EU Vet Week 2009
The second edition of the EU Veterinary Week, organised in partnership with the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) will run from 28 September to 4 October 2009. The concept of an EU Veterinary Week was created in 2008, and the key slogan retained for the EU Veterinary Week 2009 is “Animals + Humans = One health” which stresses the link between animal and public health..
The week intends to promote the concepts of partnership and communication, the two key underlying principles of the Animal Health Strategy for the European Union (2007-2013) where "Prevention is better than cure".
The week will open with a high level conference in Brussels on Monday 28 September, entitled "Animals + Humans = One health". The key message of the conference will be that animal diseases are having an increasing impact on public health and that therefore high standards of animal health have a positive impact on human health and consumer wellbeing. In addition, there will be a number of national events in the Member States during or around the EU Veterinary Week organised by several the EU Veterinary faculties.