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Serbia Serbian Association of Small Animal Practitioners (SASAP)
President & WSAVA Representative: Membership (August 2011): 160 _______________________________________________ SASAP - Serbia Association of Small Animal Practitioners had busy and productive years on various aspects. The main SASAP activities during the last period were as listed bellow. Continuing Education This is possibly the most important work of the SASAP. WSAVA kindly donated CE program in March 2009, 2010 and 2011. The topics were Soft tissue surgery, Cardiology and Emergency surgery covered by well known speakers Dr. Lizimahos G Papazoglou from Greece, Dr Luca Ferasin from England and Dr. David Spreng from Switzerland. SIVEMAP 2009 took place 23 - 25 October in"Continental" hotel in New Belgrade. Symposium gathered over 250 colleagues, both from Serbia and from neighboring countries. The Symposium appeared in the fourth issue of the SASAP Bulletin. Based on surveys conducted by the organizers most participants were satisfied with the selection of speakers and topics. The survey organizers have received helpful comments and suggestions for topics that could be beneficial in one of the following Symposium. General sponsor of this important event was FECAVA .
In May 2010 in Belgrade, SASAP held a series of lectures on dirofilariasis in dogs and cats. The meeting gathered delegates from the region including Bulgarian, Croatian and Romanian delegates. It was concluded that dirofilariasis disease has a significant tendency to increase the number of registered cases in our country and that is of enormous importance to our vet, and the general public, to educate about it. Lecturers were Dr. Sofia Katic-Radivojevic and Dr. Tamara Ilic from Serbia and Dr.Luigi Venco from Italy. Conclusions and recommendations of this expert meeting can be read in SASAP buletin. Symposium of small animal veterinary practice SIVEMAP 2010 took a place in Belgrade From 23-25 October 2010.This event continued with good tradition of gathering a large number of colleagues, both from our country, and from the entire region. It is interesting that this year was an equal number of delegates from foreign and local delegates, which supports the fact that SIVEMAP become an important regional event for veterinarians dealing with small practice. This year, the lecturers were world experts including: * Jean - Philippe Billet, DVM Diplomat ECVS who lectured * Samuel Jakovljevic, DVM, MSc, DRV, DECDI, MRCVS who taught the * Jon Wray, BVSC DSAM, MRCVS Cert VC, who lectures in diseases of the respiratory system * Professor. Michael Day, BSc BVMS (Hons) PhD, DSc, Dipl ECVP, FRCVS lectures whose topics were clinical immunology * Luca Ferasin DVM, PhD, CertVC, Dip ECVIM-CA, MRCVS, who is * Stefanie Klenner DVM, DVM. Cand.Dipl. ECVCP whose At the Symposium appeared 6th Bulletin of SASAP. General sponsor of this important event was FECAVA and event was sponsored by Veterinary Chamber of Serbia. As part of the continuing education of Veterinary Chamber of Serbia Members of our Association held series of workshops with children under the project"Blue Dog" in order to educate the children and their parentsfor the proper treatment of dogs. The response from attendees has been very positive. More then 100 delegates participated in the program. I think it is a very good that we, sometimes, use our local resources to the maximum and that every day practitioners can present their views on various topics. Other activities of Association In area of veterinary legislation SASAP representatives send additional suggestions to the Ministry of Agriculture. SASAP will continue to contribute to all relevant political issues important for the small animal practice and veterinary medicine in general. Topics that were discussed included a reorganization of small animal practice, problems with identification of pets, distribution of prescribed veterinary medicine etc. Communication with Members Website SMASAP website served well but we think that might be some improvement in the future. Please visit www.smasap.org.rs for more details. Database The database is updated regularly; last year membership was more then 160 and we hope to improve further this year. Subcommittees There are a few SASAP subcommittees that were very active on various topics such are pet's identification, stray dogs control, new veterinary legislation, and Veterinary chamber of Serbia etc.
____________________________________ SASAP 2008 and 2009 Report (posted May 2009) SASAP - Serbia Association of Small Animal Practitioners had 2 busy and productive years on various aspects. The main SASAP activities during the last period were as listed bellow. Continuing Education This is possibly the most important work of the SASAP. SASAP Symposium - SIVEMAP 2008 SASAP organised Symposium for Small Animal Practitioners in Belgrade from 14th to 16th November 2008. The speakers were Mrs Ellen Bjerkas from Norway, Mr Joe Morgan from USA, Mr Peter Srenk from Check Republic, Mr Brent Higgins and Mr David Morgan from UK, Mr Sasa Trajilovic from Serbia and Mr Christian Schwandt from Switzerland. Topics covered included Ophthalmology, Radiology, Neurology, Soft Tissue Surgery, Clinical Nutrition and Clinical Pharmacology. 25 lectures were delivered, 11 companies present from industry. The Symposium was a great success with over 180 delegates. In Serbia, we still lack stronger and more supportive veterinary industry in small animal field. After the success of the 5 previous years, we will be holding a SIVEMAP 2009 in October 2009. Confirmed topics include gastroenterology, oncology and behaviourism. WSAVA CE program WSAVA and Swiss Association for Small Animal Medicine kindly donated seminar in February 2008 – Feline medicine. That was a big success. The speaker was Mr. Andrew Sparkes from UK. There were present more then 160 delegates. In February 2009 SASAP continued to participate in WSAVA CE program. Soft tissue surgery CE program was a huge success with near 150 delegates attending the meeting. The speaker was Dr Lysimachos G Papazoglou from Greece. WSAVA and Small Animal Veterinary Branch Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society (HVMS) kindly donated this one day CE event. OTHER CE program There were a number of other types of seminars held for members last year. These included topics as diverse as: The response from attendees has been very positive. More then 150 delegates participated in the program. Sometimes it is good to use our local resources to the maximum and that every day practitioners can present their views on various topics. Other activities of Association In lights of constantly new legislation which is in place from November 2005 in veterinary medicine in our country, SASAP representatives send additional suggestions to the Ministry of Agriculture. We continued to that in 2008 and in 2009. Communication with Members Website and publication SASAP website served well but we think that might be some improvement in the future. Please visit www.sasap.org.rs for more details. Database The database is updated regularly; last years membership was close to 180 and we hope to improve further this year. All membership fees to the WSAVA and FECAVA are regularly paid. There are a few SASAP subcommittees that were very active on various topics such are pet's identification, stray dogs control, Blue Dog project, new veterinary legislation, and Veterinary chamber of Serbia etc. Report for WSAVA December 2005-March 2007 SASAP - Serbia Association of Small Animal Practitioners (former Serbia and Monte Negro Association of Small Animal Practitioners) had busy and productive year on various aspects. The main SASAP activities during the last period were as listed bellow. Continuing Education This is possibly the most important work of the SASAP. SASAP Symposium - SIVEMAP 2006 SASAP organised Symposium for Small Animal Practitioners in Belgrade from 17th to 19th November 2006. The speakers were Mr Dick White, Mr Alex German, Mrs Allison German, all from UK , Mr Henrie Van Bree and Mrs Ingrid Gielen from Belgium , Mr Zlatko Pavlica and Mr Robert Stezinar from Slovenia, Mr Mato Markovic from Austria, Mrs Sanja Aleksic Kovacevic from Serbia. Topics covered included Internal medicine, Clinical Pathology, Dentistry, Orthopaedics, Soft tissue surgery and Radiology. 27 lectures and Radiology workshop, 11 companies present from industry. The Symposium was a great success with over 130 delegates. After the success of the 3 previous years, we will be holding a SIVEMAP 2007 in October 2007. WSAVA CE program WSAVA kindly donated seminar in May 2006 � Small animal Anaestesia.That was a big success. The speaker was Mrs. Aleksandra Trbolova from Slovak Republic. There were 88 delegates. In March 2007 SASAP continued to participate in WSAVA CE program. Endocrinology CE program was a huge success with 128 delegates attending the meeting. The speaker was Mr. Michael Herrtage from UK. OTHER CE program There were a number of other types of seminars held for members last year. These included topics as diverse as: The response from attendees has been very positive. More then 150 delegates participated in the program. I think it is a very good that we, sometimes, use our local resources to the maximum and that every day practitioners can present their views on various topics. SASAP organised trip to the WSAVA /FECAVA /CSAVA 2006 Congress in Prague with 36 SASAP members attending the Congress. Other activities of Association In lights of new legislation which is in place from November 2005 in veterinary medicine in our country, SMASAP representatives send additional suggestions to the Ministry of Agriculture. We continued to that in 2006.
SMASAP website served well but we think that might be some improvement in the future. Please visit www.smasap.org.yu for more details. Database The database is updated regularly; last years membership was 120 and we hope to improve further this year. Subcommittees There are a few SMASAP subcommittees that were very active on various topics such are pet's identification, stray dogs control, new veterinary legislation, and Veterinary chamber of Serbia etc.
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