Part of “European Veterinary Week“

At the same time part of swine lectures and bovine lectures

International Trends and Perspectives in Food Animal Practice

Friday, November 14, 2008, 8.45 a.m. – 12.30 p.m., Room 2

• Access with tickets “Int. Lectures Food Animals”, “Swine Lectures”, “Bovine Lectures”, “Permanent Ticket Lectures”, or “Lectures Friday”, pre-registration recommended

Under the patronage of:

MinDirig. Prof. Dr. Werner Zwingmann (CVO),

Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV)

Organizers:

German Association of Veterinary Practitioners (bpt)

Federation of Veterinarians of Europe

European Commission, DG Health and Consumers

Note:

Session with simultaneous interpreting English/German and Ger-man/English (a great part of the lectures will be held in English lan-guage)

Chair:

Prof. Dr. Werner Zwingmann, CVO, BMELV, Bonn, Germany
Dr. Rainer Schneichel, 1. vice president of bpt and vice president of FVE, Frankfurt, Germany

Programme:

8.45 a.m. –

8.50 a.m.

Opening and Introduction
Prof. Dr. Werner Zwingmann, CVO, BMELV, Bonn, Germany

8.50 a.m. –

10.15 a.m.

The new EU Animal Health Strategy – what does it mean for the veterinarian?

8.50 a.m. –

9.00 a.m.

Animal Health in the EU: Past, Present and Future
Dr. Bernard Van Goethem, Director for Animal Health and Welfare,

European Commission, DG Health and Consumers, Brussels, Belgium

9.00 a.m. –

9.05 a.m.

The new EU Animal Health Strategy: European Parliament’s point of view
Dr. Horst Schnellhardt, MEP, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

9.05 a.m. –

9.25 a.m.

The EU Animal Health Strategy and the Need for Strong Veteri-nary Services – A Global Perspective
Dr. Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Paris, France

9.25 a.m. –

9.45 a.m.

One Health: Healthy Animals = Healthy People
Prof. Dr. Tom Humphrey, Division of Veterinary Pathology, Infection & Immunity, School of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

9.45 a.m. –

10.00 a.m.

Action Plan of the EU Animal Health Strategy: What’s planned? What does it mean for the Veterinarian?
Dr. Emma Soto, European Commission, DG Health and Consumers, Brussels, Belgium and Jan Vaarten DVM, Executive Director of FVE, Brussels, Belgium

10.00 a.m. –

10.15 a.m.

Discussion “The floor is yours“: Is this Strategy realistic in practice? Bring in your ideas!

10.15 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.

Break, Vet-Exhibition and Catering in Exhibition Hall 16 

11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.

Current aspects of epizootic disease control

11.00 a.m. – 11.20 a.m.

What did we learn from Bluetongue?
Prof. Dr. Franz J. Conraths, Director of the Institute for Epidemiology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Wusterhausen, Germany

11.20 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Discussion

11.30 a.m. – 11.50 a.m. 

What did we learn from classical swine fever outbreaks?
Dr. Armin Elbers, Department of Virology, Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen, Lelystad, The Netherlands

11.50 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.

Discussion

12.00 p.m. – 12.20 p.m.

DIVA-Strategy and alternatives to stamping out - is emergency vaccination only a great dream?
Prof. Dr. Volker Moennig, Director of the Department of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany

Discussion

12.30 p.m.

European Commission invites all participants to visit the Bus of the “European Veterinary Week” and to Lunch

(Vet-Exhibition, Exhibition Hall 16).