User-friendly FEI veterinary regulations signalled
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More user-friendly FEI veterinarian regulations are existence promised for 2013 equally officials met inwards Lausanne, Switzerland, for the international governing body’s Sports Forum.
Veterinary issues were the focal betoken for yesterday’s afternoon session at the initiative forum, attended past times to a greater extent than than 180 delegates from national federations, the veterinarian community, the International Jumping Riders Club, too members of the media.
It was revealed that the Veterinary Committee proposed no changes to the blood rule, equally it felt existing regulations adequately covered the situation.
There was too intelligence approximately the force for an international prepare of regulations approximately Equus caballus movements.
The forum covered 4 cardinal themes, delivered past times a nine-strong panel headed past times John McEwen, chairman of the FEI Veterinary Committee.
Key issues covered were:
- Changes to the 2013 FEI Veterinary Regulations
- Blood during competition
- International crusade of horses
- Cloning too progeny of clones
Changes to 2013 Veterinary Regulations
“This is a meaning year, when nosotros cause got the chance to undertake a major review of the FEI Veterinary Regulations,” FEI veterinarian managing director Graeme Cooke said.
“We are looking frontward to listening to those who occupation the regulations inwards lodge to brand relevant changes.
“We volition live taking the results of the findings from today’s discussions into tomorrow’s Veterinary Committee coming together too onwards for farther dialogue earlier our General Assembly.”
As good equally re-formatting the 2013 Veterinary Regulations to brand them to a greater extent than user-friendly, too reviewing medication forms to cut down the administrative burden, the FEI is seeking improved clarity on roles too responsibilities of all persons covered past times the regulations, too biosecurity of FEI horses too FEI events.
The FEI’s invention to constitute a confidential astute injuries database based on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) model to render valuable feedback on injuries was welcomed.
Blood during competition
McEwen addressed the theme of blood during competition, proverb the Veterinary Committee has agreed that the full general regulations encompass the number nether the rules on welfare too did non suggest whatsoever change.
“No particular regulation is required inside the veterinarian regulations equally this is good covered inwards the full general regulations,” he said.
Requests from the flooring to harmonise the regulations farther across the disciplines, too to clearly explicate the fitness to compete concept, were heard too volition live discussed farther inwards the Veterinary Committee coming together afterwards the Sports Forum.
“Welfare is paramount,” McEwen said. “No Equus caballus volition live allowed to compete if at that spot is a welfare risk. The principles are the same, only the implementation has to accept into trouble concern human relationship the differences inside the disciplines.”
International Movement of Horses
Cooke looked at the number of international crusade of elite horses.
He said the landmark FEI too World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) Joint Regional Conference on International Movement of Horses inwards South America last Oct brought together key stakeholders to address the shipping too quarantine issues at regional too global level, given that equestrian sport too contest is seeing massive growth approximately the world.
“We are straight off working closely amongst the OIE on creating a recognised touchstone for elite, high functioning too high wellness condition horses to assist increase international crusade of horses for competition.”
The FEI Veterinary Committee highlighted that this would require clear guidelines for infectious affliction control, including the involve to displace speedily on updating flu vaccines inwards delineate amongst the electrical flow risks, protocols inwards example of affliction outbreak too an approach to reducing the gamble of affliction to horses at all times.
Cooke stressed the involve for the FEI too OIE to concur a touchstone for global shipping too quarantine, which would ultimately live respected past times authorities officials worldwide.
Horse passports too microchipping
The FEI Veterinary Committee is considering the feasibility of introducing Equus caballus passports for all horses competing inwards FEI events nationally too internationally, too equally to a greater extent than horses would require passports, costs would live reviewed.
In addition, the FEI Veterinary Committee is looking into the long-term introduction of micro chipping.
Cloning too progeny
FEI veterinarian adviser Victoria Unt presented the FEI’s electrical flow order on cloning, progeny of clones too associated Equus caballus welfare issues.
The FEI Veterinary Committee, together amongst the FEI Bureau, volition review the comments made during the session on cloning too progeny too maintain to monitor cloning developments.
McEwen too Cooke too gave an update on the function of the FEI thermography team, confirming that it had been active over the final twelvemonth too volition maintain amongst its electrical flow approach.
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