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Box 12 709 SE-112 94 President: Dr. Brodil Strom Holst WSAVA Representative Membership: 522 (March 2007) ______________________________ Swedish Small Animal Veterinary Association (SSAVA) Annual Report (Updated Feb 2010) Board activity: Meeting 3-4 times a year to discuss and plan upcoming issues. The annual national veterinary congress 2009 was as usual held in Uppsala in November. Our speakers this year was Dr Sigitas Cizinauskas from Finland and Dr Frank Steffen from Switzerland. They lectured on neurology. There was a general stream as well as an advanced stream (concerning vestibular disease). The lectures were much appreciated by the many attending small animal veterinarians. The congress also has since a couple of years a parallel session with shorter lectures in different topics in a “what´s new” spirit. This year the main subject was to present the two important policy documents that have been produced. One is the upcoming policy in veterinary health hygiene. The chairman of this group Dr Ulrika Windahl presented the guidelines and the scientific data behind them. The other policy document is actually not a new one but rather a much needed update on the old Swedish policy on the use of antibiotics from 2002. The different subgroups in this policy was presented. As a general rule the Swedish Veterinary Association is aiming for a much more restricted use of antibiotics. Prophylactic antibiotics is considered rarely indicated and the “gold standard” in Sweden is to only use antibiotics when a bacterial infection is confirmed or is highly suspected AND where it is confirmed or considered unlikely that the bacterial infection will heal without antibiotics. Other antimicrobial therapy is encouraged (for example topical treatments like shampoo and wound dressings). SSAVA is still very active in the European work on these matters in the FECAVA Working Group on Hygiene and the Use of Antimicrobials in Veterinary Practice. SSAVA has initiated some important work together with the Swedish Kennel club regarding breeding standards in some breeds. This is to aim for a more healthy breeding in for example English Bulldogs and other brachiocephalic breeds, in Sharpeis and in Basset hounds just to mention a few. Some of the aims that breeders are premiered for is to have dogs that can breathe normal, reproduce and give birth without aid and that are generally sound. On the 6th of November 2010 Sweden celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Swedish Veterinary Associations in the Stockholm City Hall (where the yearly Nobel Prize dinner is held). SSAVA Director Swedish Small Animal Veterinary Association (SSAVA) Annual Report (Posted May 2009) Board activity: Meeting 3-4 times a year to discuss and plan upcoming issues. The annual national meeting 2008 was held in Uppsala in November. Our speakers this year was Dr Berit Wallin Håkanson and Dr Nils Wallin Håkanson, Referral Animal Hospital of Strömsholm, Sweden. They lectured on opthalmology. The lectures were much appreciated by the many attending veterinarians. The coming meeting 2009 we are very glad to have Dr Sigitas Cizinauskas as our head speaker. The topic is on neurology. There will be a general stream as well as an advanced stream. The meeting has since quite a few years been thought to cover one subject as a two-day course for the small animal vets. Since 2007 SSAVA have extended the meeting. There is now also a parallel session with shorter lectures in different topics in a “what´s new” spirit. This is to try and cover as many different interest as possible among the small animal veterinarians. This have been much appreciated. There have been many opportunities for continuing education. The interest for the degree Steg I “Swedish specialist in diseases of dogs and cats” is still very high . The organ and/or discipline specific degree, Steg II, is also growing. There are many organizers that hold CE courses in both medicine as well as surgery throughout Sweden. The Swedish veterinary association has recently hosted the FVE General Assembly meeting in Stockholm. SSAVA is has initiated several working groups: *There is a committee on ethical aspects of the veterinary profession. They deal with different issues on request from members. For example the need for sedation when ID-tattooing puppies, treatment of dogs bitten by vipers among other issues. *There is a permanent vaccination group that continue update the need for vaccinations in dogs and cats. *A standardization group putting up guidelines for veterinary health hygiene is formed. *Guidelines for the use of antimicrobials is being updated SSAVA is planning to translate the veterinary health hygiene guidelines as well as the guidelines for the use of antimicrobials in English to make the work accessible to other countries as this work is very important in the emerging problems with increasing bacterial resistance. SSAVA is also active in the European work on these matter as SSAVA has initiated the FECAVA Working Group on Hygiene and the Use of Antimicrobials in Veterinary Practice. SSAVA Director Dr Alexandra Vilén _________________________________
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