• Structure of FEEVA
• FEEVA Bulletin (two-yearly)
• FEEVA Consultations
• Equine Meetings and Presentations
• Position papers
• FEEVA realisations
• Origin of FEEVA
• Contact FEEVA

FEEVA was created in Strasbourg in 1998 when equine veterinary practitioners from different EU countries met to discuss with European Parliament members the issue of medicine regulations concerning horses. Restriction of authorized medicines to treat horses was a thread to horse health and welfare. Since that time, numerous national equine veterinary associations have joined FEEVA to work on all matters related to horse health and welfare throughout Europe together with the need to safeguard public health.

The FEEVA Board members are elected by the yearly General Assembly.

• President: Josh Slater (UK)
• Honorary Treasurer: Erik Gostelie (NL)
• Secretary: Jesper Moller Nielsen (DK)
• Further members: Orsolya Kutasi (HU), Vivienne Duggan(IE), Miguel C. Llorca (Spain)

The FEEVA Bulletin informs FEEVA delegates between GA's on various European equine issues. It is published twice yearly.

• June 2009 Bulletin
• November 2008 Bulletin
• June 2008 Bulletin

Open Consulations:

- consultation on Horse Identification
to take part click here

Temporary outcomes: horse_id_survey

Closed Consultations:

2009: Disease Surveillance Survey (outcome)

Every year, the FEEVA board one upcoming equine scientific congress held in Europe as the "European Equine Meeting of the Year."

Do you want your upcoming Equine congress to receive this title? Criteria for such recognition are:
- English language adoption or English simultaneous translation
- easy venue
- scientific and cultural interest
- rotation amongst FEEVA members' nations.

The FEEVA European Equine Meeting of the year is the ideal place for all equine veterinarians in Europe to meet and exchange opinions on the latest scientific and technical updates. The FEEVA General Assembly is held in conjunction with the EMY and exchanges at a European level are promoted to the best of our common interests. Consider attending the next EMY for the latest in equine veterinary science and policy combined, each year at a novel venue.

> European Equine Meeting of the Year 2012
Date: 28 November 2012
Location: Vienna Austria
in collaboration with the Austrian Veterinary Equine Association

> European Equine Meeting of the Year 2011
Date: Thursday 3 November 2011
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
in collaboration with the Danish Equine Congress 4-6 November 2011

Presentations given during the 2011 FEEVA AM in Copenhagen:

• European Horse Network by S. Johansen
• Transport of Horses by I. Soos
• FEEVA Positions by J. Moller Nielsen
• EBPVD by N. De Briyne and French Acknowledged vets by C. Scicluna
• Horse ID & Registration Update by O. Kutasi
• Update on medicines by R. van Dobbenburgh
• FEEVA EMY 2012 Vienna

Presentations given during the 2010 FEEVA AM in Debrecen:

• Antimicrobial resistance by P. Clegg
• NEVA activities and transport by E. Gostelie
• EPRUMA by N. De Briyne
• BEVA activities by J. Slater
• Horse ID survey results by K. Dunne
• Austrian Activities by K. Himmelmayer & C. Hinterhofer

Presentations given during the 2009 FEEVA AM in Dublin:

• Disease Surveillance by Josh Slater
• Medicines by Joe Collins
• Medicines Handout by Joe Collins
• Review of Transport Regulations by Keith Meldrum
• Equine Veterinary Practice in Perspective by J. Loomans

Presentations given during the 2008 FEEVA AM in Venice:

• Member Services by Josh Slater and Dominik Burger
• Emerging diseases by Bodo Gabor and Josh Slater
• Equine identification by Joe Collins
• MRL proposal by Joe Collins
• Liaison FEEVA/UEVP/FVE by Nancy De Briyne

FEEVA Position on Identification and Registration of horses (2010)

FEEVA considers that electronic identification of horses in combination with the passport and diagram and registration in one central European Union (EU) database is the method of choice to identify and register all horses. Full position can be found here.

FEEVA Position on the need for slaughter of horses for humane consumption (2010)

FEEVA recognizes the need for humane slaughter and disposal of horses as a natural
consequence and a natural part of keeping horses for sport, pleasure and/or food production. FEEVA considers consumption of horse meat to be a matter of individual choice. FEEVA believes that horses, for welfare reasons, should be slauthered as close to the point of origin as possible, keeping transport to a minimum. Full position can be found here

FEEVA Position on Infectious Disease Surveillance (2010)

FEEVA welcomes the development and implementation of disease surveillance programmes by the regulatory authorities and the equine industry across the member states.

FEEVA also welcomes the accurate and prompt reporting of the results of disease surveillance programmes to ensure ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of disease control measures. Full position can be found here.

FEEVA considerably enlarged medicines availability for horses!

In 1998, FEEVA representatives met with several Members of the European Parliament to propose an official passport for horses. And, 7 years later the passport was there, which now makes that you can declare a horse a companion animal and thereby considerably enlarging medicine availability for horses.

Furthermore, thanks to FEEVA a essential list of products for treatment of horses was adopted end 2006 (CR No 1950/2006). Veterinary practitioners will be allowed to make use of the listed products for the treatment of horses and other equidae intended for human consumption. The administration of these products will need to be registered in the horse passport and the withdrawal period for all products is 6 months. Horses NOT intended for human consumption according to their passport can already be treated with these products following the so-called cascade for non-foodproducing animals – provided the national authority has implemented this possibility in the national legislation.

In 2009, thanks to the extensive lobby work of FEEVA in collaboration with FVE the list of essential products was extended to substances which bring added clinical benefit compared to other treatment options available for equidae.

The concept of FEEVA was born in late 1997 out of reaction to the loss of licensed Equine veterinary medicines such as 'bute'. Tribute for its birth must be given to Henk Vaarkamp and Willem Back, both from the Netherlands. Further issues appearing on the agenda were besides ‘Medicine availability’, Passports and Microchipping, EU Recognized Equine Clinicians, Equine Welfare and Horse Transport.

FEEVA Presidents: from 1997 to today:

1999-2003 Willem Back (Netherlands) - Founding President
2003-2005 Jacques Bardiès (France)
2005-2007 Alistair Barr (UK)
2007-2009 Joe Collins (Ireland)
2009-20?? Josh Slater (UK)