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Application of the Application of the OIE-PVS Tool OIE-PVS Tool
to to Aquatic Animal Health ServicesAquatic Animal Health Services
Keren Bar-YaacovCVO Norway, member of OIE-PVS ad-hoc working
group
OIE conference Aquatic Animal Health Programmes
Their benefits for global food securityPanama 28 – 30 June 2011
Veterinary Services Strategic Plan
Modernisation of legislation
Country / DonorsInvestment / Projects
VeterinaryEducation
Evaluation PVS « diagnosis »
PVS Gap Analysis « prescription»
PVS Follow-UpEvaluation mission
Laboratories
Public/privatePartnerships
OIE support to MembersOIE support to Members
http://www.oie.int/eng/oie/organisation/en_vet_eval_tool.htm?e1d2
OIE PVS Pathway: Collaborating with governments, stakeholders and donors
OIE PVS Pathway: Collaborating with governments, stakeholders and donors
Application to Aquatic Animal Health Services
Why do we need to include aquatic animal health services in the OIE-PVS activities?
Adaptation of the OIE-PVS tool and a pilot aquatic evaluation
What are the unique issues related to good aquatic animal health governance?
Consequences for the OIE-PVS tool
Some proposals on the way forward.
Why include Aquatic Animal Health Services in
the OIE-PVS activities Aquatic animal health standard setting has been
part of the OIE remit for more than 50 years.
Aquatic animal production based on aquaculture is growing exponentially, and has during the past 5 -10 years already surpassed catch-fisheries measured in volume in many countries world-wide.
Aquatic animal production from aquaculture represents an essential asset to the income of developed and developing countries world-wide.
Why include Aquatic Animal Health Services in
the OIE-PVS activities Intensive production systems and large volumes in
limited geographical water systems are posing new challenges to animal health, animal welfare, the environment and food safety.
Aquatic animal health is a relatively new veterinary field and therefore new and emerging diseases are being discovered at a very rapid rate.
There is an expectation that the OIE and its member countries take their share of the responsibility to assure a sustainable and ethical production in the coming years.
Since 1995 we have had a separate Aquatic Animal Health Codeand Aquatic Diagnostic Manual.
The code and the manual represent the accepted international standards and diagnostic procedures for trade in aquatic animals and their products.
Chapter 3.1 refers of the Code refers to the quality of Aquatic Animal Health Services.
Since 1995 we have had a separate Aquatic Animal Health Codeand Aquatic Diagnostic Manual.
The code and the manual represent the accepted international standards and diagnostic procedures for trade in aquatic animals and their products.
Chapter 3.1 refers of the Code refers to the quality of Aquatic Animal Health Services.
Background- the code and manual
Aquatic Animal Health Code Available at http://www.oie.int
The first OIE Global Aquatic Animal Health conference was held in Bergen, Norway in 2006.
Following up on the conclusions of this conference the OIE has:strengthened the ad-hoc group for
the OIE-PVS tool with aquatic competence,
added relevant text on quality of competent authorities in the Aquatic Code, and
adjusted some Critical Competencies in the OIE-PVS tool.
Adaptation of the OIE-PVS tool
The next steps have been: Building up a pool of vets with
aquatic animal health competence who can perform OIE-PVS evaluations.
Completing a pilot study of a Member State using the modified OIE-PVS evaluator tool.
Following the first pilot mission, re-adjusting the tool based on the feed-back from the evaluators.
Adaptation of the OIE-PVS tool
Dr’s Schneider, Donay and Bar-Yaacov, on the first pilot evaluation in South East Asia
Photo: K. Bar-Yaacov
Unique issues for good aquatic animal health governance
Personnel with non-veterinary background may be more competent than the vets.
No calibrated curriculum for aquatic animal health education within, or as a supplement to, veterinary education.
No regulation of an aquatic animal health profession and so far no parallel approval system such as a Veterinary Statutory Body.
Unique issues for good aquatic animal health governance
Focus on increasing production, not necessarily on disease management.
Knowledge gaps in research and difficulty in getting funding.
Surveillance and control in the aquatic environment has its own limitations. Understanding of the possibilities and limitations in the field needs special expertise and competence.
Lacking regulations that contribute to sustainable and ethical standards of production.
Consequences for an aquatic evaluation
The evaluators must have some understanding of the production systems, the issues surrounding them and the possibilities and limitations in the field.
Definitions must take account of the Aquatic Code, including more precise terms relating to surveillance and control of aquatic animal diseases.
Photo: K. Bar-Yaacov
Consequences for an aquatic evaluation
I-1 Staffingprofessional level of staff must be considered without exclusive reference to veterinarians (though not excluding these).
I-2 Competenciescompetence of aquatic animal health professionals must be described, but we have yet to define a “global standard” for an aquatic animal health professional.
Photo: B. Bergersen
Consequences for an aquatic evaluation
II-2 Veterinary laboratoriesAquatic animal health laboratories are not necessarily part of the veterinary laboratory.
III-5 Veterinary Statutory BodyIn a country where the vets are not the aquatic animal health professionals, the Veterinary Statutory Body is irrelevant, but as yet no alternative.
Photo: K. Bar-Yaacov
Market the importance of good aquatic animal health governance for future growth in aquatic production. Better to prepare for control, than to repair the damage.
Support new pilot evaluations, we must get some momentum and build up a body of evaluations. We must also start looking at Gap Analysis and Legislation.
Train more evaluators with aquatic animal health competence. This is a pre-requisite for doing a good job, and receiving recognition in the field.
The way forward
Find incentives to use the OIE-PVS pathway as an essential support for good aquatic animal health governance. Budgets and project support should be dependent on an OIE-PVS aquatic evaluation.
Build good collaboration between OIE, FAO and donors, also in the aquatic field. The need to assure that international activity and support are all pulling in the same direction is even more pertinent for aquatic animal health programmes, compared to the more traditionally known and accepted terrestrial programmes.
The way forward
Let’s draw some good conclusions from the 2nd OIE Global Aquatic Animal Health Conference 2011, here in Panama!
- Disease prevention is in itself an important asset for sustainable production for food security.
- Strengthening good aquatic animal health governance is a global public good and member countries should embark on this mission starting with an OIE-PVS aquatic evaluation.
-Let us all learn from the mistakes of others, regulate the production before the catastrophe, not after!
Let’s draw some good conclusions from the 2nd OIE Global Aquatic Animal Health Conference 2011, here in Panama!
- Disease prevention is in itself an important asset for sustainable production for food security.
- Strengthening good aquatic animal health governance is a global public good and member countries should embark on this mission starting with an OIE-PVS aquatic evaluation.
-Let us all learn from the mistakes of others, regulate the production before the catastrophe, not after!
The way forward
© Takashi Okuzumi
Thank you for your attentionand good luck with your OIE-PVS
aquatic evaluation!
Photo: K. Bar-Yaacov
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