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FEI Sports Forum, 8-9 April 2013, IMD Lausanne

INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENTS OF

COMPETITION HORSES


Role of FEI in Equestrian Sport

Protect the image and develop Equestrian Sport

Provide Rules, Regulations & Standards:

• approving all events for equestrian competitions including Championships, Regional & Olympic Games

Control the technical organisation for all FEI events

• Including Veterinary matters


Regional Groups

Group 5 Group 4

Group 6 Group 7 Group 9 Group 8

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3


THE FEI VETERINARY SYSTEM


Horse Inspections & Examinations

ESSENTIAL TO FEI COMPETITION

• Passport Control

Biosecurity

establish horse identity and check all other

details at First Examination

• Veterinary Examination

Clinical examination to establish health status

To remove possible contagious disease

• Horse Inspections

Procedure to ensure horses are fit to

participate or to continue in competition


Veterinary Supervision Of The Horse


Preparation for the Event

Veterinary Team


> 2500 WORLDWIDE


FEI Passports


Microchipping


FEI Influenza Regulations


Protecting Sport Horse Assets And Potential


Race Track

Disease Free Zone

Biology Safety Passage

THE BUFFER ZONE

HONG KONG

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Xinfeng

Longmen

Fugang

Qingcheng

Zengcheng Huadu

Baiyun Luogang

● Conghua

EQUINE DISEASE FREE ZONE: Conghua City, where the Equestrian Competition Venue located . Buffer Zone: the 8 administrative areas ,which are adjacent to Conghua City. Biosecure safety Passage for Equine Transportation ： Road From Competition Venue to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and road from competition venue to Shenzhen Huanggang port.

Games site

DISEASE FREE ZONE

BIOSECURE PASSAGE

ASIAN GAMES 2010


So What Is The Problem From The Sport Side

• A confusing approach exists to the importation of horses in very many countries – highlighted by the sports rapid expanison

• Often no concept of the temporary importation of equines that will

leave the country soon after competing and that must be healthy to compete

• There is often no consideration by Governments of the high levels of supervison of these performance horses

• Where quarantine or disease testing is required, it is often very variable and does not understand the needs of performance athletes


So What Is The Problem From The Government Side

• There has been a failure by the sport horse industry to explain how it protects the horse • Hence there is little understanding of government officials about high performance sport

horses and they have no official category for them to be put in • There is no recognised industry wide approach to biosecurity and planning for disease

outbreaks - NO CLEAR COMMON APPROACH

In order to protect the competing horse In order to protect the investment in events In order to protect the national herd of a countries horses

• There is a mistrust by governments of horse ID and movements that are not easily traced

• There are few equine disease tests officially recognised by the OIE for the purposes of trade

• There has been a lack of a unified approach that has allowed confusion to appear


Biosecurity

Biosecurity measures are designed to reduce the likelihood of introduction of a disease on to an establishment, to an event, to a training centre, a region or indeed a country. Biosecurity refers to the very simple management practices and procedures that can reduce the risk of infectious disease outbreaks. Biosecurity is about reducing the risk of disease and its impact on your business and the health and welfare of your horses. Examples

Not mixing new horses to a yard until after a period of time – isolation stable Avoiding shared water troughs Ensuring vaccination Separate staff looking after sick horses Hand washing after handling a horse that is not yours


What Needs To Be Done?

• There must be a clear unified approach is needed to the movement of the

high performance horses under a high degree of veterinary supervison

Need for OIE guidelines that create an official category that best describes the high health high performance horse (HHP)

There must be an agreed supporting culture of biosecurity that protects equine sport at all levels

• There must be investment in providing official OIE tests for the purposes of

trade between countries • But most of all there must be much greater levels of understanding by

governments by having closer working together with National Federations


Working Together..… In A Public Private Partnership

Develop Guidelines

FEI OIE

National Federations

Government Veterinary

Offices

National Competitions

Horse Industry

Develop National Regulations

FEI establishes rules/standards

for FEI competitions

OIE recommends guidelines for

member countries

FOR THE TEMPORARY IMPORT AND EXPORT OF FEI HORSES FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Work together to develop national regulations as required

National federations set rules /standards for national competitions and deliver education to the industry


“The first step towards getting somewhere - is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.“ John Pierpont Morgan


THANK YOU

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