Spain Asociación de Veterinarios Españoles Especialistas en Pequeños Animales (AVEPA) Spanish Small Animal Veterinary Association

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1 Spain Asociación de Veterinarios Españoles Especialistas en Pequeños Animales (AVEPA) Spanish Small Animal Veterinary Association Paseo San Gervasio 46-48, E Barcelona. Spain Tel: Fax: Website: AVEPA President & WSAVA Representative Dr. Jordi Franch About AVEPA AVEPA was founded in 1964 by a small group of visionary, enthusiastic veterinarians at a time when the small animal specialty was just beginning. The Association rapidly grew up and nowadays it counts with 4000 members, which represent 90% of small animal veterinarians in Spain. During its almost 50 years of uninterrupted activity AVEPA has organized 50 National and 3 World Congresses. Since 2007 the AVEPA National Congress has been organized jointly with the SEVC (Southern European Veterinary Conference) with speakers of international caliber, attracting thousands of participants from all over Europe. In the international arena AVEPA made its presence by being member of WSAVA, actively taking part in the foundation of FECAVA (Federation of Companion Animal Veterinary Associations), and of FIAVAC (Iberoamerican Federation of Companion Animal Veterinary Associations). At present the headquarters for this Iberoamerican Federation (FIAVAC) is located in the AVEPA office. Annually, AVEPA organizes plenty of scientific activities along all the Spanish regions and about the majority of Small Animal clinical specialties in addition to Practice Management, Ethics in Veterinary Practice and Animal Welfare. AVEPA has also published a great number of scientific monographies and the official journal of AVEPA Clínica Veterinaria de Pequeños Animales - (Clin. Vet. Peq. Anim.).

2 Mission AVEPA Mission is to provide veterinarians and their staff the best scientific and human formation, in pursuit of professional excellence, and thereby contribute to the improvement of animal welfare. Board President: Vice-president: Treasurer: Secretary: Scientific Director: Scientific Secretary: Coordinator of Regions: Jordi Franch Amalia Agut Juanjo Mínguez Maria Dolores Pérez Rafael Molina Gustavo Machicote Andrés Somaza Services for Members Members have access to up-to-date, specialized knowledge through the website and the AVEPA small animal journal, which has become the reference point of first opinion veterinary practitioners. They can also benefit from a wide variety of non-cost CE courses or National Specialties Meeting conveniently spread out throughout the national territory all year long, and a very special price for AVEPA-SEVC Annual Congress. Membership also entitles access to a wide range of services and products offered to them at exclusive conditions, such as financial services, dog insurance, hip and elbow dysplasia certificate service, etc. and a bulletin board to advertise news, jobs and equipments. Avepa also offers to its members a new program of Specialties Accreditation; the program aims to recognize a level of clinical experience in a discipline, being the scope of recognition of the accreditation is unique within the association.

3 Yearly report 2015 o 9th SEVC (Southern European Veterinary Conference) 50 th National Congress of AVEPA. The SEVC started in 2007 and hosted yearly in Barcelona, is organized in conjunction with the National AVEPA Conference. SEVC has grown very rapidly, counting with renowned speakers and a fast increasing number of participants. In 2015, it tooks place in October from 15 th to 17 th in conjunction with the 21 st FECAVA Eurocongress and the 12nd FIAVAC Congress. It hosted around 200 talks in 7 conference rooms (all with simultaneous translation in Spanish and English and some rooms with Polish and Russian), more than 90 international speakers, 11 wet labs, and more than 120 free communications in poster format which authors came from all over the world. The exhibition area counted with more than 120 companies. In the whole it attracted 3155 veterinarians (2120 Nationals and 1035 Internationals from 63 different countries) and a total number of 5,000 participants. You can find out more at o 13 th Congress of Clinical Specialties. Ten parallel tracks and 17 specialties to include talks, seminars and working groups. Held in Toledo in 10-11th April 2015, it hosted 1000 veterinarians and 22 specialized companies. Eighty two speakers participated making more than 140 lectures. Specialties given: Anaesthesia, Cardiology, Dermatology, Behaviour, Veterinary Practice Management, Soft tissue surgery, Neurology, Feline Medicine, Internal Medicine, Imaging Diagnosis, Endoscopy, Oncology, Reproduction, Orthopedic surgery, Exotic Pets and Emergency medicine. This event is held yearly at different venues throughout the national territory, it offers an excellent platform for specialists to meet and share upto-date knowledge and experience. o Specialists Seminars organized In addition to the Specialities meeting, individual week-end seminars organized by the AVEPA specialist groups are scheduled for an in-depth meeting.

4 In 2015 a total of 9 meetings of specialists groups were held: 24 January 2015 Meeting GEVO (Orthopedic and Traumatology) Madrid 30, 31 January y 1 February 2015 Congress Feline Medicine 14 y 15 February 2015 GEVO Workshop DPO Fixin 30 April y 1-2 May 2015 XV Congress GEVO Ibiza 20 June 2015 Seminar GEVO Madrid 19 y 20 November 2015 Seminar Workshop Skin histopathology Madrid 21 y 22 November 2015 Congress Exotic Group Sitges 27 y 28 November 2015 V Congress Practice Management Group Gestión Málaga 27 y 28 November 2015 III Congress Internal Medicine Santiago o Regional Continuous Education Program. These are organized by the local AVEPA delegates in 10 different geographical regions. In 2015, 21 courses were held: I Region. Cataluña 14 March 2015 Seminar on Imaging Barcelona 13 y 14 June 2015 Seminar on Clinical Nutrition Barcelona 16 June 2015 Seminar on Dermatology - Barcelona 7 November 2015 Seminar on Behavior Barcelona IV Region. Madrid-Centro 28 February 2015 Seminar on Neurology Valladolid 18 April 2015 Seminar on Anesthesia Madrid 25 April 2015 Seminar on Ophthalmología Salamanca 23 May 2015 Seminar on Cytology Salamanca 27 May 2015 Seminar on Dermatology- Madrid V Region. Andalucía-Extremadura 6-8 February 2015 Seminar on Internal Medicine - Granada

5 VI Region. Norte 27 February - 1 March 2015 VIII Northern Congress: Seminar on Internal Medicine- León 30 May 2015 Seminar on Análisis clínicos y diagnóstico laboratorial Burgos 21 November 2015 Seminar on Rehabilitation Gijón VII Region. Galicia 16 May 2015 Seminar on Wound management Santiago VIII Region. Euskadi-Navarra 28 February 2015 Workshop on Traumatology Bilbao IX Region. Baleares 31 January 2015 Seminar on Wound management Ibiza 14 March 2015 Seminar on Feline Medicine Endocrinoly Menorca 30 and 31 May 2015 III Congress Veterinary Nurses Mallorca 19 September 2015 Seminar on Wound management Menorca 12 Desember 2015 Seminar on Canine Otitis Ibiza X Region. Canarias 26 September 2015 Seminar on Neurología Tenerife o Continuing Education Courses (CE) Free to all AVEPA members. These courses were organized by the AVEPA main office and the same program was repeated all over the country in each one of the 10 th Scientific Regions. The activities were: I Region. Cataluña CE 2015 Dermatology Barcelona 21 February 2015 CE 2015 Exotic Pets Barcelona 21 March 2015 CE 2015 Surgery Barcelona 23 May 2015 CE 2015 Joint Diseases Barcelona 19 September 2015 CE 2015 Feline Medicine Barcelona 21 November 2015

6 II Region. Aragón-Rioja CE 2015 Exotic Pets Zaragoza 14 February 2015 CE 2015 Dermatology Zaragoza 28 March 2015 CE 2015 Feline Medicine Zaragoza 30 May 2015 CE 2015 Surgery Logroño 19 September 2015 CE 2015 Joint Diseases Zaragoza 21 November 2015 III Region. Valencia-Murcia CE 2015 Surgery Alicante 28 February 2015 CE 2015 Feline Medicine Valencia 28 March 2015 CE 2015 Joint Diseases Valencia 9 May 2015 CE 2015 Exotic Pets Valencia 12 September 2015 CE 2015 Dermatology Alicante 7 November 2015 IV Region. Madrid-Center CE 2015 Joint Diseases Madrid 14 February 2015 CE 2015 Surgery Madrid 14 March 2015 CE 2015 Dermatology Madrid 30 May 2015 CE 2015 Feline Medicine Madrid 19 September 2015 CE 2015 Exotic Pets Madrid 14 November 2015 V Region. Andalucía-Extremadura CE 2015 Feline Medicine Málaga 14 February 2015 CE 2015 Dermatology Sevilla 14 March 2015 CE 2015 Surgery Málaga 9 May 2015 CE 2015 Exotic Pets Córdoba 26 September 2015 CE 2015 Joint Diseases Sevilla 14 November 2015 VI Region. North CE 2015 Exotic Pets Oviedo 21 February 2015 CE 2015 Joint Diseases Oviedo 21 March 2015 CE 2015 Dermatology Oviedo 23 May 2015 CE 2015 Surgery Oviedo 26 September 205 CE 2015 Feline Medicine Oviedo 7 November 2015 VII Region. Galicia CE 2015 Feline Medicine Santiago 28 February 2015 CE 2015 Joint Diseases Santiago 14 March 2015 CE 2015 Exotic Pets Santiago 30 May 2015 CE 2015 Dermatology Santiago 12 September 2015 CE 2015 Surgery Santiago 7 November 2015

7 VIII Region. Euskadi-Navarra CE 2015 Surgery Bilbao 21 February 2015 CE 2015 Feline Medicine Bilbao 21 March 2015 CE 2015 Exotic Pets Bilbao 23 May 2015 CE 2015 Joint Diseases Bilbao 26 September 2015 CE 2015 Dermatology Bilbao 14 November 2015 IX Region. Baleares CE 2015 Joint Diseases Mallorca 28 February 2015 CE 2015 Surgery Mallorca 28 March 2015 CE 2015 Feline Medicine Mallorca 16 May 2015 CE 2015 Dermatology Mallorca 26 September 2015 CE 2015 Exotic Pets Mallorca 14 November 2015 X Region. Canarias CE 2015 Dermatology Las Palmas 28 February 2015 CE 2015 Exotic Pets Tenerife 28 March 2015 CE 2015 Joint Diseases Las Palmas 16 May 2015 CE 2015 Feline Medicine Las Palmas 12 September 2015 CE 2015 Surgery Tenerife 14 November 2015 o AVEPA Official Scientific Journal Four numbers of the AVEPA Official Journal (Clínica Veterinaria de Pequeños Animales) have been published. o AVEPA E-learning program This program started in 2013 and presents different on line models of clinical cases, on line conferences, clinical flashes, clinical tricks, etc. to be worked on line. The program is free for the AVEPA members and at the end of 2015, about 60 clinical files were developed and members were actively participating in this program. o ON-LINE COURSES For the first time, in 2015, 4 full courses of four weeks each have been scheduled online. Nine-hundred AVEPA s membres have follow these courses. The topics have been: Management of a UCI patient, Pruritus control, Feline Hiperthyroidism and Canine Lymphona.

8 Planned Activites for 2016 The following are the activities approved and scheduled for 2016 with date November 2015 o X SEVC (Southern European Veterinary Conference) 51 th National Congress of AVEPA. This international event will take place in Granada from 20-22nd October 2015 and will be held in association with the National AVEPA Congress. The conference will develop state of the art topics on Small Animal Medicine, Feline Medicine, Other Companion Animals, Dentistry, Practice Management, Dermatology, Orthopedics, Anesthesia, Emergency and critical care, Soft Tissue Surgery, Neurology, Behavior and Ophthalmology. More than 10 workshops will be presented during the congress, these enable delegates to gain hands-on lab experience and learn new techniques. The high international attendance (from more than 63 different countries in 2015 SEVC meeting) makes SEVC one of the bigger international Small Animal Veterinary Conference in terms of international delegates (around 1000 in 2013, 720 in 2014 and 1035 in 2015). The SEVC are committed to providing the European companion animal veterinary community with the highest level of performance, and this is expressed with more than 100 international experts presenting around 200 lectures. Simultaneous translations of all lectures will be provided in English and Spanish, with one stream (of more than seven hours of lectures per day) also being translated into Polish and Russian to cater for the high number of delegates coming from those countries. The exhibition hall will host more than 120 national and international companies. Visit Granada and enjoy one of the major Small Animal Veterinary meetings in Europe!!!. You can find out more at or secre@sevc.info o 15 th Congress of Clinical Specialties. Ten rooms and seventeen small animal clinical specialties to develop lectures, seminars and working groups scientific meetings. This meeting will take place in Zaragoza from 8-9th April 2016, with a expected participation of around 1000 veterinarians, 80 speakers and 140 lectures

9 o Specialists Seminars/Group Congresses scheduled (at Nov. 2015) 5-7 February 2016 Congress on Feline Medicine Alicante May-June 2016 II Symposium on Nutrition Madrid 4-7 May th GEVO Congress (Orthopedic Group) Pontevedra o Continuing Education Courses (CE) Free to all AVEPA members. These courses were organized by the AVEPA main office and the same program was repeated all over the country in each one of the 10 th Scientific Region. For 2014, the topics will be Neurology, Anesthesia, Feline Geriatrics, Dermatology and Dentistry. The dates of the courses in each region were: I Region. Cataluña CE 2016 Canine Cardiology Barcelona 20 February 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Ophthalmology Barcelona 12 March 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Neurology Barcelona 28 May 2016 CE 2016 Feline Cardiology Barcelona 17 September 2016 CE 2016 Dermatology Barcelona 12 November 2016 II Region. Aragón-Rioja CE 2016 Emergencies in Ophthalmology Zaragoza 27 February 2016 CE 2016 Canine Cardiology Zaragoza 19 March 2016 CE 2016 Dermatology Zaragoza 28 May 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Neurology Logroño 17 September 2016 CE 2016 Feline Cardiology Zaragoza 19 November 2016 III Region. Valencia-Murcia CE 2016 Canine Cardiology Valencia 27 February 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Neurology Alicante 12 March 2016 CE 2016 Feline Cardiology Valencia 7 May 2016 CE 2016 Dermatology Alicante 10 September 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Ophthalmology Valencia 5 November 2016 IV Region. Madrid-Center CE 2016 Feline Cardiology Madrid 13 February 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Ophthalmology Madrid 19 March 2016 CE 2016 Dermatology Madrid 21 May 2016 CE 2016 Canine Cardiology Madrid 24 September 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Neurology Madrid 12 November 2016

10 V Region. Andalucía-Extremadura CE 2016 Emergencies in Neurology Málaga 13 February 2016 CE 2016 Feline Cardiology Córdoba 12 March 2016 CE 2016 Canine Cardiology Sevilla 7 May 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Ophthalmology Málaga 17 September 2016 CE 2016 Dermatology Sevilla 19 November 2016 VI Region. North CE 2016 Emergencies in Neurology Oviedo 20 February 2016 CE 2016 Dermatology Oviedo 19 March 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Ophthalmology Oviedo 21 May 2016 CE 2016 Feline Cardiology Oviedo 24 September 205 CE 2016 Canine Cardiology Oviedo 5 November 2016 VII Region. Galicia CE 2016 Emergencies in Ophthalmology Santiago 13 February 2016 CE 2016 Dermatology Santiago 12 March 2016 CE 2016 Feline Cardiology Santiago 28 May 2016 CE 2016 Canine Cardiology Santiago 10 September 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Neurology Santiago 5 November 2016 VIII Region. Euskadi-Navarra CE 2016 Dermatology Bilbao 13 February 2016 CE 2016 Canine Cardiology Bilbao 12 March 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Neurology Bilbao 14 May 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Ophthalmology Bilbao 24 September 2016 CE 2016 Feline Cardiology Bilbao 12 November 2016 IX Region. Baleares CE 2016 Feline Cardiology Mallorca 20 February 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Neurology Mallorca 19 March 2016 CE 2016 Canine Cardiology Mallorca 14 May 2016 CE 2016 Dermatology Mallorca 24 September 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Ophthalmology Mallorca 12 November 2016 X Region. Canarias CE 2016 Dermatology Las Palmas 27 February 2016 CE 2016 Feline Cardiology Tenerife 19 March 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Ophthalmology Las Palmas 14 May 2016 CE 2016 Emergencies in Neurology Tenerife 10 September 2016 CE 2016 Feline Cardiology Tenerife 12 November 2016 o AVEPA Official Scientific Journal Four numbers of the AVEPA Official Journal (Clínica Veterinaria de Pequeños Animales will be produced during 2016.

11 o AVEPA e-learning / AVEPA on-line Courses The AVEPA e-learning program started in 2013 and presents different models of clinical cases, conferences, clinical flashes, clinical tricks, etc. to be worked on line. The program is free for the AVEPA members and about 60 clinical files will be displayed. The AVEPA on-line courses started in 2015 a similar number of courses (4) will be scheduled on-line for 2016.