Chile Association of Equine Practitioners

WEVA AT THE WORLD VETERINARY ASSOCIATION CONGRESS The World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) held its biannual congress, in conjunction with that of its parent body, The World Veterinary Association (WVA) in Yokohama, Japan, on 3-9 September 1995. Some 6,000 Japanese and over 1,000 foreign veterinarians attended this 25th Congress of the WVA held in the Pacifico, Yokohama. At the WVA General Assembly the outgoing President, Dr. Trevor Blackburn (GBR) was succeeded, in a closely fought contest, by Dr. Apostolos Rantsios (GRE), who defeated Prof. Charles Pilet (FRA) by 83 votes to 81. The assembly awarded the 26th Congress to Lyon (FRA), to be held in 1999. The 5th WEVA Congress, which ran concurrently, was highly successful. The program was formulated by WEVA, largely through the efforts of Dr. Pierre Lekeux, Chairman of its Scientific Subcommittee with the assistance and sponsorship of the Japan Racing Association. Over 150 equine oriented veterinarians attended the majority of the sessions which comprised: 1. An Equine Symposium on "Lameness in the Horse." Presentations were made by Dr. A. Bertone (USA), Prof. L.B. Jeffcott (GBR), Dr. R.J. Rose (AUS), and Dr. Y. Mizuno (JPN). The proceedings of this symposium will be published in the Journal of

Equine Veterinary Science. 2. Special topics with 5 invited

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speakers in each session on: 9 Breakdown of racehorses 9 Improvement of performance horses 9 Fairness of performance horses 9 Transportation of performance horses 9 Factors influencing breeding 3. Free communications on: Anesthesia, surgery, cardiology, exercise, therapy, locomotion, reproduction, pneumology, viral and bacterial infections. WEVA is growing in number and currently includes the following member country associations: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and U.S.A. Also there are three individual members: Dr. T. J. Ahem, from Australia; Dr. Reuben Rose, from Australia; and Dr. S. Varma, from Kenya.

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DUTCH ASSOCIATION OF EQUINE PRACTITIONERS The Dutch Association of Equine Practitioners celebrates their 25th anniversary in 1996 with a special convention September 19-21. The association has approximately 350 members. They hold seminars twice a year. Watch these pages for the program.

CHILE ASSOCIATION OF EQUINE PRACTITIONERS The Chile Association of Equine Practitioners has approximately 40 members, all having 100% equine practice. They hold a meeting once a month. The current president is Dr. Alejandro Kaiser. The FAX n u m b e r for A s o c i a c i o n Chilena de Medicos Veterinarios Especialistas en Equinos is 00 56 2 341 5408.

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