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DEVELOPING A NEW AWARENESS OF BIOSECURITY DEMANDS |
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Peter LINHART Schönbrunner Tiergarten GesmbH Assistant to the Director Zoo Vienna Maxingstrasse 13b Vienna, A-1130 Austria Office: + 43 01 877 9294, ext 261 Fax: + 43 01 877 9641 Peter Linhart studied veterinary medicine and zoology at Vienna Universities but has not finished his studies yet. During his time at the Universities he worked as a part-time trainee at the Zoos of Vienna, Zoo-Berlin and Tierpark-Berlin and got degrees as a scientific commercial artist in 1988 and as an animal-keeper in 1990. Since 1992 he has worked as a zoological assistant and at higher levels. Since 1997 Peter has worked as the assistant of the director at the Schönbrunner Tiergarten, Vienna. The main focus of his work is training of animal-keepers and animal transport. Since 1996 he has been a consultant for animal transport of the VDZ (Conference of the German speaking Zoodirectors); since 2001, chairman of the EAZA-TWG (European Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Transport Working Group); 2001 accredited by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture he represents Austria at the CITES-AC (Animal Committee) and became chairman of the CITES-AC-TWG 2003. [ Back to Top ] |
Quarantine Facilities: A Worldwide Problem
Peter
LINHART
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Par Air Livestock Shipping Services Warren Lane, Stanway Colchester, Essex C03 5LN U.K. Tel: +44 1206 33-03-32 Fax: +44 1206 33-12-77 Michael Parish started in the kennel business whilst still at school in1959, boarding dogs and cats plus a trimming service. On leaving school, with his wife, Jean, they expanded the business with production of IATA air kennels. They later moved to Stanway just outside Colchester and built larger kennels. In 1954 after receiving many enquiries from British and American Servicemen, Mike and Jean started a pet shipping service. This was long before the introduction of jet aircraft so most large pets traveled by sea. They started a quarantine kennel and cattery in 1967 for imported dogs and cats. Their company has had a close relationship with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps for the past 40 years and operates a pet door to door collection and delivery service to and from the E.U. Mike has sat on a number of committees including the DEFRA PETS Advisory Committee which was responsible for the implementation of the new U.K. Pet Passport Scheme. He is a member of IPATA, AATA, and the Quarantine Kennel Owner Association.
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The U.K. and EU
Pet Passport Scheme: Is It Working?
Mike PARISH
The U.K. Pet Passport system was introduced after much lobbying in the House of Commons by an Association calling themselves “Passports for Pets”. This association was started by Lord and Lady Fretwell who was the British Ambassador in France. They received outside backing to fight their case over a number of years. Much consultation went on between Lady Fretwell and members of the Quarantine Kennel Owners Association with the British Minister of Agriculture. There was a dispute over how the system would work to ensure that Great Britain remained rabies free, thus ensuring our pet exports were unaffected. The Government set up an enquiry by Professor Ian Kennedy into Quarantine and Rabies Re appraisal into the feasibility of a Pet Passport system. This was not produced for 11 months after he received these instructions. On completing this re appraisal, Professor Kennedy remarked “As someone who has never owned a pet apart from a goldfish for the past 30 years he came to the issue of quarantine under a vail of ignorance!!! Perhaps not the best person to have carried out this report. However, the PET Passport Scheme did start on 28th February 2000 with a great celebration at Calais Euro Tunnel with the press and worldwide television coverage. At first only the European Union countries were included followed later by some of the smaller islands. Countries and airlines could apply to DEFRA for inclusion in the Scheme. Airlines had to have routes and flights approved before carrying in pets. The only airports approved were London Heathrow and London Gatwick Airports, Calais/Dover Docks and Euro Tunnel. After much political pressure the USA and Canada were added to the list of approved countries. The U.K. Government were forced to include the new Countries that joined the E.U. at the end of 2004 although most of these countries were not rabies free. For sea and rail crossings all paperwork is checked at Calais. For air travel the paperwork is checked on arrival in London. Because of the complex of the veterinary paperwork many pets are refused entry due to either blood tests or tick and tapeworm treatment being out of date. The main cause of this is due to Veterinary Surgeons misunderstanding what they are supposed to do. The U.K. Pet Passport now takes the form of a blue covered book which looks like a passport used by humans. The European Union has now introduced a similar system which allows dogs and cats to travel between any E.U. country. Now the system is up and running, it is not intended that any more new countries will be added. |
Dr. Alejandro B. THIERMANN World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
President, Terrestrial Animal 12 rue de Prony 75017 Paris, France Tel: +33 1 44 5 18 69 Fax: +33 1 42 67 09 87 Dr. Thiermann represents the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) at relevant standard setting organisations dealing with animal health and international trade, in Paris, France. He is seconded to the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) as special assistant to the Director General, where he also serves as President of the OIE’s Terrestrial Animal Health Code Commission. Prior to coming to Paris in 2001, he served from 1996 on, as Senior Trade Coordinator and Regional Director for APHIS in Brussels, Belgium, with responsibility over Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Russia and the former Soviet Republics. In 1997 and in 1998 he was twice elected as the Chairman of the World Trade Organisation, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Committee (WTO-SPS). Since 1994 he served as the elected Vice-President of the Code Commission of the OIE. In 2000 he was elected, and in 2003 re-elected as President of this important standard-setting committee. Among the numerous involvements in international standard setting activities, one can recognize his participation as a member of the U.S. delegations to the negotiation of the Uruguay Round of the WTO, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), as well as serving as U.S. Coordinator for the Codex Alimentarius. Dr. Thiermann joined APHIS in 1989 as the Deputy Administrator for International Services. In this capacity, he promoted APHIS role in trade facilitation, he also lead all overseas animal and plant health eradication and control programs. Before joining APHIS, he was the National Program Leader for animal health research under the USDA’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS). He began his career with the U.S. Government in 1979 as the research leader for the leptospirosis and the mycobacterioses research laboratories in Ames, Iowa. A native of Chile, Dr. Thiermann received his doctorate of veterinary medicine degree from the University of Chile at Santiago, and a PhD degree in microbiology and immunology from the School of Medicine at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. [ Back to Top ] |
The OIE's
Role in Controlling the Global Spread of Disease: It's Affect
on International Movement of Animals
In January 1924, 28 countries signed an international agreement to create the Office International des Epizooties, more commonly referred to as the World Organization for Animal Health or the OIE. Today, 167 Member Countries work together to, among other things: (1) ensure transparency in the global animal disease arena; (2) provide expertise and encourage international solidarity in the control of animal diseases; and (3) safeguard world trade by publishing health standards for international trade in animals and animal products. Under the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement, the OIE holds a mandate to play a role in safeguarding world trade. In this role, the OIE develops and publishes standards that Member Countries can use to protect themselves from the introduction of diseases, without setting up unjustified trade barriers. The OIE annually publishes the standards for evaluating a country for the presence of various diseases in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (OIE Code). Specialist Commissions and Working Groups composed of internationally renowned disease experts contribute toward the development of these standards. The WTO recognizes these standards as a reference tool for the development of international sanitary rules, but the OIE standards are not considered prescriptive. Countries can also refer to the OIE standards when determining trade standards. The OIE offers official recognition of the status of countries with regard to only four diseases – foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Although this disease classification is not meant to be definitive, it provides standardized guidelines for all Member Countries. Member Countries who wish to be included on the OIE’s list of disease free countries or to change their status with regard to the diseases mentioned, send a request and accompanying supporting documentation to the OIE Director General (information available at www.oie.int./eng/info/en_procedures.htm). The OIE Director General sends this information to the Scientific Commission, which analyzes the relevant data submitted by the Member Country to evaluate whether the country meets the standards outlined in the OIE Code. Other Member Countries are notified of and have the opportunity to object to, based on scientific grounds, any changes for any Member Country. In our increasingly global trade environment, this international intergovernmental body is a key player in encouraging countries to base trade standards on science, not politics. As a Member Country, the United States continues to work with other Member Countries to ensure that the most current scientific information available is used to develop the guidelines.
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The above abstract was prepared by Dr. Andrea Morgan, Associate Deputy Administrator for Regional Operations, USDA, APHIS, Veterinary Services who was not able to attend. |
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