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About FVE
Affiliated Organisations
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FEEVA (Federation of European Equine Veterinary Associations) |
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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.
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| Structure of FEEVA |
| FEEVA Board elected January 2013: |
- Christine Hinterhofer (AU)
- Claire Scicluna (FR) - General Secretary
- Giorgio Ricardi (IT) - President
- Juris Tolpeznikovs (LV)
- Miguel C. Llorca (Spain) - Treasurer
- Ben Mayes (UK)
- Josh Slater (UK) - co-opted member
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The FEEVA Board members are elected by the yearly General Assembly.
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| FEEVA member organisations are: |
Is your Equine organisation not yet a member? Join FEEVA! Contact us at info@feeva.org
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| FEEVA News flashes |
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- February 2012 - The FEEVA Board is very happy to inform you that the long awaited extension of the horse list is adopted and published in the Official Journal. This Regulation will greatly increase the availability of horse medicines which practitioners can use.
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| FEEVA Consultations and Projects |
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FEEVA Consultations:
Current:
FEEVA survey on antibiotic resistance (to participate click here ) Deadline 15 April 2013
Closed:
2010 Consultation on Horse Identification horse_id_survey
2012: Disease Surveillance Survey (outcome) NEW (presentation)
FEEVA Projects
FEEVA is part of the CALLISTO project. Callisto stands for
Companion Animals multisectoriaL interprofessionaL and Interdisciplinary
Strategic Think tank On zoonoses and the project aims to provide
an overview of the current situation and propose targeted actions
to prevent and reduce the health risks for humans and food animals
associated with keeping companion animals.
For more info:
FEEVA & World Horse Welfare decided together to start a multi-stakeholders network to draft guidelines for fitness of transport of horses. The aim is to establish the network by mid 2013 in order to complete the drafting of the guidelines by mid 2014.
FEEVA Working Groups
FEEVA has the following working groups:
- FEEVA Working group on Medicines
- FEEVA Working group on Acknowledged horse vet (Led by Claire Scicluna)
- FEEVA Working group on disease surveillance (Led by Miguel Llorca)
- FEEVA Working Group on Pre-Purchase Exams (Led by Ben Mayes)
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| Meetings: |
| The European Equine Meeting of the Year: |
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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.
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| Future EMY's other equine meetings: |
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Title: SIVE Seminar “Update in Sports Medicines”
Date & Place: Rome, 19 April 2013
More info: http://www.sive.it/en/PDF/2013/SIVE-Rome-English.pdf |
| Minutes of FEEVA GA's: |
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| Interesting presentations: |
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Presentations given at Board meeting
Presentations given during the 2013 FEEVA AM in Arezzu, Italy:
Presentations given during the 2012 FEEVA AM in Vienna:
Presentations given during the 2011 FEEVA AM in Copenhagen:
Presentations given during the 2010 FEEVA AM in Debrecen:
Presentations given during the 2009 FEEVA AM in Dublin:
Presentations given during the 2008 FEEVA AM in Venice:
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| Policy Statements: |
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FEEVA Position on Transport of horses (2012)
FEEVA is of the opinion that horses for welfare reasons should
be slaughtered as close to the point of origin as possible,
keeping transport to a minimum and where transportation is necessary,
the horse's welfare should be considered with priority, observing
all regulations addressing the needs of these animals. FEEVA
strongly supports the maximum 8-hour limit adopted by the European
Parliament.
Full position can be found here.
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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.
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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
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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.
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| FEEVA Realisations: |
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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. 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 and 2012, 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.
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| FEEVA Origin: |
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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)
2009-2012 Josh Slater (UK)
2012-20?? Giorgio Ricardi (IT)
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| Contact: |
The FEEVA secretariat is seated in Brussels at the following address: |
Avenue de Tervueren 12
B-1040 Brussels
Tel.: +32 2 533 70 20
e-mail: info@feeva.org
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EAPHM (European Association of Porcine Health Management) |
European pig vets have decided to set up a new association, the European Association of Porcine Health Management (EAPHM). The objectives of the new association are primarily to increase contact and interaction across an increasingly borderless Europe, but also to represent pig vets interests and views on the increasingly important aspects of welfare, health and production that are on the horizon.
Find out more about EAPHM
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| Contact: |
The EAPHM secretariat is seated in Brussels at the following address: |
Avenue de Tervueren 12
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium
Phone: (+45) 31 260 800
E-mail: phj@fibderpost.dk
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