Ministério da
Agricultura, do
Desenvolvimento Rural
e das Pescas
DGV
Direcção Geral
de Veterinária
Portuguese Veterinary Services:
interactions with private veterinarians
Carlos Agrela Pinheiro
Chief of the Veterinary Office - Portugal
SEMINAR ON VETERINARY STATUTORY BODIES, PRIVATE VETERINARIANS
AND PARAPROFESSIONALS IN THE VETERINARY SERVICES
Sofia, Bulgaria: 17-18 JUNE 2008
PORTUGAL
Human population: 10 million
Animal Population:
Bovine  1.6 million
Ovine  3.5 million
Caprine  0.6 million
Equine  0.3 million
Swine  5.0 million
Poultry  290 000 million
Game farm population:
Wild ducks (100 000); Partridges (4 000 000);
Aquaculture production:
8 000 Ton.
Companion Animals:
Dogs  1.5 million; Cats  1.0 million
General Directorate of Veterinary Services
DGV
Vision/mission: “Healthy animals, trust on consumption”
Attributions
Animal Health
Animal Welfare
Animal Production
Veterinary Medicines
Veterinary Public Health
Veterinary Controls of Borders
Organization of the national veterinary authority
DGV- Lar. Acad. Nac. Belas Artes, 2 - 1249-105 Lisbon. Portugal
Telef.: 21 323 9654 Fax: 21 346 3518 ; http://www.dgv.min-agricultura.pt/
Direcção Geral de Veterinária
New structure created by Portuguese law
Regulator Decree 11/2007, February, 27
Portaria 219-F/ 2007, Feb., 28
Portaria 219-P/ 2007, Feb., 28
Organizational structure of DGV
General Directorate of Veterinary Services
(Chief Veterinary Office) (CVO)
Deputy CVO
Deputy CVO
Juridical Office
Internal audits
Central Services
Logistic
Services
Regional Services
Technical
Services
Veterinary Services in the North
1 Directorr
Directorate for Animal
Health and Welfare
Directorate for
Administration
Directorate for
Planification
Directorate for
Animal Production
Directorate for
Veterinary Medicines
Directorate for
Veterinary Public Health
Veterinary Services in the Centre
1 Director
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Veterinary Services in Lisbon/ Tagus Valey
1 Director
Veterinary Services in Alentejo
1 Director
Veterinary Services in Algarve
1 Director
5 Regional Vet.
Directorates
22 Local Division
of Vet. Intervention
North
6 DVIs
Centre
6 DVIs
Lisbon &
Tagus Valey
4 DVIs
Alentejo
5 DVIs
Algarve
1 DVIs
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Relationship of veterinarians from the official services with the private one’s
Number of Vets - 81
Number of Vets - 32
Number of Vets - 547
Number of Vets - 264
Private’s
General
Directorate
(Central level)
DSVR
Regional Veterinary
Services Directorates
DIV
Local Veterinary Services
Municipals Veterinary Services
Local veterinary authorities
Private veterinarians
Farm and clinical levels
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N of Vets - 633
to put into execution the Programmed action
(OPP – Farmers Associations)
Contingency actions
Ner of Vets  380
(Veterinarians responsible for sanitation on farms)
AÇORES
DGV
EU LEGISLATION
Ministério da
Agricultura, do
Desenvolvimento Rural
e das Pescas
AÇORES
REGIONAL AGRARIAN
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
DGV
Direcção Geral
de Veterinária
VETERINARY SERVICES BOARD
ANIMAL HEALTH
57 VETS
PUBLIC VETERINARY HYGIENE BOARD
9 VETS
REGIONAL VETERINARY LABORATORY
3 Vets
51 PRIVATE VETS
Eradication plans (OPP):
(Ruminants Brucelosis; Tuberculosis, Leucosis, Blue tongue)
Private veterinarians working on:
Programmed actions in Animal health
with official delegation of DGV
Regiões
North
Coordinators
Executors
45
78
Centre
35
111
LVT
22
100
Alentejo
11
339
Algarve
3
5
116
633
TOTAL
Contingency plans:
(Avian Flu, Newcastle Disease, SVD)
Private veterinarians working on:
Emergency activities, monitoring
and surveillance on Animal health
Sanitary responsible
Poultry farms (A)
Nº
22
Swine holdings
350
Zoos
18
TOTAL
380
Special programs:
(Rabies vaccination, Echinococcus, EETs sample collections)
Private veterinarians working on:
Vaccinations, preventive medicine
and sampling EETs
Veterinaries
Clinicians
EETs (sampling)
Nº
1 800
63
Databases of DGV
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Database for beeKeepers registration (DSSPA);
Database from the EPIGRIPAVE project SIREA, SIGSA, SIGA (DSSPA);
Database poultry-farmers registration - SIREA
(DSSPA);
Database for Intra-community trade Dealers for
animals and for animal products (DSSPA);
Database on animal Health – PISA (DSSPA);
Database for animal protection –SIPA (DSSPA);
Database for the registration of sea and
terrestrial transporters ( animal welfare/DSSPA);
Database on geographical information of poultry
health (DSSPA).
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Database for authorized veterinarian medicinal products
(DSMPUV);
Database for authorized veterinarian for immunological
products (DSMPUV);
Database for authorized veterinarian for biocides
(DSMPUV);
Database for authorized veterinarian for products
(DSMPUV);
Database for periodical safety update report (DSMPUV);
Database for pharmacosurveillance (DSMPUV);
Database for products for veterinary use (DSMPUV);
Database for Veterinary medicines - (DSMPUV);
Database for biocides for veterinary use (DSMPUV).
Databases of DGV
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Database for medicine producers and medicine distributers for veterinary use (DSMPUV);
Database for the official control related to registration of slaughtered animals (DSHPV) ;
Database for the PNCR (DSHPV);
Integrated System for food control to animals – SICAA (DSPA)
Database for Animal National information and Registration - SNIRA (DSPA);
Database for dogs and cats identification – SICAFE (DSPA);
Database for the Licensed /registration for bovine holders (DSPA);
Database of registration of data - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy – (DSP).
Database of registration of data - Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (DSP);
Database for equine, bovine, sheep and goat carcass collection system – SIRCA (DSP);
Database for entomologic surveillance / Bluetongue (DGV/FMV);
TRACES – Trade and Control Expert system (European Commission).
Ministério da
Agricultura, do
Desenvolvimento Rural
e das Pescas
DGV
Direcção Geral
de Veterinária
www.dgv.min-agricultura.pt
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