FVE Strategy Plan 2006-2010

The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe unites the European veterinary profession for the benefit of animal health, animal welfare and public health.

One Profession, one Vision, one Voice!

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Cascade (2005)

Am I allowed to use a human product in cattle? And in horses? How long do I need to keep records, and what must they contain? With an ever-changing legislation it's not always easy to find yor way through the mazes of the legal possibilities. For this reason, the FVE decided to produce a simple, two-sided leaflet setting out the current rules and regulations in a visual way. Read more

Good Veterinary Practice (2002)

Veterinarians play an important role in protecting animal welfare, animal health, public health as well as the environment and provide a wide range of services.
This Code of Good Veterinary Practice is a standard specifying the European veterinary ethics and principles of conduct as well as the requirements relating to the quality management system whithin a veterinary organisation, when the latter
1. Wishes to improve its ability to give services in conformity to the legislation in force, the Professional Code of Conduct in force, the requirements of the clients and the ethic principles relating to the services provided and/or the animals under its care
2. Must demonstrate its ability to deliver services, which are constantly in line with customer requirements and the legislation in force. Read more
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Food Safety - Stable to table (2001)

By integrating the feed manufacturing, production, transport, processing and distribution stages, the stable to table approach to food safety aims to increase the quality of safety of food in order to achieve the highest possible level of health protection.
The stable to table approach to food safety can therefore only be successful if the health and welfare of animals are fully integrated into the approach.
The veterinary profession has a central role to play in ensuring that such a system exists. Veterinarians are present at every link in the chain and have the knowledge and expertise to audit the standards of animal health, animal welfare and public health from stable to table. Read more
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Antibiotic Resistance & Prudent use of Antibiotics in Veterinary Medicine

Therapeutic antibiotics are used in the treatment and ontrol of many types of infections in a wide variety of animal species.
The purpose of this paper is to increase the awareness of prescribing and supervising veterinary surgeons to the problem of antibiotic resistance and to review the basic principles on the prudent use of antibiotics. Antibiotic use should not, however, be seen in isolation from the disciplines of animal management, animal welfare, husbandry, hygiene, nutrition, immunology and vaccination. Diseases must be controlled to reduce the need for antibiotic use and they can only be controlled successfully by an holistic approach. Read more EN, DE, FR

Veterinary Education and Free Movement of Veterinary Surgeons in Europe - Towards an Accreditation System (2002)

The free movement of persons and services in the European Union (EU) are amongst the major principles established by the European treaties. These also apply to the profession of veterinary surgeon through the automatic recognition in the EU of degrees granted by EU veterinary teaching establishments. This relies however on the assumption that an equivalent level of training is provided throughout the EU. Hence the purpose of Directive 78/1027, which establishes the minimum knowledge to be acquired during the training period of a veterinary surgeon. Read more