Around the world Posted on 2019-09-24 10:33:29
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Regional seminar on the OIE standards and procedure to facilitate international movements of competition horses
Beirut, Lebanon, 13–15 June 2019
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Ghazi Yehia(1)*, Morgane Dominguez(2), Neo J. Mapitse(2), Marija Popovic(2) & Wael Sakhraoui(2)
(1) OIE Regional Representation for the Middle East, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
(2) Status Department, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
* Corresponding author: g.yehia@oie.int
Through interactive activities (quizzes, case studies, question-and-answer sessions with international experts), the participants received detailed guidance on preparing applications for official recognition of freedom from African horse sickness (AHS) by the OIE, as well as on establishing and publishing a self-declaration to the OIE of an equine-disease-free zone (EDFZ) and the implementation of the high health, high performance (HHP) framework.
The importance of the equine sector in the Middle East is rooted in history and still growing today, and this seminar was the first of its kind. Official recognition of AHS-free status, the establishment and submission for publication on the OIE website of an EDFZ, and the implementation of the HHP framework are important tools in supporting the development of the equine sector and equestrian sports.
OIE portal on the facilitation of international competition horse movement
