FVE / TAIEX Conference on Regional rabies control, Antalya, 4-5 December 2008

• Rabies situation in Eastern Europe (A. Fooks)
• Current situation of rabies in Turkey (H. Askaraoglu)
• Co-financing rabies eradication in the EU: an overview (J. Moynagh)
• OIE standards on rabies (L. Knopf)
• General principles of rabies control (T. Müller)
• Available vaccines: types, performance in different species, quality control, storage (F. Cliquet)
• Rabies situation in Slovenia and experience in OVF gained over the past decades (J. Maurer-Werning)
• Rabies: Status Control and Strategy in Croatia (I. Lohman)
• Rabies situation in Turkey and experience in OVF gained over the past decades (O. Aylan)
• Rabies situation in Morocco
• Rabies in wildlife in Serbia (M. Sinkovic)
• Rabies spill-over infection from dogs to foxes in Turkey (A. Vos)
• OIE guidelines for the control of stray dog populations (L. Knopf)
• Risk of rabies introduction by illegal puppy trade (N. DeBriyne)
• Risk of rabies introduction by non-commercial movement of pets (L. Harbuz)
• World rabies day (D. Briggs, P. Costa)
• Fenno-Baltic-Russian project for rabies control (M. Jakava-Viljanen)
• Oral vaccination of foxes (W. Müller, S. Gürbüz)

FVE Conference on Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Brussels, 8 April 2008

• MRSA: an introduction (Prof Dr Jaap Wagennar)
• MRSA in relation to Food Safety (Dr Stef Bronzwaer)
• Ongoing and potential future EU activities on monitoring and control of MRSA (Dr Kris De Smet)
• Antimicrobials for veterinary use - regulatory aspects (Dr Karolina Tömeke)
• MRSA from a medical point of view (Dr Michael Wilks)
• Epidemiology of human MRSA in Europe and public health importance of animal strains (Dr Carl Seutens)
• MRSA in Food Producing Animals (Dr Concepción Porrero Calonge)
• MRSA in Companion Animals (Dr Nola Leonard)
• MRSA in Horses (Dr. Nicola J Williams)
• MRSA: the need for a comprehensive and global approach (Mr Neil Cutler)
• MRSA: moving forward on the basis of evidence (Dr Olivier Espeisse)

FVE / TAIEX Conference on Veterinary Medicines Legislation, Zagreb, 18 March 2008

• Availability of Medicines
• Implementation Veterinary Medicines Legislation
• Overview of Veterinary Medicines Legislation
• Pharmacovigilance
• TAIEX
• Veterinary Medicines Inspection
• Veterinary Medicines Registration
• Veterinary Pharmacist

• What is FVE?
• One Health Concept

• Community Animal Health Strategy

• FVE activities in Animal Welfare
• Welfare Quality® Project

• Introduction to the EU decision making procedures

• Overview of EU Food Hygiene Legislation

• Balancing the benefits and risks of Veterinary Medicinal Products
  
• Maximum Residue Levels

• European Code of Conduct and Services in the Internal Market