1 Le Conseil Supérieur de lOrdre des Vétérinaires et Le Ministère de lAgriculture, de lAlimentation, de la Pêche et des Affaires Rurales Vous présentent

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Le Conseil Supérieur de l’Ordre des Vétérinaires

et

Le Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Alimentation, de la

Pêche et des Affaires Rurales

Vous présentent

The role of the veterinarian in the french system of livestock

sanitary supervisionBy DV. Christian RONDEAU, President of the National Order of Veterinarians

Represented by DV Yannick POUBANNE, Member of the Order of Veterinarians17/06/08

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Le Ministère de l’Agriculture,

de l’Alimentation,

de la Pêche

et des Affaires Rurales

Le Conseil Supérieur

de l’Ordre des Vétérinaires

1. DEFINITIONS and STATISTICS

2. AREAS OF ACTIVITIES

3. ATTRIBUTIONS OF THE MANDATE

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1. DEFINITIONS AND STATISTICS

The sanitary mandate

The sanitary veterinarian

Statistics

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1. DEFINITIONS AND STATISTICS



Statistical elements

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The sanitary mandate is an administrative actby which the State gives a veterinarian who is authorized to practice in France, the power to carry out in its name, veterinary sanitary interventions (article L.221-II of the rural code).

The attribution and practice conditions of this sanitary mandate are defined by decree. Its owner is called a « sanitary veterinarian »

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1. DEFINITIONS AND STATISTICAL ELEMENTS




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The sanitary veterinarian is a polyactivity veterinarian practicing

in the field

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• under contract (mandate) with the Administration for special duties related to animal health

• placed under public authority (i.e. the Director of departmental veterinary services)

• chosen by the owner of the animals for activities related to the sanitary mandate

• fees fixed between Administration / Owners / and Vets • cost supported by owners (prophylaxis) or public funds

(sanitary policy)

MINISTERE DE L’AGRICULTURE,DE L’ALIMENTATION,

DE LA PECHE ET DES AFFAIRES RURALES

Sanitary veterinarian

A network of 10 000 private practitioners

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– training

– keeping to the instructions of the Administration

– keeping to fixed fees

MINISTERE DE L’AGRICULTURE,DE L’ALIMENTATION, DE LA PECHE ET DES AFFAIRES RURALES

REQUIREMENTS


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1. DEFINITIONS AND STATISTICAL ELEMENTS




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Annual budget for animal health and food safety = 371 M€ (inc.

119 M€ for animal health and welfare)

Permanent staffPermanent staff

4 000 civil servants4 000 civil servants

(inc. 500 vet. and 2 200 technicians plus 1300 administratives)(inc. 500 vet. and 2 200 technicians plus 1300 administratives)

Part-time staffPart-time staff

(contract public servant)(contract public servant)500 eq. full-time vet.500 eq. full-time vet.

““Sanitary vet.” = private vet. Sanitary vet.” = private vet.

with “sanitary contract”with “sanitary contract”10 000 private vet = 500 eq. full-time10 000 private vet = 500 eq. full-time



Human and financial resources

Inspections Animal health operations

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Other key figures

1 private veterinarian with “sanitary contract” for 6 000 LBU 1 LBU = 1 cattle = 1 horse = 5 pigs = 10 small ruminants = 100 poultry

Annual fees for private veterinarians publicly funded for rural animal health activities (under “sanitary contract) :

26,7 M€ (eq. to additional 500 full time veterinarians) including more than 15 M€ for BSE purposes

Average part of income for private vet. with sanitary contract supported by public funds :

4 to 8 % (on average 5 800 € per veterinarian under contract per year)



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1. DEFINITIONS DU MANDAT SANITAIRE2. AREAS OF ACTIVITIES

3. ATTRIBUTIONS DU MANDAT

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• Sanitary police operations

• Collective prophylaxy operations

• Special missions

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Sanitary police operations

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Regards contagious regulated deseases such as :

• Rabies

• Tuberculosis

• Brucellosis

• BSE

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The vet is in charge of the application of some measures :

• Visits of animals (case of rabies)• Counting and marking• Isolation• Vaccination or treatment• Slaughtering of sick or contaminated animals• Necessary samplings for diagnostics or epidemiological

surveys

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Example of

B.S.E.

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Farms

BSE : supervision of clinical cases

Visit by the Sanitary

veterinarian

Confirmation by Departmental coordinator veterinarian

(also sanitary.vet.)

National Reference Laboratory

Departmental Veterinary services

National Veterinary Administration

Farmer

ResultResult

Culling by injection

Departmental laboratory

+ samplin

g



941 visits

221 suspicions

41 cases confirmed

2002

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Naturally dead cattle

Farm


Culling by injection

Injured or sick cattle

Visit - Collection of epidemiological data

Rendering plant

Sampling and completion of the filling of the form


Collection of the cadaver

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Departmental Veterinary services

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Departmental laboratory



BSE : supervison of at risk cattle (all dead cattle and fallen stock)

270 000 visits and samples in 2002

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• Opérations de police sanitaire

• Collective prophylaxy operations

• Missions particulières

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Collective prophylaxy operations

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Set of compulsory actions driven or organized by the State in order to:

• Prevent from an illness (ex.: vaccination against rabies or FMD)

• To track down an illness (tuberculosis, brucellosis, leucosis)

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Compulsory prophylaxis for large ruminants

Bovine Tuberculosis 86 040 5,4 M

Bovine leucosis 131792 0,48 M

Bovine brucellosis 203 103 12,6 M

Nb of herds

controlled

Nb of cattle subjected to sampling or tub. testing

(2001 figures)

Tub. testing

Blood sample

Blood sample

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Total cost for upholding the sanitary qualification of herds regarding

tuberculosis, leucosis and brucellosis

(except measures of sanitary police) : 71,6 M€

inc. 3 M€ publicly funded (year 2000)

14 M Euros : 19,7%

29 M Euros : 40,4%

28,6 M Euros : 39,9%

Visit by private vet.

Veterinary operations

Lab. analysis

Compulsory prophylaxis for large ruminants

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• Opérations de police sanitaire

• Opérations de prophylaxie collective

• Special missions

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SPECIAL MISSIONS

Realized by

The sanitary vet

Under the authority of the Head of Veterinary Services (HVS).

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• Production

• Feeding

• Maintenance

• Transportation

• Live animal Trade

CONTROL OF CONDITIONS OF :

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CONTROL OF BREDEERS BOOK KEEPING

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COLLECTION OF ANALYSIS AND TRANSMISSION OF ALL USEFUL SANITARY DATA

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1. DEFINITIONS ET ELEMENTS STATISTIQUES

2. DOMAINES D’ACTIVITES

3. ATTRIBUTION OF THE MANDATE

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• TRAINING

• OBTAINING

• TERRITORIAL SCOPE

• PRACTICING

• DISCIPLINE

• ADVERTISING

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• COMPULSORY initial and continuing education

For the sanitary veterinarian

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• Obtaining of the mandate throught the Prefet (local State officer) of the concerned department (administrative territory brick) for a renewable duration of one year.

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Concerned departement and if needed, one or several neighbouring departments.

Except special case of SPECIALIZED SANITARY MANDATE delivered for operations regarding:

• Breedings of special genetical interest

• Breedings of particular species

Territorial scope:

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The breeder must designate and let the local Prefet know his choosen sanitary veterinarian.

The change of veterinarian can be asked provided that:1. A good health status of the animals can be

justified2. The vet fees have be entirely settled

PRACTICING

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For failure or fault in the practice of his sanitary mandate, the sanitary veterinarian can be

prosecuted in front of a departmental Commission composed of three State Official Veterinarians and three sanitary veterinarians

ramdomly selected.

DISCIPLINE

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The commission can propose to the Prefet the following sanctions:

1. Warning

2. Blame with record registration

3. Temporary disqualification of the sanitary mandate

4. Definitive disqualification of the sanitary mandate

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The Prefet insures the setting, the update and the annual billposting of the

list of sanitary veterinarians in all the city halls of the department.

ADVERTISING

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TO CONCLUDE

A few points to be highlighted:

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1. The sanitary mandate provides the practitioner with a predictable activity representing a economical base to settle his practice. It insures the State with an efficient shift in terms of epidemio-supervision through the network of sanitary vets spread all over the country.

He is a key factor of the profesional privatisation and a guarantee of efficacy for the success of the sanitary policy.

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2. It assumes a good coordination between the State and the professionals

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3. For such a regulated profession, the body (Order of Veterinarians) in charge of the authorization for the professionals to practice, plays a key role of « driving belt » between public Power and the practitioners for:

• Attributing the mandate

•The supervision of the practice

•The circulation of information

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This presentation common between the French State, sanitary veterinarians and breeders, aims to underline the importance of a good coordination of the actors to ensure the efficacy of any sanitary action.

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Dr Christian RONDEAUDr Christian RONDEAU

OIEOIE

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Invitation to EUROPEAN VETERINARY

STATUTORY BODIES MEETINGThe 25 September 2008

• Presentation of FVE code of conduct

• Survey on « recognition » directive

• Survey on « services directive »

• Roundtable with Commission members

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““Recognition Directive” Recognition Directive” “Services Directive”“Services Directive”

• Directive 2005/36/ECDirective 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications : recognition of professional qualifications : 20 20 October 2007October 2007

• Directive 2006/123/ECDirective 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market : services in the internal market : 28 December 28 December 20092009

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Thank you for attention ;-) !

Yannick POUBANNE DVM MSc PhD

[email protected]

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1 Le Conseil Supérieur de lOrdre des Vétérinaires et Le Ministère de lAgriculture, de lAlimentation, de la Pêche et des Affaires Rurales Vous présentent