Welcome (Dušan Palić - WAVMA President)
As 2012 President I would like to thank Dr Julius Tepper, who assumes the role of Past-President, for his excellent work and look forward to working with him and Dr Mohamed Faisal as President-Elect. We will continue to work diligently on WAVMA member’s behalf.
2012 and 2013 WAVMA Meetings
Continuing to actively promote aquatic veterinary medicine, WAVMA will be holding a one day session at Aquaculture America 2012 in Las Vegas (Feb 28 – Mar 3), will attend the SAVMA Symposium in Purdue (Mar 15-17) and the Eastern Fish Health Workshop in Lake placid (Apr 23-27), and there will be a one day sponsored WAVMA session at AVMA Convention in San Diego (Aug 4-7). Whilst the Board had been looking to hold a multiday conference in Egypt during the autumn of 2012 it has been decided to defer the meeting.
In 2013, WAVMA will be involved in at least three meetings. Plans are already in place for the 3rd International Aquaculture Biosecurity Conference in which WAVMA is a partner organisation. WAVMA has received an invite to organise an ornamental aquatic strand during the World Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress in Auckland, New Zealand and discussions are taking place for WAVMA to once again organise an aquatics strand at the World Veterinary Congress in Prague, Czech Republic.
WAVMA is an Affiliate member of the WSAVA and has applied to be an Associate member of the WVA.
