WVA-OIE World Veterinary Day Award WVA Information / World Veterinary Day Posted by JimEdwards on Jan 02, 2008 - 03:16 PM As we have entered the new Millennium new and exciting challenges are facing the veterinary profession. The traditional and fundamental role of direct animal health care is being widened to issues such as the prevention and control of trans-boundary infectious diseases, veterinary public health including food safety and animal welfare. New demands for involvement of the profession also include bio-security and the protection of the world's bio-diversity. World Veterinary Day was instigated by the World Veterinary Association in 2000 to be celebrated annually on the last Saturday of April. World Veterinary Day is a unique opportunity to highlight the different roles veterinarians play and to illustrate their importance for our society today in facing new challenges. The WVA and the OIE agreed on the creation of the World Veterinary Day Award aimed at rewarding the most successful celebration of the veterinary profession by national veterinary associations, alone, or in cooperation with any other selected veterinary body. The theme for the World Veterinary Day 2008 will be “The diversity of the veterinary profession” and the first WVA-OIE World Veterinary Day Award will be given at the 29th World Veterinary Congress in Vancouver on 27-31 July 2008. A total of US$ 1,000 prize money will be donated equally by WVA and OIE to the Award winner. Toolkit for applicants can be requested to the World Veterinary Association at BS@ddd.dk [1]. Applications should be submitted to the same address by 1 May 2008. Read more in English [2], French [3] or Spanish [4] ... This article is from World Veterinary Association   http://worldvet.org/ The URL for this story is:   http://worldvet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3941 Links in this article   [1] bs@emdrupvej28a.dk   [2] http://worldvet.org//docs/Award_EN.pdf   [3] http://worldvet.org//docs/Award_FR.pdf   [4] http://worldvet.org//docs/Award_ES.pdf