The Australian Veterinary Reserve and the role of non-government veterinarians
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News News News News T he AVA is contributing to efforts to implement the recommendations of the Review of Rural Veterinary Services conducted by Mr Peter Frawley. The Report of the Review recommended a wider role for private practitioners in several aspects of government veterinary work. The recommendations included the Australian Veterinary Reserve (AVR) designed to have a veterinary capability trained and equipped to deal with animal disease emergencies, integration of rural veterinary practices into provision of services with industry / community benefits and disease surveillance. The AVR training program is designed to train 100 practitioners over three years. A pilot course has been completed, evaluated and re-engineered. Training, which is contracted to Animal Health Australia, will commence in November 2006. The Chief Veterinary Officers of the Commonwealth, States and Territories, meeting as Animal Health Committee in November 2005, will consider the on-going maintenance of the AVR post June 2006. Proposals for disease surveillance include a National Animal Health Surveillance Strategy. This in turn involves retrieving de- identified syndromal information from practice computers. A Data Retrieval Trial involving 16 private practices across Australia ran for five weeks before being reviewed by participants at a workshop during the AVA conference in Broadbeach in May 2005. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has advised that all the participants are very positive about the project and the web-based data entry system is working well. Data sets are being modified to reflect experiences and feed back and the trial has been extended until late September. Animal Health Committee will consider a report on the trial in November 2005. Kevin Doyle AVA Veterinary Director The Australian Veterinary Reserve and the role of non- government veterinarians
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The AVA is contributing to efforts to implement therecommendations of the Review of Rural VeterinaryServices conducted by Mr Peter Frawley. The Report of
the Review recommended a wider role for private practitioners inseveral aspects of government veterinary work.
The recommendations included the Australian VeterinaryReserve (AVR) designed to have a veterinary capability trainedand equipped to deal with animal disease emergencies,integration of rural veterinary practices into provision of serviceswith industry / community benefits and disease surveillance.
The AVR training program is designed to train 100practitioners over three years. A pilot course has beencompleted, evaluated and re-engineered. Training, which iscontracted to Animal Health Australia, will commence inNovember 2006.
The Chief Veterinary Officers of the Commonwealth, Statesand Territories, meeting as Animal Health Committee inNovember 2005, will consider the on-going maintenance of the
AVR post June 2006. Proposals for disease surveillance include a National Animal
Health Surveillance Strategy. This in turn involves retrieving de-identified syndromal information from practice computers.
A Data Retrieval Trial involving 16 private practices acrossAustralia ran for five weeks before being reviewed by participantsat a workshop during the AVA conference in Broadbeach in May2005.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry hasadvised that all the participants are very positive about theproject and the web-based data entry system is working well.Data sets are being modified to reflect experiences and feed backand the trial has been extended until late September. AnimalHealth Committee will consider a report on the trial inNovember 2005.
Kevin DoyleAVA Veterinary Director
The Australian VeterinaryReserve and the role of non-
government veterinarians
