The Europeans have established a new European College of veterinary specilization in Aquatic Animal Health and this is the only veterinary specialization in Aquatic Medicine in the world (all other specilizations are part of Zoo medicine Colleges and are subspecialities).
The primary objectives of the European College are to advance aquatic animal medicine /health in Europe. This covers all aquatic animals:
• fish, aquatic mammals, shellfish, shrimp and aquatic invertebrates whether ornamental, cultured or wild.
•water quality, welfare, zoonoses, therapeutics and relative legislation.
It aims at the improvement and promotion of the quality of veterinary practice through contacts of general practitioners with registered specialists.
This is done by:
a) Establishing guidelines for the post-graduate education and experience required as a prerequisite to become a specialist in the specialty of aquatic animal health.
b) Examining and authenticating veterinarians as specialists in aquatic animal health to serve the veterinary patient, its owner and the public in general, by providing expert care for all aquatic animals with medical diseases.
c) Encouraging research and other contributions to knowledge relating to pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy, prevention, welfare, zoonoses and control of diseases directly or indirectly affecting aquatic animals (fish, mammals, shellfish, shrimp and aquatic invertebrates) whether ornamental, cultured or wild and promoting communication and dissemination of this knowledge thus providing improved services to the public and industry.
One essential prerequisite for becoming a Diplomate of any EBVS recognised College is to be a graduated veterinarian from a higher education institution that is accredited in a respective country, and to have a licence to practice veterinary medicine in an European country. Non-veterinarians are not eligible for becoming a Diplomate, but can request the associate membership status in the College.
In general, some form of post-veterinary graduation experience (internship, masters, clinical/practice year or equivalent experience,) will be required for admission into residency program. The residency would take minimum of three years under supervision of an ECAAH Diplomate, during which time at least one publication as first author and second written proof of expertise (significant case study, set of small case reports, co-authoring a publication) will need to be produced before becoming eligible to sit for a general and specialty exam.
PRESIDENT:
Prof. Foteini Athanasopoulou Univ. of Thessaly, Greece
Past President, World Aquatic Veterinary Medicine Association.
Ex Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Laboratory of Ichthyology and Fish Diseases, Veterinary Faculty
221 Trikalon str, Karditsa 43100
Tel +30 24410 66008, 66045, +30 6984214219
eathan@vet.uth.gr foteini8@gmail.com
VICE PRESIDENT:
Prof. Dusan Palic Univ. of Munich, Germany
Professor and Chair of Fish Diseases and Fisheries Biology
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
Lehrstuhl für Fischkrankheiten und Fischereibiologie
Tierärztliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Kaulbachstraße 37, 80539 München, Deutschland
Email: d.palic@fisch.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de
Tel: +49 (0)89 2180 2282
TREASURER:
Dr Hamish Rodgers Ireland
Hamish Rodger, PhD, MRCVS,
Vet-Aqua International,
Unit 7b, Oranmore Business Park,
Oranmore, Co. Galway,
Ireland
tel/fax + 353 91 792997, mobile +353 87 6184166
email: hamishrodger@eircom.net
SECRETARY:
Ass. Prof. Vassilis Bakopoulos Univ. of Aegean, Greece
Assistant Professor
Department of Marine Science
Aegean University
University Hill
Mytilene 81100
Greece
Tel. +30-22510-36870
Cel. 6932371586
E-mail: v.bakopoulos@marine.aegean.gr
MEMBERS
Dr Ioannis Vatsos Norway
Associate Professor in Veterinary Sciences at the Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, Norway
ivatsos@vet.auth.gr, inv@uin.no
Dr Francesc Padros University of Barcelona, Spain. UAB associated researcher , Animal Biology Unit, Veterinary Faculty. UAB.
Tel: +34 93 581 46 37, Fax : + 34 93 581 20 06.
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Yours sincerely,
Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics & Pathobiology), CertAqV, CMAVA, NATA Signatory.
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