Sponsors

Fort Dodge Animal Health

(Sponsors of the Delegate bags)

Founded in 1912 and a division of Wyeth since 1945, Fort Dodge Animal Health is a leading manufacturer and distributor of prescription and over-the-counter animal health care products for the livestock and companion animal industries. FDAH distributes products in more than 100 countries. It is the premier veterinary biological (vaccine) manufacturer in the world.
The division´s ability to research and develop new and innovative products and deliver them to the marketplace is highly respected in its field. FDAH is one of the industry´s more successful companies in achieving registration for new and innovative biological products. The division has numerous registrations for canine, feline, equine and bovine biological, along with several unique products in the development pipeline.
FDAH is recognized for its breakthroughs in veterinary medicine and new product development. Products like Cydectin, Guardian, Duramune, ProMeris, Poulvac, Triangle, Pyramid, Suvaxyn, Duvaxyn (West Nile first vaccine) and recently Zulvac against the European serotypes of Bluetongue help the Veterinarians and Farmers in Animal Health.
Today, Fort Dodge Animal Health has nearly 3,300 employees worldwide.
The division established its worldwide headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas, with different headquarters in other regions. In Europe FDAH is located in The Netherlands.

Merial

(Sponsor of the Drinks Reception)

Merial is a world-leading, innovation-driven animal health company, providing a comprehensive range of products to enhance the health, well-being and performance of a wide range of animals. Merial employs more than 5,400 people and operates in more than 150 countries worldwide. Its 2008 sales were more than $2.6 billion. Merial Limited is a joint venture between Merck & Co., Inc. and sanofi-aventis.  For more information, please see www.merial.com
Merial produces two vaccines against Salmonella infections in poultry, namely Gallivac® SE (live double attenuated vaccine against S. enteritidis) and Gallimune® SE+ST (Inactivated bivalent vaccine with an oily adjuvant, against S. enteritidis and S. typhimurium).

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ANAPORC

(Sponsors of the Tea/Coffee breaks)

Our organisation is known as Anaporc which is a Spanish acronym for ‘Spanish association of swine veterinarians’. It was founded in 1978 and is based in Madrid. The association works at national level and its activities are maintained in the entire national territory. Its objectives are the following:

• To promote and expand knowledge of all aspects of the science and industry related to pigs and pig breeding.
• To establish a unifying link between those occupied with science and those involved in application of acquired knowledge and the integral development of pig breeding and its industries.
• To spread relevant knowledge to all fields of production, commercialisation and industrialisation related to pig farming, and improvement of the exchange of knowledge between those interested in these fields.
• To promote national conferences on pig farming, scientific publications, regional conferences and any other activity that is of actual interest for this sector.

In order to reach these goals, cooperation with other national and international organisations is taking place.
A journal is published on the subject of research in order to spread knowledge on pig breeding and farming which will be distributed amongst members.

Med-Vet-Net would also like to thank the following organizations for their support of this conference:

The Ministry of Environmental, Rural and Marine Areas

In Spain, the Ministry of Environmental, Rural and Marine Areas has principal responsibility for animal health, animal welfare, animal feedingstuffs, some aspects of food of animal origin, and plant health.
The Directorate General for Agricultural and Livestock resources (DGALR) has responsibility for animal health, feedingstuffs, and animal welfare. In relation to food safety, DGALR is responsible for labelling and the traceability of certain animal products, and for hygiene controls on animal products at the stage of primary production.  It has direct control responsibility for import controls on feedingstuffs, live animals and products of animal origin not intended for human consumption.   DGALR is also the competent authority for zoonoses surveillance and controls, zoonotic agents and antimicrobial resistance in primary production, which includes both live animals (except for rabies suspects), and animal feed.
DGALR is organised into five sub-directorates general which have responsibilities for animal health, animal identification, animal welfare, feedingstuffs, traceability and animal by-products.
Sub-directorate General for Health in Primary Production is divided into four sections: Area de Epidemiologia (disease control, preparation of contingency plans and practical manuals), Area de Higiene Ganadera (zoonoses control programmes, disease eradication, national residue control plans, hygiene of primary livestock production and certain aspects of veterinary medicines), Area de Laboratorios (management of laboratories under DGG competence) and Area de Sanidad Exterior in charge of controls at Border Inspection Posts and of international relations.

BioMerieux

BioMérieux Ltd, a multinational biotechnology company, is a leader in the development, production and commercialization of reagents and automatic equipment for microbiological control, both in the clinical environment (human health) and industrial environment (food sector, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry and animal care).
      
Known for innovation and new technologies, BioMérieux offers a wide range of equipment and reagents providing a complete solution to the daily needs of the laboratory, from the preparation of samples to microbial genotyping. BioMérieux is dedicated to the design of robust, reliable, automatic and user-friendly equipment, aiming towards the complete automation of the microbiological lab.