World Veterinary Day to be celebrated today.

ISLAMABAD, April 24, 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- World Veterinary Day (WVD) takes place annually on the last Saturday of April and this year veterinary professionals from around the world are set to join together on April 25 and celebrate their diverse and occasionally overlooked roles in the communities in which they serve. The theme for the World Veterinary Day 2009 is Veterinarians and Livestock Farmers: a winning partnership and sets to highlight the pivotal role veterinarians play between livestock and society in general. The British Veterinary Associations Overseas Group, through its remit to facilitate and encourage veterinary development and services in developing countries, celebrates WVD with colleagues from all corners of the globe but with special reference to those working to improve the health and welfare of both human and animals in some of the poorest areas of the world. The World Veterinary Association established World Veterinary Day in 2000. The WVA partnered with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last year in creating the World Veterinary Day Award to reward the most successful celebration of the profession by national veterinary associations alone or in cooperation with other veterinary groups. In commemorating World Veterinary Day on Saturday one can see how this figure alone easily demonstrates how the veterinary profession plays a crucial role in international development issues. However, the remit of the veterinary profession is much broader than one of animal health alone. All over the world, vets are responsible for public health issues which include food safety, bio security, zoonotic disease spread and socio-veterinary interactions.

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