Veterinary services at an international level
• The OIE is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide.
• It is recognised as a reference organisation by the World Trade Organization (WTO)
• 2013 -178 Member Countries.
• Offices on every continent.
• Headquarters situated in Paris
International Trade World Trade Organisation 5
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• The Agreement on Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
• Agreement on Technical barriers to trade (TBT)
• Food standards to maximise freedom of trade while minimising the spread of diseases and ensuring equivalence of standards The OIE help’s safeguard world trade Exporters need to ensure that consumers are being supplied with food that is safe to eat Importers need to ensure that imports don’t introduce disease into our livestock. but at the same time, we must ensure that strict health and safety regulations are not used as an excuse to protect our domestic producers.
Animal Health Code- provides the basis upon which countries can assess, perform risk analysis and decide to accept or reject applications from other countries for market access for their animals and animal products based on threats to their disease health and food production What are the responsibilities of the countries that are members of the OIE?
• Members are committed to notify diseases and other incidents within 24 hours
• The first occurrence of a listed disease
• Re- occurrence of a listed disease
• New strains of listed diseases
• Sudden or unexpected change in the listed disease (incidence or mortality)
• Emergent disease with significant mortality, morbidity or is zoonotic
• Change in the epidemiology of listed diseases Veterinary Services - the Australian Model • Policy and operational branches
• Authorities and agencies at commonwealth, state and local levels
• Private veterinary practitioners 8
• Veterinarians in industry, academia and the scientific community
• Support systems such as diagnostic and research laboratories
The Commonwealth
• Department of Agriculture and Water resources
• Responsible for international reporting such as to the OIE (International des Epizooties)
• Biosecurity - Policy for imports and exports, risk analysis.
• Operational and policy branches
• Australian pesticides and veterinary medicines authority (APVMA)- efficacy and safety, labelling and therapeutic claims of products
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)- undertakes animal research and also diagnosis of emergency animal diseases 9 Veterinary services at a National level The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources develops and implements policies and programmes to ensure Australia's agricultural, fisheries, food and fore stry industries remain competitive, profitable and sustainable.
• Outcome 1: More sustainable, productive, internationally competitive and profitable Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries through policies and initiatives that promote better resource management practices, innovation, selfreliance and improved access to international markets. Outcome 2: Safeguard Australia’s animal and plant health status to maintain overseas markets and protect the economy and environment from the impact of exotic pests and diseases, through risk assessment, inspection and certification, and the implementation of emergency response arrangements for Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries.
The National Animal Health Information System (NAHIS) Australian Animal Welfare Strategy The vision: The welfare of all animals in Australia is promoted and protected by the development and adoption of sound animal welfare standards and practices." The role of States and Territories
• Disease control, animal welfare and animal production
• Diagnostic technology, research extension and disease control programs.
• State departments of agriculture, primary industries or equivalent have veterinary services with an infrastructure divided into regions or zones headed by a senior veterinary officer.
• Disease control programs, animal health programs and accreditation programs are usually administered through the regions.
• Disease control programs even national ones are carried out under state and territory legislation, (there may be supporting, funding or coordinating commonwealth legislation as well).
• The States have laws relating to the use of drugs and chemicals including control of use legislation. This is important for "off- label" use of drugs. Drugs may be used off label in some species for which no drugs are registered.
• Rural lands protection boards- work closely with the Dept of Agriculture in NSW to control disease, feral animals and stock routes 17 Local Government
• Rural Lands Protection Boards (RLPBs) play a key role in protecting rural lands in New South Wales.
• They deliver essential services to ratepayers and others in each district as the frontline in the management of animal health, pest animal and insect control, travelling stock reserves, stock movement, stock identification and drought relief. How to get there??
• Good to have few years experience as a vet but not compulsory- graduate positions are available.
• Extra qualifications (helpful)
• Masters in Veterinary Public Health Management
•Membership to the Australian and New Zealand College in Veterinary Epidemiology
• In house training to become an “officer” under the Acts of legislation (Prevention of cruelty, AG and Vet chemicals, Stock act, livestock disease control act) www.duhaime.org allhorsesgotoheaven.wordpress.com
Advantages and Disadvantages
• Advantages
• Usually regular/ flexible working hours. Weekend and afterhours work is infrequent. If you do work a weekend you get paid overtime.
• Interesting work- can get involved in different projects. You can act like a scientist
• You not only implement government policy but you get to influence it
• Disadvantages
• The funding for the different projects is at the whim of the government at the time
• Sometimes there is a lot of paperwork and sitting at a desk
• Enforcement of the law is not always popular The District Veterinary Officer
• Implement government programs to help fulfil our international requirements to allow trade under 4 major programs
• Veterinary Services- disease investigations and reporting
• Emergency Animal Disease Preparedness and response
• Product Integrity- Chemical residue and Livestock Identification
• Endemic diseases
• Powers under the State Government acts- POCTA, Ag and Vet chemicals, Livestock Disease control act and Stock Act
• Skills in epidemiology, pathology, leadership and project management, risk analysis, data analysis, data management, extension.
• Emergency disease preparedness- Exercises, real life outbreaks.
• Contribution to policy development at all levels 20
Questions
• The OIE is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide.
• It is recognised as a reference organisation by the World Trade Organization (WTO)
• 2013 -178 Member Countries.
• Offices on every continent.
• Headquarters situated in Paris
International Trade World Trade Organisation 5
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• The Agreement on Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
• Agreement on Technical barriers to trade (TBT)
• Food standards to maximise freedom of trade while minimising the spread of diseases and ensuring equivalence of standards The OIE help’s safeguard world trade Exporters need to ensure that consumers are being supplied with food that is safe to eat Importers need to ensure that imports don’t introduce disease into our livestock. but at the same time, we must ensure that strict health and safety regulations are not used as an excuse to protect our domestic producers.
Animal Health Code- provides the basis upon which countries can assess, perform risk analysis and decide to accept or reject applications from other countries for market access for their animals and animal products based on threats to their disease health and food production What are the responsibilities of the countries that are members of the OIE?
• Members are committed to notify diseases and other incidents within 24 hours
• The first occurrence of a listed disease
• Re- occurrence of a listed disease
• New strains of listed diseases
• Sudden or unexpected change in the listed disease (incidence or mortality)
• Emergent disease with significant mortality, morbidity or is zoonotic
• Change in the epidemiology of listed diseases Veterinary Services - the Australian Model • Policy and operational branches
• Authorities and agencies at commonwealth, state and local levels
• Private veterinary practitioners 8
• Veterinarians in industry, academia and the scientific community
• Support systems such as diagnostic and research laboratories
The Commonwealth
• Department of Agriculture and Water resources
• Responsible for international reporting such as to the OIE (International des Epizooties)
• Biosecurity - Policy for imports and exports, risk analysis.
• Operational and policy branches
• Australian pesticides and veterinary medicines authority (APVMA)- efficacy and safety, labelling and therapeutic claims of products
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)- undertakes animal research and also diagnosis of emergency animal diseases 9 Veterinary services at a National level The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources develops and implements policies and programmes to ensure Australia's agricultural, fisheries, food and fore stry industries remain competitive, profitable and sustainable.
• Outcome 1: More sustainable, productive, internationally competitive and profitable Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries through policies and initiatives that promote better resource management practices, innovation, selfreliance and improved access to international markets. Outcome 2: Safeguard Australia’s animal and plant health status to maintain overseas markets and protect the economy and environment from the impact of exotic pests and diseases, through risk assessment, inspection and certification, and the implementation of emergency response arrangements for Australian agricultural, food and fibre industries.
The National Animal Health Information System (NAHIS) Australian Animal Welfare Strategy The vision: The welfare of all animals in Australia is promoted and protected by the development and adoption of sound animal welfare standards and practices." The role of States and Territories
• Disease control, animal welfare and animal production
• Diagnostic technology, research extension and disease control programs.
• State departments of agriculture, primary industries or equivalent have veterinary services with an infrastructure divided into regions or zones headed by a senior veterinary officer.
• Disease control programs, animal health programs and accreditation programs are usually administered through the regions.
• Disease control programs even national ones are carried out under state and territory legislation, (there may be supporting, funding or coordinating commonwealth legislation as well).
• The States have laws relating to the use of drugs and chemicals including control of use legislation. This is important for "off- label" use of drugs. Drugs may be used off label in some species for which no drugs are registered.
• Rural lands protection boards- work closely with the Dept of Agriculture in NSW to control disease, feral animals and stock routes 17 Local Government
• Rural Lands Protection Boards (RLPBs) play a key role in protecting rural lands in New South Wales.
• They deliver essential services to ratepayers and others in each district as the frontline in the management of animal health, pest animal and insect control, travelling stock reserves, stock movement, stock identification and drought relief. How to get there??
• Good to have few years experience as a vet but not compulsory- graduate positions are available.
• Extra qualifications (helpful)
• Masters in Veterinary Public Health Management
•Membership to the Australian and New Zealand College in Veterinary Epidemiology
• In house training to become an “officer” under the Acts of legislation (Prevention of cruelty, AG and Vet chemicals, Stock act, livestock disease control act) www.duhaime.org allhorsesgotoheaven.wordpress.com
Advantages and Disadvantages
• Advantages
• Usually regular/ flexible working hours. Weekend and afterhours work is infrequent. If you do work a weekend you get paid overtime.
• Interesting work- can get involved in different projects. You can act like a scientist
• You not only implement government policy but you get to influence it
• Disadvantages
• The funding for the different projects is at the whim of the government at the time
• Sometimes there is a lot of paperwork and sitting at a desk
• Enforcement of the law is not always popular The District Veterinary Officer
• Implement government programs to help fulfil our international requirements to allow trade under 4 major programs
• Veterinary Services- disease investigations and reporting
• Emergency Animal Disease Preparedness and response
• Product Integrity- Chemical residue and Livestock Identification
• Endemic diseases
• Powers under the State Government acts- POCTA, Ag and Vet chemicals, Livestock Disease control act and Stock Act
• Skills in epidemiology, pathology, leadership and project management, risk analysis, data analysis, data management, extension.
• Emergency disease preparedness- Exercises, real life outbreaks.
• Contribution to policy development at all levels 20
Questions
- list 3 advantages and disadvantages of being a government vet
- what are some jobs a government vet might have to do?
- what is the pathway for becoming a government vet?