Bilateral Screening Veterinary Expenditures Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Veterinary Directorate Brussels 20 24 October 2014
CONTENT Legal basis Funding of measures for prevention of infectious diseases Funding of compensations (outbreaks) Financing sources Challenges Plans
LEGAL BASE Law on Veterinary Matters (OG RS No 91/05, 30/10, 93/12) Low on budget of RS for every year (during Decembre in previous year) Decision on the Government on veterinary expenditures (January) Rulebook on establishing of Program of measures for animal health protection (OG RS No 24/14)
LAW ON VETERINARY MATTERS Emergency measures to combat certain animal diseases Legal base for the annual program on measures to protect animals from infectious and parasitic diseases Right of animal holders to compensation of damages Responsibilities of animal holders to compensation Rules on compensation of damages Financing sources
VETERINARY EXPENDITURES Rulebook on establishing of Program of measures for animal health protection (OG RS No 24/14): Vaccination (routine, emergency) Diagnostic investigations (suspicions, confirmation/ exclusion, monitoring programs, abortus program) Euthanasia and compulsory slaughter of animals Collection and destruction of carcasses Rendering, incineration, burial Destruction of contaminated feeding stuffs, equipment Disinfection, disinfection and deratisation
SURVEILLANCE OF ANIMAL DISEASES Example - 2014: Routine vaccination CSF, EU-funded Oral vaccination against Rabies of wild animals Some regional issues (e.g. anthrax, clostridia infections ) Monitoring of vaccination and control of immunological status Newcastle disease, CSF, Rabies (ORV) Diagnostic investigations of priority diseases brucellosis, enzootic bovine leucosis, bovine tuberculosis, BSE/TSE,
SURVEILLANCE OF ANIMAL DISEASES Example - 2014: Monitoring of TADs or possible infections with exotic agents FMD (re-establishment of OIE official free status) Bluetongue disease, Avian influenza, ASF Infection with Schmallenberg virus Monitoring of males in artificial insemination centers and breeding males Monitoring of wild animals and game animals in hunting grounds
SURVEILLANCE OF ANIMAL DISEASES Example - 2014: Monitoring of some endemic diseases and zoonosis Q fever West Nile Fever Trichinella in wild boar BVD IBR Salmonellosis, Campylobacteriosis, MRSA AMR Mycotoxicosis Aujeszky disease Fish diseases
SURVEILLANCE OF ANIMAL DISEASES Example - 2014: Notification, sampling and testing of all abortuses (bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine, equines) Brucellosis, Leptospirosis, Q fever, BVD, Schmallengerg Lysteriosis Other if relevant
IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO CONTROL OUTBREAKS Example - 2014: Culling of animals Disposal of carcasses Sampling Slaughter for diagnostic purposes Diagnostic investigations to confirm or exclude suspicion Disinfection, Disinfection, Deratisation Epidemiological investigation
PREPAREDNESS OF VETERINARY SERVICE Example - 2014: Contracts with veterinary institutes to ensure: Availability of diagnostic tests Availability and distribution of vaccines to veterinary organizations Accreditation of methodologies (ISO 17025) and -participation in proficiency testing Proper usage and maintenance of LIMS and exchange of data with VIMS Establishment of rapid response teams with participation if training, exercises and real time activities Establish and maintain regional animal health crisis management centers and maintain surveillance and response equipment Daily support to veterinary inspector Risk assessment Reporting
Duties of owners: COMPENSATION to take care on animals health and welfare, to carry out all necessary measures to protect them from other animals to protect spreading of animal diseases and zoonozes. In the case of suspicion of disease, to inform veterinarian or veterinary inspector and to notify any case, including abortus. to implement other measures in regards to animal identification, registration and movement control, to keep all records in regards to animal health. to implement specific activities related to early detection and some prescribed measures, specifically those envisaged in the Rulebook on Program of Animal Health Protection Measures and to help to veterinarians or inspectors to implement official, delegated or other activities.
Duties of owners: COMPENSATION In the case of suspicion of infectious disease, presence of clinical symptoms, a sudden death of an animals, appearance of two or more cases of disease with the same or similar symptoms, animal owner or keeper shall: report it immediately to a veterinarian or a veterinary inspector; prevent other persons from approaching the animal, herd, flock or body of the dead animal until the arrival of a veterinarian or a veterinary inspector; isolate the body of the suspected animal; retain any body of an animal suspected to have died of an infectious disease until otherwise instructed by a veterinarian or a veterinary inspector; provide information requested by a veterinarian or a veterinary inspector; enable sampling for testing purposes.
COMPENSATION Compensations rights of holders: Rights of animal holders to compensation of damages for: animals euthanized, slaughtered or dead due to implemented statutory measures or before outbreak/notification damaged or destroyed food, feed, equipment, facilities due to implemented statutory measures On the market price basis Committee for Assessment of Damages Decision on the right to compensation of damages and the compensation amount issued by the CVO within 30 daysof assessment
COMPENSATION Owner or holder is not eligible for compensation if: 1) do not have animal health certificate; 2) introduced animals into a herd without an animal health certificate; 3) animal is not identified and registered in accordance with the Law; 4) has not immediately notify the suspection of an infectious disease; 5) compulsory preventive vaccinations, diagnostic and other activities were not carried out in accordance with the Program of Measures; 6) failed to implemented prescribed measures (e.g. prohibition of movement of animals to spread of an animal disease); 7) the death of animal was not a consequence of an infectious disease; 8) the death or slaughter of the animal was not a consequence of measures that had been ordered by an official veterinarian; 9) the disease occurred during the import of animals, or during the implementation of prescribed procedures related to customs clearance (e.g., during post-entry quarantine).
VETERINARY EXPENDITURES Allocation of funds: State (veterinary budget) Funds based on veterinary checks, movement control and certification of animal movements (50-50%) Year Animal health activities and measures Total Total (mil EUR) 2012 1.857.769.248 1.939.273.004 17.1 2013 1.991.334.759 2.121.923.000 18.4 2014 1.981.600.000 (planned) 2.117.600.000 18
CHALLENGES To increase funds for implementation of animal control programs in line with EU requirements (specific animal diseases) and national priorities (some endemic diseases, zoonoses and food borne diseases) To increase funds for compensation as support of some animal disease control programs (salmonellosis) To ensure sustainable system for financing of medium or long-term animal disease eradication programs
FUTURE PLANS Development of National Veterinary Compensation Fund (IPA 2012) To promote and increase awareness on compensation as support of some animal disease control programs To improve administrative capacity of CA for compensation schemes and resources management
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