Transcript Republic of Serbia Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and

Republic of Serbia
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Water Management
General presentation of the
Veterinary Directorate
Dr. Miroslav MARINKOVIĆ, CVO
COMPETENT AUTHORITY
• The MAFWM
- Minister - Dr Slobodan Milosavljević
• Within the Ministry
- the Veterinary Directorate –
Miroslav Marinković, Dr.vet.med.spec.
COMPETENCES
• Animal health
• Animal welfare
• Veterinary Public Health and Food
Safety
• Protection and improvement of
environment and nature
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Minister
VETERINARY DIRECTORATE
Director – Chief Veterinary Officer - CVO
ADVISORS
DEPARTMENT
FOR
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE AND
COOPERATION
DEPARTMENT
FOR BORDER
VETERINARY
INSPECTION
DEPARTMENT
FOR VETERINARY
INSPECTION
DEPARTMENT
FOR VETERINARY
PUBLIC HEALTH
UNITE FOR
LEGAL AND
GENERAL
AFFAIRS
UNITE FOR
FINANCE AND
ADMIN.
DEPARTMENT
FOR ANIMAL
HEALTH AND
WELFARE
CENTER FOR CONTROL
AND PREVENTION OF
PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
UNIT FOR
VETERINARY
SERVICES
HEAD OF DEPT.
HEAD OF DEPT.
HEAD OF DEPT.
HEAD OF DEPT.
CHIEF OF THE
UNIT
CHIEF OF THE
UNIT
HEAD OF DEPT.
CHIEF OF THE
CENTER
CHIEF OF THE
UNIT
UNIT FOR
EPIZOOTIOLOGY
AND ANIMAL
WELFARE
UNIT FOR
MONITORING OF
CONTAGIOUS ANIMAL
DISEASES
UNIT FOR RECORD
KEEPING AND
REGISTRATION OF
ANIMALS AND
HOLDINGS
CHIEF OF THE
UNIT
CHIEF OF THE UNIT
CHIEF OF THE UNIT
INSPECTION
GROUP FOR
ANIMAL HEALTH
AND ANIMAL
WELFARE
INSPECTION GROUP
FOR QUALITY AND
SAFETY OF
PRODUCTS OF
ANIMAL ORIGIN AND
BY-PRODUCTS
INSPECTION
GROUP FOR
EXPORT
ESTABLISHMENTS
CHIEF OF THE
GROUP
CHIEF OF THE
GROUP
CHIEF OF THE
GROUP
REGIONAL
BORDER
INSPECTION
POST (BIP’S)
VETERINARY
INSPECTORS
VETERINARY
INSTITUTES / LABS
REGIONAL VETERINARY
INSPECTION OFFICES
ANIMAL HEALTH
RESIDUE MONITORING
FOOD SAFETY
25 - CHIEFS OF THE UNITS
6 - CHIEF OF
THE UNITS
LOCAL
BORDER
UNITE FOR
PRODUCTION AND
TRADE CONTROL
OF DRUGS AND
MEDICAL DEVICES
FOR USE IN VET.
MED.
CHIEF OF THE
UNIT
LOCAL
EXPORT
ESTABLISHMENTS
VETERINARY
INSPECTORS
LOCAL
FOOD SAFETY
VETERINARY
INSPECTORS
LOCAL
ANIMAL
HEALTH AND
WELFARE
VETERINARY
STATIONS
VETERINARY
INSPECTORS
VETERINARY
PRACTICE
Organigramme
DIRECTOR
5 Departments:
• Animal Health and Welfare
• Veterinary Public Health
• Veterinary Inspection
• Border Veterinary Inspection
• International Trade and Cooperation
3 Units + 1 Centre:
• Veterinary Services
• Legal and General Affairs
• Finance and Administration
• Centre for Control and Prevention of
Particularly Dangerous Diseases
Personnel – Veterinary Directorate
Veterinary
Staff
Administrative
Staff
CA Policy
48
10
Vet. inspectors
Central Level
10
2
Vet. inspectors
Regional Level
25
25
Vet. inspectors
Local Level
320
Border
Vet.insp.
33
STRUCTURE
OF VETERINARY ORGANIZATIONS
Veterinary organization
number
Public (state veterinary stations)
119
Private Veterinary stations
195
Private Veterinary ambulance
400
Farm veterinary services
23
Personnel – Veterinary Service
Total num. of
institution
Veterinarians
Chemists
Veterinary
technicians
Administrative
staff
Auxiliary
staff
12
213
8
125
54
51
Governmental
veterinary
station ( practice)
117
747
-
910
-
-
Private
veterinary
station (practice)
involved in
official animal
health control
145
445
-
171
0
0
Private
veterinary
station (practice)
26
78
-
-
-
-
355
361
-
-
-
-
INSTITUTION
Veterinary
institutes
(laboratories)
Private
veterinary
ambulance
(practice)
PRIVATIZATION OF THE PUBLIC
STATIONS
• Law on Privatization
• Law on Veterinary Matters
• Decision of Government of Republic of Serbia
– method and manner of privatization
• Law on Public Auction (tender sale is not possible
because a small estimation of capital funds)
• Regulation on Public Auction
• Regulation on Capital Fund Estimation
Cooperation between competent Ministry and Veterinary
Directorate in order to protect veterinary service and
provide continuity and quality of veterinary activity.
PUBLIC AUCTION
• Sale of capital fund at a public auction
• Carried out by Agency for Privatization
 decision
 materials at the expense of firm
 public call
 auction
PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC
STATION
• started in December 2007
• 25 public veterinary stations have been
privatized
• Auction for 31 veterinary station is schedule
until the end of June 2008
• Privatization of all veterinary station until the
end of 2008
• Most expensive veterinary station - sold for
1.100.000 €
• Average 100.000-150.000 €
PRIVATIZATION
• Public and Private Veterinary Stations are
equal
• Renounce of activities prescribed by Animal
Health
Protection
Measures
Program
according to the public auction, announced by
the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Water Management
• Commission carry out a contest
• Minister makes a Decision
PARTICIPANTS IN THE VETERINARY
ACTIVITIES AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL
FORMS
Law on Veterinary Matters
Legal entity shall be established as:
•
•
•
•
•
veterinary practice;
veterinary station;
veterinary clinic;
veterinary pharmacy;
animal breeding and artificial insemination
centres and
• laboratory
PARTICIPANTS IN THE VETERINARY
ACTIVITIES AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL
FORMS
Law on Veterinary Matters
A licensed veterinarian that is not otherwise employed may establish:
1)
veterinary practice if the requirements relating to facilities,
premises and equipment for establishing a veterinary practice
are fulfilled;
2)
veterinary pharmacy if the requirements relating to facilities,
premises and equipment for establishing
a veterinary
pharmacy are fulfilled.
REGISTRY
Law on Veterinary Matters
Legal entity shall be registered in:
• Registry of business operators
• Registry of Legal entities, which is kept by the Ministry
If fulfil the requirements related to:
• qualified personnel,
• premises (facility),
• technical conditions
• related equipment.
REGISTRY
Law on Veterinary Matters
Registration
Registration is carried out on the basis of the request that a legal
Entity files with the Ministry and a decision of the Minister
confirming compliance with the Requirements for performing
veterinary activities.
Removal from the Registry
A legal entity shall be removed from the Register if it, on its own
decision, ceases performing veterinary activities, or if it ceases to
comply with the stipulated veterinary requirements.
VETERINARY PROFESSIONALS
Law on Veterinary Matters
Veterinarian professionals are:
1)
veterinarians - who has obtained a diploma of the VII degree of
professional education and who has passed the experts’ exam may
perform veterinary activities. Total number - 3722
2)
veterinary technicians - who has obtained a high school diploma of
the IV degree of professional education and has passed the experts’
exam assists veterinarians
•
performs activities under veterinarian supervision and
•
may, under special circumstances, independently carry out certain
surgical procedures (castration of swine).
Veterinary technicians shall not:
•
carry out surgical procedures,
•
make diagnoses,
•
prescribe treatment
•
not use medicines without supervision.
VETERINARY PROFESSIONALS
Law on Veterinary Matters
INTERSHIP
Veterinarians and veterinary technicians shall not carry out veterinary activities
independently before they have served a veterinary internship and passed the
experts’ exam.
The internship period shall last for:
• veterinarians - one year
• veterinary technicians - 6 months
Veterinarians and veterinary technicians upon the completion of internship and
before they complete the experts’ exam up to one year, shall be allowed to carry out
certain veterinary activities under the direct supervision of a veterinarian.
EXPERT’S EXAM
Upon the completion of the internship, veterinarians and veterinary technicians shall
pass the experts’ exam within a period of 1 year.
Veterinarians and veterinary technicians shall take the experts’ exam in the presence
of an Examining Board formed by the Minister.
DISEASE SURVEILANCE
Law on Veterinary Matters
Measures for Preventing Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases of
Animals
In order to protect animal and human health from animal diseases
that can be transmitted to humans and to improve then activities
related to the protection of animal health, documents for planning
shall be designed.
Planning documents referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article are:
1)
Long-term strategy for animal health protection;
2)
Programme of measures for protection of animal health;
3)
Special animal health protection programmes.
DISEASE SURVEILANCE
Law on Veterinary Matters
Long-term Strategy for Animal Health Control
The Government shall bring the Long-term strategy for animal
health control for a period of 5 years.
The Long-term strategy shall stipulate the scope of measures for
animal health protection an diagnostic methods for infectious
disease for protection of animals against infectious diseases that can
be transmitted to humans, stipulate the financial resources for its
implementation that shall be provided from the budget of the
Republic.
DISEASE SURVEILANCE
Law on Veterinary Matters
Special Animal Health Protection Programmes
Special animal health protection programmes shall be established in
the case of outbreaks of extremely dangerous infectious and exotic
diseases and for the prevention of the spread of endemic diseases.
DISEASE SURVEILANCE
Law on Veterinary Matters
PROGRAMME OF MEASURES FOR PROTECTION OF ANIMAL HEALTH
In order to: prevent the occurrence, early detection, spreading, monitoring,
suppression and eradication of contagious animal diseases the Minister shall
prescribe the Programme of Measures for Animal Health Protection at the latest
by the end of January of the current year.
The Programme of Measures shall stipulate:
• the concrete measures,
• deadlines,
• modes of implementation,
• operators that shall implement the measures,
• source sand disposal of funds
• mode of control of the implementation of measures.
Protection of humans against infectious diseases that can be transmitted from
animals to humans shall be organised and implemented in cooperation with the
state administration bodies, other organisations and institutions in charge of health
matters.
DISEASE SURVEILANCE
Law on Veterinary Matters
Tender for the implementation of the Programme of Measures
The Programme of Measures for Animal Health Protection related activities, defined as a matter
of public interest, shall be offered to legal entities through a tender procedure launched by the
Ministry and published in ‘Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia’.
Tender procedures shall not be launched for the following:
1)
duties performed by the National Laboratory;
2)
duties performed by public veterinary practices or veterinary stations referred to in
Article 15 of this Law;
3)
duties performed by the veterinary service;
4)
vaccination of dogs and cats against rabies.
The Public Tender referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall include:
1)
the type of public matters for which the tender shall be launched for;
2)
implementation timeframe;
3)
proof of compliance with requirements related to experience, results, and previous
meeting of deadlines;
4)
deadline for making and publishing a decision on selection of legal entity;
5)
mode of communicating the results of the tender procedure.
The tender referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be managed by a Commission formed
by the Minister. The Minister shall approve the selection of a legal entity to implement the
related public matters activities. Results of the Tender are published in the ‘Official Gazette of
the Republic of Serbia’.
DISEASE SURVEILANCE
Law on Veterinary Matters
Contracts on Businesses of Public Interest
Following the decision on selection, the Ministry shall conclude the contract
with the legal entity authorised to implement the related businesses of
public interest defining the following:
1)
businesses of public interest that are subject of the contract;
2)
area of implementation of businesses of public interest;
3)
veterinarians that shall perform the related activities;
4)
methods, modes, and procedures for implementation of businesses of
public interest;
5)
mutual rights, duties, and responsibilities;
6)
office hours and the method of providing continual protection of
animal health;
7)
contract validity period;
8)
sources of financing of businesses of public interest.
PROGRAM OF MEASURES
FOR THE ANIMAL HEALTH PROTECTION 2008
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Identification and registration of animals, holdings and entering data
in Central data base
Zoo-sanitary and bio-safety measures
Active surveillance
Immune prophylaxis measures
- vaccination CSF, ND, Rabies
Diagnostic testing
- highly contagious diseases and zoonoses;
- bovine animals for Brucellosis, Tuberculosis, Enzootic Bovine Leucosis and
Blue Tongue disease
- ovine and caprine for Brucellosis and Blue Tongue disease;
- Trichinelosis, Salmonelosls, Fowl Typhoid, Avian influenza, Avian
Chlamidiosis, Equidae infectious anemia, Leptospirosis, Q
fever, fish disease and bee disease and infection of bovine and ovine caused
by aerobe and anaerobe;
Abortus program
Diagnostic testing in centers for artificial insemination
- bovine and pigs and diagnostic testing of breeding bulls and boars, intended
for natural mating.
PROGRAM OF MEASURES
FOR THE ANIMAL HEALTH PROTECTION FOR THE YEAR
2008
10. PLAN ON UNDERTAKING THE IMMUNE PROPHYLAXIS MEASURES
AND DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS
Undertaking of the activities according to the Program of Measures shell is carried
out by Veterinary organizations contracted by the Ministry, with the exception of
vaccination of dogs and cats which can be carried out by all veterinary organization
according to the law.
Veterinary Services shall conduct the Program of Measures for their own animal
husbandry.
Before conducting of immune prophylaxis measures and diagnostic checks veterinary
organizations and veterinary services have to prepare plan and deliver it to the
competent veterinary inspector. One copy of the plan verified by the authorized
person from the veterinary organization and veterinary inspector have to be
submitted to the competent institute. Institute compiles all received reports and
report verified by signature and seal of the authorized person in the Institute and by
Chief of veterinary inspection submits to the Ministry.
ANIMAL HEALT CONTROL - 2008
• Animal Health CTRL program – continous education
– Written procedures/instructions for every program (per
species)
– Trainning of trainners (central level)
• Chief of regional vet. inspection
• Epizootiologists
– Local trainnings
• Headed by Chief of regional vet. inspection
• Vet. Stations
• Vet. Institutes
• Vet. inspectors
– Distribution of instructions
• Hands outs
• CD
• Internet
• V.I.M.S./LEGISLATIVE
ANIMAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN 2008
• Poultry
– Avian Influenza
• Approximation of legislative (2005/95/EC),
• Contingency Plan/Manual
• Strengthening of field activities (equipment, mobile teams
for monitoring/eradication)
• Surveillance/Monitoring programs (poultry, wild birds,
migratory birds)
• Diagnostic capacity building (3 labs with real time RTPCR, 2 with BS L3)
• Rapid response (eradication) specialized teams
• awareness campaign
• Crisis management and communication
ANIMAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN 2008
• Poultry
– Newcastle Disease
• November 2006-June 2007: 8 outbreaks
• 2008: NO outbreaks
• Compulsory vaccination
– Farms (holdings with more than 350 animals)
– Holdings (State budget, free for owners)
– New procedures
– Document management
• Registration of holdings
– Central data base (VIMS)
ANIMAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN 2008
• PIGS
– SCF: new strategy for eradication
• stage 1 : vaccination policy on 2006/07/08
– New legislation in preparation
– Sustainable financing
– Control of vaccination (traceability, laboratory
investigation – holdings, farms, slaughterhouses)
– Improvement of biosecurity measures on farms
– Movement control
– Awareness campaign
– Wildlife control
• stage 2: non vaccination policy
– New legislation,
– Full correspondence with EU rules
ANIMAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN 2008
• PIGS
– vaccination policy on 2006/07/08
Financed from the budget of Republic of Serbia
2007 – 4.901.764 pigs (636.248.967 dinars)
2008 – 1.617.723 (209.980.445 dinars)
Effects:
– Significant decreasing of No of outbreaks
• Start of 2006: 15 weekly (backyard holdings)
• Vend of 2006: 1-2 weekly (backyard holdings)
• 2007: 2-4 per month – in total 17
• 2008: NO cases of outbreaks
CSF: Information Management
• Web based unique SW application (ORACLE)
• Data entered by authorized field vets
– condition for invoicing!!!

• Document management
1. Vaccination of pigs:
• 4.664.405 (11. June 2007 – TODAY 2.00. P.M.)
2. Identification of pigs:
• New legislation
• 4.258.266 (11. June 2007 – TODAY 2.00. P.M.)
3. Registration of holdings:
• Simultaneously
• 250.093 holdings (11. June 2007 – TODAY 2.00. P.M.)
ANIMAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN 2008
• Cattle
– Identification/Registration
• 2006/2007: finished first tagging campaign
Until now
– 1.735.248 identified animals,
– N542.215 holdings
• Central Data Base – fully operational
• Movement Management within CDB - implemented
– 2007-May –training /instructions
– 2007/June - start
– 2007/August-december – full implementation
(Program of measures)
ANIMAL HEALTH PROGRAM IN 2008
• Cattle
– Animal Health Control program
• Implementation of Regulation 64/432/EEC
– Brucellosis
– Bovine tuberculosis
– Bovine leucosis
+ Mastitis
• FMD free status (OIE, May 2006 confirmed in May 2007)
• Rinderpest free status
• Blue tongue
– eradication/control program – free status recognized (2004, 2005,
2006)
» Serological
» Virological
» Entomological investigation (sentinel farm, light traps)
– National legislative
» Rule book
» New regulation (drafted) approximation of EU legislation
• Free status in progress (2008)
– CBPP
ANIMAL HEALTH PROJECT IN 2008
• Sheep and Goats
– Identification and registration of small
ruminants September 2006 – May 2008
(2.136.172)
– I&R conducted along with the health
control (sampling/testing on Brucelosis)
– Individual ear tags and sampling for every
animal older than 6 months
– Central data base holds the data of the
health control
ANIMAL HEALTH PROJECT IN 2008
• Rabies
– Oral vaccination of foxes:
• feasibility study,
• action plan
–
–
–
–
–
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Vaccination of dogs and cats (obliged)
Identification (micrichips/tatoo) (obliged)
Procurement of 300.000 vaccine
Procurement of 200.000 microchips
Passport (2003/803/EC, C(2003)4359)
Central data base
COMPULSORY NOTIFICATION
OF ANIMAL DISEASES
Veterinary Directorate
REPORTING
AND AUDIT
SURVEILLANCE
AND CONTROL
Contract
VETERINARIANS
FARMERS
Animal Health Status
Name of disease
1. Foot and mouth disease
Last year of
occurrence
(VII)1996
2. Vesicular stomatitis
Never recorded
3. Swine vesicular disease
Never recorded
4. Rinderpest
1883
5. Peste des petits ruminants
Never recorded
6. Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
Never recorded
7.Lumpy skin disease
Never recorded
8. Rift Valley fever
Never recorded
9. Bluetongue
10. Sheep and goat pox
(X) 2002
1955
11. African horse sickness
Never recorded
12. African swine fiver
Never recorded
13. Classical swine fever
(VI) 2007
14. Highly pathogenic avian influenza
(III) 2006
15. Newcastle disease
(VI) 2007
Animal Health Status
No of outbreaks
Disease
2006
2007
(I-V) 2008
CSF
401
21
0
Rabies
186
155
83
BLV
834
660
111
23
7
4
Ovine/caprine brucellosis
16
10
3
Equine Infectious anemia
2
3
2
373
470
151
3
2
0
5
13
0
Leptospirosis
8
13
3
Bovine tuberculosis
37
40
12
Newcastle disease
2
35
0
Bovine brucellosis
Trichinelosis
Typhus avium
Q fever
TRAINING 2008
year
•
2006
2007
2008
22
46
17
58
86
38
Participants from VD
798
656
330
Other Participants
753
299
113
Total participants
1551
955
443
Disease
Seminars
•
No of outbreaks
2006
Training
2007
days
2008
(I-V)
VETERINARY
DIRECTORATE
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