Events Calendar
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08 February 2012 - Feeding the world
Geneva (Switzerland)
By 2050, the global population will surpass 9 billion people. At the same time, the world’s agricultural systems will be increasingly challenged by water scarcity, climate change and volatility, raising the risk of production shortfalls. Economist Conferences are launching an …
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26-28 March 2012 - BIT’s 4th Annual World Congress of Vaccines (WCV-2012)
Beijing, China
The theme of the event is: innovations accelerating vaccine development. With 10 streams consisting of 118 scientific sessions, WCV-2012 involves major topics from basic science, technology to business, economics and policy in the field of vaccines. http://www.bitlifesciences.com/wcv2012/
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12 April 2012 - FECAVA/WSAVA/BSAVA World Congress 2012
Birmingham, UK
Further information: http://www.bsava.com/BSAVACongress/tabid/74/Default.aspx.
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6-9 May 2012 - VTEC 2012: 8th international symposium on Shiga Toxin (Verocytotoxin) producing Escherichia coli infections
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The event will gather researchers in epidemiology, infectious diseases, animal and medical microbiology, immunology, pediatric nephrology, pediatric gastro-enterology, physiology and biochemistry. Underscoring the synergy of the event, two excellent, state-of-the-art symposia will be held, one of which will link up top …
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22-24 May 2012 - World poultry 2012
Brussels (Belgium)
Further information: http://worldpoultry.agraevents.com/
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26-29 June 2012 - 3rd ASM Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Zoonotic Bacteria and Foodborne Pathogens in Animals, Humans and the Environment
Aix-en-Provence (France)
Further information: http://www.asm.org/index.php/meetings/3rd-asm-conference-on-antimicrobial-resistance-in-zoonotic-bacteria-and-foodborne-pathogens-in-animals-humans-and-the-environment.html
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20-24 August 2012 - 13th ISVEE Conference, 2012
Maastricht, The Netherlands
THE 13th CONFERENCE of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE XIII) will be held from 20 – 24 August 2012 in the city of Maastricht, close to the border of the Netherlands and Belgium. During this conference …
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25-28 September 2012 - International Symposium: Alternatives to antibiotics (ATA)
Paris, France
Further information: http://alternativestoantibiotics.org/index.html
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23-26 October 2012 - Sixth international conference on antimicrobial agents in veterinary medicine
Washington DC (USA)
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Salmonella
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Karin, a 7 year old girl from Germany, loves eating scrambled eggs on Sunday mornings with her grandmother, Astrid. Every weekend, they get up early before breakfast and walk to the market to buy fresh eggs from a local farmer, …
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Rinderpest
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Aluna is 12 years old, and has been helping out on her family farm in Kenya for as long as she can remember. Her family owns a herd of cows, which provide meat and dairy products that are sold around …
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The Role of the Veterinarian
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Think about some famous veterinarians. Which names come to mind? Veterinarians, such as Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle and James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small, may be well known in popular culture; however, veterinary professionals are rarely recognized for the …
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Imagine: a World without Veterinary Medicines
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People are in contact with animals every day, even in the world’s most urbanised areas. Not only do animals share the spaces we live in, we depend on animals to provide us with a vast range of services and comforts …
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Our Story
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At one time, the world could afford to give the health of animals only second thought. Today and tomorrow, it’s a critical part of a healthy planet. Look about. A diverse world of animals surrounds you. That urgent hum you …
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IFAH calls for responsible use of antimicrobials ‘As little as possible, as much as necessary’
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16 November 2011 – Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands– At the International Conference on Responsible Use of Antibiotics in Animals in the Netherlands today, the International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH) called for collaboration and coordination to promote the responsible …
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International harmonisation: new VICH leaflet
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VICH publishes a leaflet about its work and role in harmonising the global processes for authorising veterinary medicines. The leaflet can be viewed on www.vichsec.org and downloaded free of charge.
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A message from IFAH’s President
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The IFAH Board elected Juan Ramón Alaix as President and Eric Marée (Virbac), George Gunn (Novartis Animal Health), Raul E. Kohan (Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health) and Jeff Simmons (Elanco Animal Health) as Vice-Presidents, and Joachim Hasenmaier (Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health) as Treasurer.
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Vet2011 World Veterinary Year
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The International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH) is participating in Vet2011 to launch World Veterinary Year, a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the world’s first veterinary school which was founded in Lyon, France, in 1761.
