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World Veterinary Day was founded in 2001. It was developed as a result of the hard work of WVA President Dr. Jim Edwards and the creative thinking of his wife Pam.

The objective of the World Veterinary Day is not to glorify the WVA or its officers, but to highlight the great work of the veterinary profession around the World.

Veterinary medicine is a highly respected and compassionate profession. However, its contributions are largely unappreciated because our colleagues have been too busy serving the public to publicize their contributions to animal and human health, animal welfare, food safety and food security.

The World Veterinary Day is celebrated on the last Saturday in April when all veterinarians publicly display their broad knowledge, skills, and the many contributions their profession makes to society and the world at large. It is a day that private practitioners, corporate and public practitioners, educators and students can show the many contributions of their great profession.

The theme for this year's World Veterinary Day is "Celebrate our Diversity". It can be celebrated in the way or ways that each veterinarian, veterinary clinic, veterinary organization or agency believes best demonstrates the contributions of the veterinary profession. Simultaneously, the media, legislators, public officials, and the general public must be bombarded with messages that veterinarians are key players in food safety, zoonotic diseases as well as animal health and welfare.

World Veterinary Day should be similar a day to publicly display the Hope Diamond – we need to display the majestic array of our veterinary talents.

Have a good World Veterinary Day!

Leon Russell, D.V.M.
WVA President

The 6th World Veterinary Day in Zambia
Posted Friday, 31 March 2006

The Veterinary Association of Zambia plans to spend World Vet Day dessimating information to the public in general about Bird Flu. Talks on the subject are being organised. The reason for this is as an Association we feel the public does not have all the details they need about Bird Flu and many have burning questions within them. This is a chance to know what the public really feel about the situation and a chance to know how best we can help. We plan to have stakeholders set up stalls to display the various veterinary services and equipement they offer. In addition we plan to have a little fun by having a lucky dip!!!We plan to organise this for a whole day, hence lunch shall hopefully also be arranged.

This event will be held at The Samora Machel Veterinary School, Lusaka, Zambia. No fee for participation is being asked. We will be asking for contributions from the various stakeholders.

Veterinary Association of Zambia (VAZ)

c/o nslwao@comesa.int

The 6th World Veterinary Day in Japan
Posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006

The Japanese Association for World Veterinary Day will host the 6th World Veterinary Day in Japan. This meeting is held to inform the public about the role of veterinarians who are contributing to save life of various animals and protect natural environment. This friendly meeting contains some lectures and a social gathering between veterinarians and citizens.

Many veterinary students will support us as volunteers.

Date: April 22rd (Saturday) in 2006 - 10:30 am to 2:00 pm

Place: Nagoya Municipal Hall (http://www.h6.dion.ne.jp/~koukaido/)

Attendance fee: Free

Anyone including students and non-veterinary citizens are welcomed!

“What’s veterinarian? Opening Dr. Yosihisa Yamane (Japan Veterinary Medical Association)

"Conservation of Wildlife" Dr. Mayumi Kishimoto Wildlife Management Office

"Necropsy of giant pandas and discovery" Dr. Hidenori Endo Kyoto University Institute of Primatology

"Food Security and Veterinarians ” Dr. Yasuhiro Yoshikawa (The University of Tokyo Graduated School)

“Veterinarians in Thailand” Vet from Thailand (unfixed)

Social Gathering between Veterinarians and citizens with attractions

Host: Society of The World Veterinary Day (Department of Veterinary Pathology, Gifu University)

Co-sponsor: Gifu University COE program

Support: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science, Japan Veterinary Medical Association, Japanese Society of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Gifu University (Unfixed)

Please contact Dr. Yanai (Department of Veterinary Pathology, Gifu University, Japan)
Tel/Fax: +81-58-293-2944
E-mail: yanai@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp
or Website: http://www.awvd.com/

The 6th World Veterinary Day in Canada
Posted Tuesday 4 April 2006

Workshop: Care, Handling and Use of Aquatic Animals

Date: August 21 - 25, 2006

Location: Atlantic Veterinary College, Prince Edward Island (Canada).

Aimed at professionals who are involved in the care and/or experimental use of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks, this program addresses a broad range of topics including eithical issues of experimental animal use, recognizing pain, distress and stress in fish, aquatic animal husbandry, anesthesia and euthanasia, routine research and post mortem techniques, water quality and laboratory holding systems, and health and disease of aquatic animals. CHUAA has been specifically tailored to meet the CCAC's National Institutional Animal User Training Program guidelines.

Christine Jackson cai@upei.ca

The 6th World Veterinary Day in Canada
Posted Tuesday 4 April 2006

Workshop: Advanced Pathology Techniques for Fish

Date: August 14 - 18, 2006

Location: Atlantic Veterinary College, Prince Edward Island (Canada)

Designed to introduce participants to basic and advanced methodologies in diagnostic and experimental pathology techniques as they relate to fish species, this program will review techniques for the whole animal as well as the interpretation of specific organs and the interaction of host tissue with pathogens. Developed for diagnostic pathologists, veterinarians, fish health biologists, and grad-level students involved in fish health research, this program will feature lecture and laboratory sessions in anatomic fish pathology, tissue identification, morphologic diagnosis, special stains and histopathology, identification of basic lesions, parasites, and the use of immunological and molecular probes.

Christine Jackson cai@upei.ca

The 6th World Veterinary Day in Canada
Posted Tuesday 4 April 2006

Workshop: Mollusc Health and Disease Management

Date: June 5 - 8, 2006

Location: Atlantic Veterinary College, Prince Edward Island (Canada)

This advanced four day session will address a range of issues and challenges surrounding mollusc health management in both farmed and wild populations. Topics will include disease causation, techniques for sampling for the presence/prevalence of disease, diagnostic test interpretation, and outbreak investigation. Significant infectious diseases including Bonamiosis, Haplosporidiosis, Perkinsosis, and Marteiliosis will also be examined. Laboratory sessions will involve fixation procedures for routine histology, rapid cytology (imprints, bleeding, etc), PCR/RT-PCR and gene probes for diagnosis of infectious disease, histopathology and demonstrations of significant diseases, and immunochemistry.

Christine Jackson cai@upei.ca

World Veterinary Day in Canada
Posted Thursday, April 06, 2006

2006 will mark the first time that the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) formally recognizes World Veterinary Day. Our objective is to coordinate the celebration with our annual celebration of Animal Health Week, which occurs in October. This is an event we have hosted for over twenty years. The theme adopted this year will be “VETERINARY PROFESSIONALS, LOCAL CARE-GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY”.

A graphic design depicting this theme is being developed and will be displayed on posters distributed to CVMA members across Canada. Additional promotional material will be produced and can be used during Animal Health Week or World Veterinary Day 2007. The occasion of World Veterinary Day 2006 will be used to introduce this theme and encourage participation in the fall event. This will be accompanied by a series of news releases and appropriate articles published on our public web site www.animalhealthcare.ca.

The recurrent message in all this material will be the veterinarian’s role in animal health as it relates to public health. There will be an emphasis on the reality that there is a global reality to everything we do as veterinarians and that no one can practice or exist in isolation.

There is an excellent relationship of this message to the theme of the World Veterinary Congress 2008 in Vancouver, Canada, CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSITY. The opportunity to cross message World Veterinary Day and the World Veterinary Association’s congress will be used where ever possible. The CVMA looks forward to participating in the WVA’s annual celebration with the same excitement we look forward to hosting the world’s veterinary profession in 2008.

Dr. Duane Landals
North American Councilor for WVA (Canada)
Chair, World Veterinary Congress 2008

News: World Veterinary Day in Kenya
Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2006

The Kenya Veterinary Association (KVA) and the Kenya Director of Veterinary Services have organized national celebrations of the 2006 World Veterinary Day in Mombasa, Kenya. The Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Development will be the Guest of Honour at the celebrations.

The event will take place at the Agricultural Society of Kenya Mombasa Show Ground on 26th April 2006. In addition to the "Celebrating Our Diversity" theme, there will also be a sub-theme "Animal Welfare for Improved Animal Health and Productivity". KVA members and government veterinarians will educate farmers and members of the general public on animal welfare and zoonoses.

"Traditionally, Kenya celebrates the World Veterinary Day ahead of schedule because the last week of April coincides with the dates of the Annual Scientific Conference of the organization." said Dr. JC Mugachia, National Chairman, Kenya Veterinary Association.

News: World Veterinary Day in Finland
Posted: Friday, April 14, 2006

Since 2001 the Finnish Veterinary Association has selected either the Vet of the Year on the Veterinary Deed on the Year as part of celebrating the Wold Veterinary Day. The goal is to promote knowledge of the veterinary work among the public and to streghthen the unity of the profession. In 2006 the nomination will take place the 5th of May.

Previous nominations:

In 2001 Veikko Tuovinen PhD was nominated for his work for advancing bovine health.
In 2002 Riitta Aho PhD was awarded for her work for the profession in changing times.
In 2003 a group of researchers of the University of Helsinki were nominated for their work for pig welfare. The group consisted of Hannu Saloniemi PhD, Olli Peltoniemi PhD, Mari Heinonen Phd and Anssi Tast PhD.
In 2004 Jukka Houttu, a well-known equine specialist, was nominated.
In 2005 Aimo V?lim?ki, municipal veterinary practitioner, was nominated.
In 2006 the nomination will take place the 5th of May.

NAME: Anna Parkkari
EMAIL: anna.parkkari@sell.fi

News: World Veterinary Day in India
Posted: Saturday, April 15, 2006

TAMILNADU VETERINARY ASSISTANT SURGEON ASSOCIATION SALEM & TAMILNADU VETERINARY OFFICER ASSOCIATION SALEM have planned to conduct a special meeting to emphasis the theme of the day 'CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY" among the veterinarians as well as the public. Role of veterinarians in Animal health as well as public health will be highlighted.

A plan of action will be formulated to cater the needs of dairy farmers and animal lovers and awareness programme about zoonotic diseases,quality veterinary assistance will be conducted. Special veterinary camps will be organised.Apart from this actionplan to eliminate quvacs from veterinary practice will be formulated.

Senior veterinarians who served for the profession will be honoured and young veterinarians will be motivated to add their values to the profession.

TNVAS ASSOCIATION, TNVO ASSOCIATION SALEM

Dr.R.S.D.Babu, Dr.Devendiran, Dr.Shanmugabarathy

News: World Veterinary Day in France
Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are happy to invite you to attend to the First International Conference on Avian Influenza in humans: Latest advances on prevention, therapies and protective measures (Paris Anti-Avian Influenza 2006) which will take place at the Institut Pasteur in Paris-France on June 29-30 2005.

The aim of Paris Anti-Avian Influenza 2006 is to bring together world specialists in order to discuss the latest advances on Avian Influenza, especially on new therapeutic targets for treatment and prevention in humans, and the strategies to avoid a human pandemic. A special session will be reserved to discuss about the management of a catastrophic scenario, in the case of a pandemic outbreak.

The Asian-European Conference on Avian Influenza 2006 targets researchers and academic professors, R&D departments, clinicians, pharmaceutical companies, food supplement companies, veterinary medicine companies, marketing departments, investors, start ups, government regulators and actors of the economic environment.

Website: http://www.isanh.com/avian-influenza
Dr Sandra Huguenin, Email: influenza2006@wanadoo.fr

World Veterinary Day in Jamaica
Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006

The Jamaica Veterinary Medical Association (JVMA) celebrates the 60th Anniversary of its founding in 2006. World Veterinary Day 2006 will be the starting point of celebratory activities. We have been working with the print and electronic media to raise the public profile of the profession and its diverse roles in society, through radio and television interviews and a major newspaper supplement publication.

The newspaper supplement, to be published in the Jamaica Sunday 'Gleaner' of May 7th, 2006, will contain articles and commentaries written by local veterinarians on a variety of topics.

On World Veterinary Day itself, April 29, 2006, at the Caymanas Park Race Track, a trophy will be presented to the winner of a selected horse race in honour of the JVMA's 60th Anniversay. The trophy will be presented by JVMA President, Dr. Grahan Brown. Radio and television coverage is expected.

JVMA members have been urged to mark the Day in their practices in whatever way they can.

Other 60th Anniversary activities include an awards banquet planned for later in the year and special continuing education programs for our general meetings throughout the year. This will culminate in a JVMA delegation to the 24th Biennial Caribbean Veterinary Conference to be held November 8 - 10 2006 in Grenada, hosted by the Grenada Veterinary Medical Association and the St. Georges University School of Veterinary Medicine.

The JVMA is currently in discussions with the aim of producing a short television documentary on our profession in Jamaica. ,

Name: Paul Cadogan
Email: pcvet@cwjamaica.com

Volunteer Veterinary Work in Kosovo
Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006

World Veterinary Day in India
Posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2006

District Animal HUsbandry Office, Zilla Parishad , Nagpur, Maharashtra , India is celebrating the WORLD VETERINARY DAY on 29th APRIL 2006.

A rally is being organised to highlighten the contribution of VET towards the society.

Felicitation of the Senior Retired Professors And Field Veterinary Officers is also proposed.

A seminar " VETERINARY yesterday, today & tomorrow" is also organised.

Veterinarian in and around Nagpur will join the SAMVEDANA RALLY. The Rally will be Flagged Off by Hon. HAJI ANEES AHMED, MINISTER OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY< DAIRY AND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT GOVT. OF MAHARASHTRA., ON THIS DAY OF THE WORLD VETERINARY DAY WE SALUTE ALL THE VETS FOR THEIR WHOLEHEARTED CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS ANIMAL WELFARE AND SOCIETY.

Dr. B.A. Wani, Dr. Sathish Raju & Dr. Rajendra Rewatkar
Email: dahonagpur@yahoo.com

World Veterinary Day in India
Posted: Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Organizing a Festi-vet 2006 on 29th April, being sponsered by Dainik Jagran Group, a Print Media in honour of Veterinarians.

Activities being conducted are Career Counselling, Quiz, Fancy Dog Show, Exhibiting the role of Veterinarian, Awareness Generation towards Zoonotic diseases,especially Bird Flu and role of veterinarian in protecting human population from these diseases.,

Dr RK Sharma
EMAIL: rakesh181@hotmail.com

World Veterinary Day in India
Posted: Wednesday, April 26, 2006

We the pondicherry association will celebrate the 6 th world veterinaryday on 29 th april 2006. A special veterinary health camp will be conducted at Poonakuppam village.Vaccination camp will be held at veterinary hospital. The senior veterinary Eminents and senior professional doctors will be honoured. A souvenir will be realeased on this occassion.

Dr.Rajamanickam.Dr.rajmohan
EMAIL: bonjour2raj@yahoo.co.in

World Veterinary Day in India
Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2006

World veterinary day will be celebrated by kerala veterinary surgeon's service association on 29th at Pala,Kottayam Kerala.

Rajeev T
Email: kvssa05@yahoo.com