterinary Association applying for WSAVA membership. Dr. Leong has been dedicating her time in developing CE via helping WSAVA and ESAVS in Asia. She also actively promotes animal welfare and Rabies control in China and has had more than 50 lectures and presentations in China within the past 5 years. Dr. Leong graduated from the National Taiwan University in Taiwan and then received her Master in Avian Medicine at the University of Georgia in the USA. She then became a Diplomate of ACPV in 1995. She has broad professional veterinary work experience in different areas including small animal practice, animal health management, setting up grandparent (GP) and parent (PS) broiler breeder farm projects, providing technical services for integrators in Asia and an international pharmaceutical company, and managing the companion animal business unit of an international company in Hong Kong/China. She is now Hong Kong SAR Government Official and participating in Avian Influenza control in the region. She has served as an Honorary Editor Panel Member of Global Pet’s Science Magazine, Shanghai, China and the Executive Board Member of Guangzhou Small Animal Veterinary Association (GZVA), China. She is the Immediate Past President of the Hong Kong Veterinary Association (HKVA) and co-Founder and Honorary Secretary of the Federation of Asian Small Animal Association (FASAVA).
The New FASAVA Executive Board The New Czech Small Animal Veterinary Association President The New WSAVA representative of International Veterinary Ear, Nose, and Throat Association Dr. Gert ter Haar, DVM, PhD, DECVS WSAVA CE Update Dr Javier Green provided WSAVA CE lectures in Uruguay and Argentina. The CE subjects were Neurology and Neurosurgery. Excellent attendance in both countries and according to the organizers the speaker received excellent comments on the quality of his lectures. We had 95 delegates in Uruguay and more than 200 in Argentina. Please visit the WSAVA CE Meetings page of the WSAVA website (www.wsava.org) for more information on past and upcoming WSAVA CE events The 2nd FASAVA Congress 2009 Federation of Asian Small Animal Veterinary Associations (FASAVA) - The Beginning! FASAVA arose from a realization by a core group of Asian-Pacific veterinarians that there was a need for an international small animal veterinary group to act as a forum for their specific regional needs. In 2002, a group of veterinarians from various Asian small animal veterinary associations came together at the 27th WSAVA Congress in Grenada, Spain, to discuss the formation of this group. As the Chairman of WSAVA CE in Asia, Dr. Roger Clarke was asked to assist in the formation of FASAVA. Association representatives from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand, and Taiwan were represented in the discussions over the following 3 years. The Asian group of veterinarians met each year at WSAVA Congresses in Thailand in 2003, Rhodes in 2004 ,and Mexico City in 2005. Finally at a WSAVA CE meeting in Taipei in 2005 a final decision to form FASAVA was made. A constitution and rules based on the FAVA model were drawn up with appropriate modifications and adopted by the founding members of the group and sent to all interested parties. It was unanimously decided at this historic meeting to hold the 1st FASAVA meeting in conjunction with the WSAVA 2007 Congress in Sydney Australia and to hold the second Congress in Bangkok, Thailand in 2009. WSAVA Member Association Updates: ESVC - WSAVA newest affiliate members as of San Paulo WSAVA World Congress Geneva 2010 Update: Pre-Congress ESVC Day (Wednesday June 2, 2010) Please visit the ESVC website for more information. http://esvcardio.com/site/view/137408_EventDetails.pml “One Medicine” - the Centrepiece of the WSAVA World Congress Geneva 2010 Professor Michael J Day, chairman of the WSAVA Scientific Advisory Committee has prepared an overview of “One Medicine”. ‘One health’ or ‘one medicine’ proposes the unification of the medical and veterinary professions with the establishment of collaborative ventures in clinical care, surveillance, and control of cross-species disease, education, and research into disease pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy and vaccination. The concept encompasses the human population, domestic animals, and wildlife and the impact that environmental changes (‘environmental health’) such as global warming will have on these populations. The concept is not a new one as a number of enlightened individuals historically practiced ‘one medicine’ and are regarded as the initiators of this field. One such individual is Sir John McFadyean (1853 – 1941) who was dually qualified as both a veterinary surgeon and medical physician and undertook research into major zoonotic diseases, largely at the Royal Veterinary College in London (Pattison, 1988). Sir John also founded the Journal of Comparative Pathology (in 1888) that remains an important vehicle for dissemination of such research. To keep up with the latest progress and learn more about “One Medicine”, please join the WSAVA World Congress Geneva 2010 – June 2-5, 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland. It’s our 50th anniversary!!! |
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