The first Polish animal contagious disease act of 1844

The Veterinary Control Act of 1844 was the first to regulate in entirety the control of infectious diseases in animals and questions of sanitary inspection of animal food products in the Kingdom of Poland. The act listed explicit procedures regarding diagnostics, control and eradication of diseases as well as concerning animal food product inspection. The act required that animal owners become familiar with symptoms of animal diseases, their methods of control and that they prevent their spreading. The obligations of veterinarians, state physicians and administrative control bodies in the control of animal diseases were specified by the act. Besides the main text on the control of diseases and meat inspection the act also contains elements of food law, some norms concerning public law and order (e.g. requirements concerning dogs) and even some regulations on animal protection.     

Ante-mortem and post-mortem meat inspection: an Australian Inspection Service perspective

Australia, a major exporter of meat, has met and continues to meet the import requirements of various countries. It is free of many epizootic and zoonotic diseases and is eradicating bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis. Frequently, individual country requirements have not been relevant to the animal and public health status in Australia. Such a situation is unscientific, wasteful and unnecessary, and may divert priorities away from areas of major public and animal health significance which should be the main concern of consumers both in Australia and overseas. In recent years the Inspection Service of the Department of Primary Industry has reviewed meat inspection procedures necessary to protect public and animal health in Australia and in countries importing Australian meat. Priorities include attention to national or regional occurrence of disease in Australia and to the use of scientific principles in inspection, including disease identification, concepts of pathogenesis and effectiveness in removal of diseased tissue from meat. Revised post-mortem procedures for cattle, pigs, sheep and goats more relevant to disease occurrence and consideration of public health are described. In particular, this involves a reduction in the number of lymph node incisions. Future directions for meat inspection in Australia are postulated. Concern is expressed that the requirements of some importing countries are fixed in their legislation and consequently might inhibit desirable developments. In this context it is important that scientifically sound national codes for meat inspection of the exporting country be accepted by importing countries as providing public and animal health safeguards.     

Risk based meat hygiene--examples on food chain information and visual meat inspection

The Regulation (EC) No. 854/2004 refers in particularly to a broad spectrum of official supervision of products of animal origin. The supervision should be based on the most current relevant information which is available. The proposal presented includes forms for implementation of Food Chain Information (FCI) as laid down in the Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 as well as suggestions for the implementation of the visual inspection and criteria for a practical approach to assist the competent authority and the business operator. These suggestions are summarised in two forms including the FCI and practical information from the farm of origin as well as from the slaughterhouse needed for the competent authority to permit the visual meat inspection of fattening pigs. The requested information from the farm level include i.e. an animal loss rate during the fattening period and diagnostic findings of carcasses and respectively on organs of the animals during meat inspection procedure. The evaluation of findings in liver and pleura at the slaughterhouse level indicate a correlation to the general health status of the fattening conditions at farm level. The criteria developed are in principle suited for a "gold standard" of the health status of fattening pigs and the criteria may serve as practical implementation of the term Good Farming Practice in relation to consumer protection. Only for fattening pigs deriving from farms fulfilling this "gold standard" the visual meat inspection shall be permitted. It is proposed to integrate the two forms for FCI and additional information for authorisation of visual meat inspection for fattening pigs in the working document of the DG SANCO titled "Commission regulation of laying down specific rules on official controls for the inspection of meat" (SANCO/2696/2006).     

Animal welfare education in Turkey

Veterinary medical education in Turkey began in 1842 and is now offered by 17 universities. Since 1895, topics related to animal welfare have been covered as part of the curriculum in courses titled Deontology, Health Inspection, and Laws of Veterinary Medicine. During the 2004/2005 academic year, for the first time, animal welfare was included as a separate course as part of the curriculum in two veterinary faculties. As a result of curriculum adjustment efforts at both national and international levels, the animal-welfare course is now expected to be required for all veterinary students in Turkey. This study reports on the development of animal-welfare curricula in veterinary medical education in Turkey and describes the historical events from which the appreciation of it arose.     

我国和欧盟兽药质量监督抽检工作机制对比研究

为更好地完善我国兽药质量监督抽检计划,通过对欧盟药品抽检管理工作机制的研究,本文分析了欧盟和我国兽药监督抽检管理方式的不同,从抽检责任部门、抽检目的、抽检计划内容、抽检计划制定流程、抽检品种的遴选和检测参数的确定等6方面进行了对比分析,探讨我国兽药质量监督抽检工作的管理中可以借鉴的方面。     

实施兽药GSP的现实需求分析

从现实需求的角度出发,建议国家根据《兽药管理条例》和《兽药经营质量管理规范》,在全国范围内尽快组织开展兽药GSP认证工作,从而提高经营环节的兽药质量,保证动物疫病防治和动物性产品安全,保护广大养殖农民及养殖户的根本利益,维护人民群众的合法权益和身体健康。     

Future role of the official veterinarian at the ante- and post-mortem inspection

The new European food hygiene legislation which will apply from 1 January 2006 on brings massive changes in the implementation of the ante- and post-mortem in-spection about. Key element in this new regulation is the introduction of a risk-based inspection of graduated intensity which in particular cases may be reduced to a document check and a visual inspection. Important changes also concern responsibility assignment between official veterinarian and official auxiliary in inspection tasks. Furthermore, the official veterinarian is assigned additional responsibility (animal welfare, animal health check). Regarding the extended competence of the official auxiliaries through the new regulation, food industry is requiring a diminution of the inspection costs. In this article, the future scope of duties of the official veterinarian at the ante- and post-mortem inspection is presented, as well as the practical consequences the implementation of the new meat hygiene regulation will have.     

中兽药在畜禽病毒性传染病中的应用及发展前景

中兽药（Tradition Chinese Veterinary Medicine）是指以天然植物、动物和矿物为原料,炮制加工而成的饮片及其制剂,并在中兽医药学理论指导下用于动物疾病防治与提高生产性能的药物。当前,我国动物疾病面临的防治形势十分严峻：旧病复发、新病又不断发生;混合感染和继发感染疾病增多,且多出现隐性临诊表现;免疫抑制性病原感染普遍。因此在西药的薄弱领域可充分发挥中兽药的优势,特别是针对畜禽疾病中占重要部分的病毒性传染病,中兽药具有多方位调节和治疗作用,可提高动物机体的免疫力和抗应激能力。同时,国家对食品安全、公共卫生安全和健康养殖理念也日趋重视。由于中兽药具有独特的天然属性、用药原则、较高的安全性和有效性,使其拥有前所未有的发展机遇。本文就中兽药在畜禽病毒性传染病中的特点和应用现状以及发展前景作一综述。     

Risk management in primary apicultural production. Part 1: bee health and disease prevention and associated best practices

Prompted by FAO/WHO's and the European Commission's recognition that documents on Good Farming Practices (GFPs) and Good Veterinary Practices (GVPs) in apicultural production are hardly available, part 1 of this contribution provides an update of current apicultural production and associated best practices to ensure animal and public health. Major bee health and disease prevention issues and risk management options at the primary production level are summarised with particular reference to the role of the veterinary practitioner/consultant and the official veterinarian in a control function in the safe production of honey.     

Preventing the spread of maedi-visna in sheep through a voluntary control programme in Finland

The sheep disease maedi-visna (MV) was introduced into Finland in 1981 and had spread to eight flocks in the southwestern part of the country when first detected in a survey in 1994. Six more seropositive flocks were subsequently traced, bringing the total to 14. MV has a notifiable disease status in Finland that provides for official restrictive measures to which all infected herds are subject. These measures are withdrawn once the seropositive animals and their progeny are culled and the flock has showed negative signs in the test done twice, or after total culling. A voluntary control programme was initiated in January 1995 to extend official control efforts. The programme furnishes a guideline for culling, restrictions on contacts, and a timetable for testing the flock to attain MV-free status. Seven flocks of the 14 were slaughtered either immediately or after a period under restrictive measures. One flock finished sheep production after four years under restrictive measures. Selective culling and repeated testing was attempted with the other six flocks, three of which attained MV-free status. One flock finished sheep production after two years in the control programme, the other two dropped out of the programme when the restrictive measures were withdrawn. It was concluded that the control programme was salient in eradicating MV from Finland and that serological monitoring of the situation must be continuous.     

Providing high-quality research training for veterinary pathologists in Europe

Despite their key role in a wide range of fields relating to animal and public health, there is currently a lack of veterinary pathologists in Europe. In 1999, to help address the problem, the European College of Veterinary Pathologists (ECVP) and the European Society of Veterinary Pathology (ESVP) established a joint Education Committee. In this Special Article, Professor Anja Kipar and colleagues, all members of the committee, describe the ECVP/ESVP Summer Schools in Veterinary Pathology programme, which aims to provide high-quality research training for veterinary pathologists from all over Europe and beyond.     

高职动物性食品安全系统控制教学方式的研究

高职《动物性食品卫生检验》课程的教学应以培养合格的从事动物性食品生产、经营、加工和卫生检验的综合性人才为目标．以具体的动物性食品为支点、以教学效果为评价指标提出改革的思路,利用现有的资源充分发掘学生的学习积极性和实践动手能力,强化基本技能的训练,并结合食品卫生界的最新研究思路,培养学生对食品安全系统的综合控制理念,以实现对该课程较为全面地掌握。     

Sero-epidemiological study of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Belgian cattle

A sero-epidemiological survey of Taenia saginata cysticercosis was carried out to determine the prevalence of the infection in cattle presented for slaughter in Belgium. Between November 1997 and June 1998, a total of 1164 serum samples were collected in 20 export abattoirs. Meat inspection was routinely carried out by veterinary inspectors. Serum samples were examined for circulating parasite antigen using a monoclonal antibody-based sandwich enzyme-linked-immunosorbent assay (Ag-ELISA). Thirty six serum samples (3.09%) were found positive in the Ag-ELISA, while by meat inspection on the same animals cysticerci were detected in only three carcasses (0.26%). Sero-prevalence was positively correlated with the age of the animals. The sero-prevalence found in this study was more than 10 times higher than the annual prevalence (0.26%) reported by the Institute for Veterinary Inspection. This study clearly indicates that the classical meat inspection techniques detect only a minor fraction of the carcasses infected with cysticerci.     

Procedures in abattoirs and meat inspection. State of the discussion on the implementation of alternative systems

Results of field studies which were performed in EU member states and which dealt with meat inspection procedures in fattening pigs were reviewed with respect to their contribution to alternative systems of meat inspection. The following was concluded: Inspection ante mortem (monitoring of circumstances at the farm of origin): Data which should be given to the notice of the authorities have not yet been satisfactorily defined and their informative value still is not yet clear The predictive character of information from the farm of origin regarding the health status of the animals (results of meat inspection) is not yet sound enough The technique of ante mortem inspection should be reconsidered also. Meat inspection (monitoring and assessment of lesions): In all studies the compared techniques (visual and official procedure) did not entirely find all lesions, which were supposed to be on the carcasses and organs. This was true in different percentages. The impact on consumer's health from the lesions monitored has to be discussed more thoroughly. The information presently available is not yet sound enough to generate a new practicable system of meat inspection. Further pilot studies are necessary.     

欧盟国家兽药残留数据库介绍

比利时建立的兽药残留数据库中包括分析方法库,该库提供了1份经过评估的兽药残留分析方法清单,其中的方法经验证后可以考虑作为候选标准.根据这些方法与欧盟委员会决议93/256/EEC和93/257/EEC规范要求的符合程度,可将方法分为高可靠性和有限可靠性.另外,这个数据库还包括有关消费者健康的药物毒理数据,比利时肉类消费的估算数据,欧洲和比利时关于动物产品中残留的法规库,市场上可获得的检测试剂(抗血清、免疫诊断试剂盒、放射性及同位素示踪试剂等),有关比利时兽医检查所和农业部实施监控计划中的定量和定性数据,有关动物性食品中存在残留物质的理化参数,等等.这个数据库已在因特网上公开,可免费查询相关资料,互联网上的地址为:http://cemu10.fmv.ulg.ac.be/OSTC.     

Veterinary medicine and public health or better: veterinary public health

The development of veterinary medicine and its impact on public health are outlined in this overview. In relation to this, we speak of Veterinary Public Health. In 1865, the liberal J.R. Thorbecke initiated the institution of the later independent 'State Supervisory Public Health Inspectorate' was set up in 1920, as a consequence of the Meat Inspection Act of 1919, and became part of the State Supervisory Service. In 1925 the 'Veterinary Public Health Inspectorate', which was part of the Ministry of Public Health, and the 'Veterinary Service', which was part of the Ministry of Agriculture, formed together a so-called 'Personal Union'. This Union came to an end in 1984. During the nearly 60 years of its existence, and especially after the Second World War, the Union has contributed enormously to public health by controlling zoonoses and decreasing chemical contaminants in foodstuffs. In these achievements it has worked in collaboration with veterinary surgeons, meat inspection services, and research institutes such as the National Institute of Public Health and Environment (RIVM), the Institute for Animal Science and Health (ID-Lelystad), and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.     

The future role of the veterinarian in the control of zoonoses

Developments in the rearing and the health status of meat animals is presented. Attention is drawn to the increase in latent infections, most of which are zoonotic diseases. Such infections escape official ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection as it is presently conducted in industrialised countries, which still rely on the classical rules established by Robert von Ostertag. This examination is thus in need of reform. Proposals submitted to the EEC Commission consist of a stepwise inclusion of the major herds of meat animals in systematic health control aimed at effective control of zoonoses and thus improved consumer protection. It is thus expected that the importance of meat inspection on the basis of pathological-anatomical changes will decrease the importance of establishing the health status during the animal's lifetime will increase. Nevertheless, there will be no complete substitution of classical meat inspection because there are numerous changes in the meat specific to the individual animal which can be detected only by meat inspection, and must be detected if the concept of consumer protection is properly applied. The reform of meat inspection which has become necessary will entail a variety of new tasks for research.     

Veterinary drug legal situation for oral medication in animal facilities in Germany

Oral medication of animal stocks can be administered via oral ready-to-use veterinary medicinal products or by using medicated feedingstuffs. The regulations contained in the German Drug Act (Arzneimittelgesetz - AMG) and the ordinances derived from the AMG are applicable to both types of medicinal product. The legal requirements relating to the manufacture, authorisation, marketing, dispensing and proper use of these medicinal products in respect of oral medication are dealt with in detail. Pursuant to Section 13 AMG, companies that manufacture medicated feedingstuffs require a manufacturing licence. To take into account the special features of these medicinal products, specific stipulations have been laid down regarding the manufacture and dispensing of medicated feedingstuffs by these companies. The use of medicated feedingstuffs is for various reasons in steep decline, while oral ready-to-use medicinal products are, according to reports on practice in the relevant sector, increasingly being used to treat animal stocks as well. When dispensing veterinary medicinal products, the veterinarian must comply with the state of the art and make sure that the animal keeper is able to use the drugs properly. In order to react to doubts regarding compliance with these legal requirements, recommendations for use of oral medication should be developed which provide veterinarians with an aid to assist them in deciding which type of drugs are most suited for the respective case, and what is to be complied with in their use. The recommendations for use are intended to facilitate the correct application of oral medication in respect of both types of veterinary medicinal product.     

国外公路动物卫生检查站情况综述

公路动物检查站作为控制动物疫病传播最有效的手段之一，已被FAO、OIE等国际组织及世界各国广泛认可和接受。目前主要畜牧业发达国家均已建立了公路动物防疫检查机制。本文通过全面介绍美国和欧盟公路动物检查站运行机制，分析其值得借鉴之处，以期为今后我国完善公路检查站体系提供参考。