Federal Association of Civil Service Veterinarians
The Federal Association of Civil Servants Veterinarians e. V. (Association of Veterinarians in the public service, abbr .: BbT) is the professional body trade association of public servants (official veterinary service) make veterinarians (a civil servant called and employees) in the Federal Republic of Germany. The seat of the association is Lichtenfels in Upper Franconia, it is registered under the number 20363 in the register of associations there.
history
On March 26, 1953, the federal working group of civil servants veterinarians was founded in Remagen . On May 16, 1973, this working group was renamed the Federal Association of Civil Servants Veterinarians . The entry in the register of associations at Lichtenfels District Court, today Coburg District Court, took place on April 20, 1999.
Association and structure
Ordinary members of the federal association are the regional associations in the 16 federal states as well as the community of medical officers veterinarians of the Bundeswehr, through which the veterinarians can organize. The veterinarians make more than 5,500 in the official veterinary service and veterinarians, including in ministries , regional councils , veterinary offices , universities , institutes, testing facilities and animal health services fulfill the tasks of consumer health protection. This includes protecting people from health hazards and from being misled and deceived by food and products of animal origin, maintaining and improving the quality of food of animal origin, protecting the life and well-being of animals and preventing suffering, and maintaining and developing an efficient and freely tradable livestock (the veterinary administration is thus an important locational factor in the agriculture and food industry), the prevention and control of animal diseases that pose a threat to the livestock (e.g. swine fever , foot-and-mouth disease ) or are transmitted to humans (e.g. EHEC , salmonellosis , rabies ), the protection of the environment from harmful influences that can come from animals, animal products and waste and the specialist information for consumers.
Board
The president is Holger Vogel and he is supported in his work by five vice presidents. The chairmen of the 16 regional associations form the extended board. An Internet officer and a media presentation working group are attached to the extended board.
Association duties
The main tasks are to represent the professional policy concerns of veterinarians in the public service vis-à-vis legislators, authorities, employers, associations and the public, to promote cooperation between the regional associations and professional organizations with the same or similar tasks at home and abroad, and to provide care Deepening professional activity and collegiality, the exchange of new scientific knowledge and practical experience in the context of seminars, congresses and study trips, as well as advising the legislative bodies of the federal and state governments as well as authorities, organizations and private institutions in all technical and professional fields Ask.
Association work
The BbT annually conducts an international veterinary congress in Bad Staffelstein, a subsequent seminar on problems of international animal and goods traffic as well as day seminars on alternating key topics together with the Center for Veterinary Public Health at the University of Leipzig. The BbT is a member of the European Association of State Veterinary Officers (EASVO), a group within the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) and an observer organization in the Federal Veterinary Association. The BbT publishes the specialist journal “Official Veterinary Service and Food Control ” ( ISSN 0945-3296 ) with Alpha Publishing .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eberhard Haunhorst, job description of the official veterinarian, Paul Parey publishing house, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8304-4105-2
- ↑ Festschrift "50 years of BbT" for the 50th anniversary, Lichtenfels / Bad Staffelstein April 2003, total production Alpha Informations GmbH