Welcome

1. Welcome Prof.Anton Pijpers Dean Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht University

3. Aerial view of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht

4. General Info • Only Veterinary Medicine faculty in the Netherlands, part of Utrecht University • Budget approx. 100 M€ per year • 800 fte - 1000 employees: • 400 fte academic staff • 400 fte support and admin • 1600 students • Average 40 PhD’s earned each year • Academic Veterinary Hospital

5. ca. 4300 active vets Around 3100 in practice The others: industry, government, research, academia, education

6. Mission FVM-UU Opening up new horizons in Veterinary Medicine Motto: One World, One Medicine, One Health

7. General trends • Need for animal proteins worldwide • 9 billion people in 2040 • Growth in fish and meat production and consumption, especially fish and poultry • Changes in values and ethical stances of consumers: acceptance of modern technology, sustainable production methods, animal welfare, biodiversity protection, fair trade • Farm(er) specialisation • Differences within Europe • Information technology, open knowledge world • Global world, all travelling around • Global world market and trade • (re)Emerging diseases • Importance of biomedical research is increasing • Quality systems are integrated and accepted in every part of the food chain or transparant for clients.

8. Specific trends • Food producing animals...... • Companion animals/ equine…… • Wildlife services and monitoring • Biomedical research • comparative medicine of multiple species • Human health, One health • New diagnostic techniques

9. Societal demands • Healthy animals • Animal welfare, well-being, adaptation • Public health, One Health, food safety, sustainable production • Differences within Europe • Emotions vs ratio • Checks and balances, need for quality systems

10. Public Health – One Health • (emerging) Zoönoses • Antimicrobial resistance • Food safety • Environmental security • Basic principles in biomedical research • Vaccine-technology • Cell-biology • Regenerative medicine • Cancer research • etc

11. Vet – “Public health servant” Primary role in serving society!! Role at the interface of animals, humans and environment (One Health): • (emerging) Zoönoses • Antimicrobial resistance, what are the facts? • Food safety • Environmental health, sustainable food production • Not only in food producing animals but also in companion animals!!

12. Vet –“Animal health specialist” • Traditional role as a clinician • knowledge of healthy and diseased animals • Focus on prevention • Monitoring and surveillance of diseases • Risk analysis – disease, public health • Supervising technical services • Academic approach • Problem-solving: collaboration and integration • Diagnostic innovations

13. Vet – “Animal welfare protection” • Advocating the well-being of animals • Scientifically founded position • Evaluating the welfare of the animal and recognises possible abuses (housing, stewardship) • Advice how to improve welfare conditions

14. The future veterinarian • Based on knowledge and primary skills of public health andanimalhealth and animal welfare, for different species: • Is not anymore only a single hard-working practitioner mainly busy with animal health in all species; • Is a health care professional with self-confidence on serving society, problem-solving and integrating disciplines with other professionals • Is an advisor, coach, consultant with specialised added value, delivering higher value services; • Is a critical thinker with self-reflection • Has awareness on quality assurance and improvement • Is an animal health and welfare ‘specialist’ • Focus on the concepts of One Health

15. Professional competences • Veterinary expertise: • Animal health • Animal welfare • Public health, One Health • Academic attitude: analyze and interprete • Collaboration • Communication • Leadership: spokesman on animal issues, leader in animal/human interface • Business management, marketing • Ethical standards

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