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Recommendations of the 26^th Annual Convention of ISVM

 The 26^th ISVM Convention and National Symposium on Emerging Challenges and Strategies for Diseases and Health Management of Livestock, Pet and Zoo Animals were organized from 26-28 February 2008 at Ranchi Veterinary College , Birsa Agricultural University , Ranchi , Dr S. Haque, Chairman and Professor, Clinical Veterinary Medicine was the Organizing Secretary

The National Symposium was inaugurated by His Excellency Sri Syed Sibtey Razi, the Governor of Jharkhand and was presided over by Dr. N.N. Singh, Vice-chancellor, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi.In the augural session, Dr NP Dakshinkar, General secretary of ISVM, presented report of ISVM activities during the past one year followed by presentation of ISVM awards and inaugural address by HE, Governor of Jharkhand State.

 The inaugural session was followed by thematic session in which two theme lectures on The role of the veterinary profession in the decline and recovery of Vulture populations in South Asia by Dr. Richard Cuthbert from UK and on Emerging challenges in pet and zoo animal health care in India and strategies for their management mortality by Dr. P. Dhanapalan of Madras Veterinary College were delivered.

Besides thematic session, the National Symposium was spread over five more scientific sessions, one poster session, one young scientist award session, one field veterinarians’ award session and plenary session. In all, 16 lead papers and over 250 abstracts were presented by over 200 Scientists from all over the country and abroad. On the basis of deliberations and discussions during the thematic session, scientific sessions and the plenary session, the following recommendations were made:  

1. For conducting research work and getting financial support, following thrust areas in the discipline of veterinary medicine were identified

(i)                  Emerging and re-emerging diseases of livestock.

(ii)                Ethno-veterinary medicine practices

(iii)               Wild and Zoo animal medicine

(iv)              Environmental health hazards

2. With the threat of Bird Flu, Glanders and other diseases in the country, work must be carried out on emerging and re-emerging diseases on priority basis and proper diagnostic facilities should be developed for their control and containment.
3. Use of ethnoveterinary medicine practices should be encouraged and their validation needs to be done by the clinicians scientifically.
4. The work on environmental pollutants viz., heavy metals, xenobiotic and inorganic poisons should be taken on priority.
5. The use of latest diagnostic facilities (electro-diagnostics and serodiagnostic) should be made mandatory in all the disease diagnosis laboratories of different veterinary colleges, polyclinics and other veterinary institutions in the country.
6. The critical care/intensive care units must be established in all the veterinary colleges and institutions for proper training of the veterinary graduates on the health care of critically ill patients. 
7. There is urgent need to establish separate disciplines of Wildlife Medicine, Avian Medicine and Laboratory Animal Medicine to impart education, research and training in the emerging areas of wildlife, birds and laboratory animals.
8. Following ban on diclofenac in veterinary practice, use of other NSAIDs should be promoted after evaluating their safety in respect to ecotoxicity
9. To address the present needs of the society and scientific developments taking place, the prevention, control and therapeutic management of animal diseases should be given priority and the disciplines of Clinical Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology and Preventive Veterinary Medicine must have separate identity for providing effective health care and preventive measures to livestock, pet and wild animals    populations of the country. The syllabus of both the disciplines of Clinical Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology & Preventive Veterinary Medicine should be revised in the context of present scenario.  
10. Continuing veterinary education and distance learning programmes need to be developed to upgrade the quality of veterinary medicine practices in the country.
11. There is disparity in the service conditions of the veterinarians in Central Government and State Governments. The service conditions and the incentives extended to the Veterinary Professionals engaged in the Central Government viz. NPA and other allowances should be extended to the Veterinary Professionals engaged in the State Agricultural and Veterinary Universities also.
12. In ASRB examinations, the discipline of Veterinary Medicine should not be   clubbed with any other subject of veterinary sciences.
13. In the disease investigation team for dealing outbreaks of infections/conditions, the persons from the discipline of Clinical Veterinary Medicine must be included.