1. Dear Colleagues,

In the future the Secretariat of the World Association for Buiatrics would like to prepare newsletters in order to be able to give up-to-date information’s to the members of the Executive Committee of the WAB, the National Associations affiliated to the WAB and the correspondents from different countries not having national associations.
The importance of the XXV Jubilee World Buiatrics Congress held in Budapest this July requires that we start to prepare our newsletter before the Congress.
You will be kindly requested to send news for the newsletter in the future.

2. News from the XXV Jubilee World Buiatrics Congress (WBC), which will be opened almost within a month

We are very pleased to inform you that in the history of the World Buiatrics Congresses, this is the first time that 1,377 abstracts have been submitted. Until now, the highest number of submitted abstracts (over 1,000), was for the Nice congress in 2006. 408 of the number were selected for oral presentations and 29 key-note lectures will be given. There will be 6 parallel sections and simultaneous translations (English, German, French, Spanish, Hungarian) in the main three auditoriums (Blue, Yellow and Red Halls). The fourth section (Purple Hall) is dedicated mainly to small ruminants, buffaloes, camelids, good veterinary practice, and food hygiene while the fifth section (Green Hall) to the IV Symposium of the European College of Bovine Health Management and the IX Middle European Buiatrics Congress. The sixth section (Brown Hall) will be used for free workshops where some very important topics (Fertility problems, Perinatal mortality, Mycoplasma, Abortions, IBR, Teaching Buiatrics in the future, Genetic diseases) will be discussed. Eight optional workshops dealing with Lameness, Caesarean section, Large dairy farms, Oestrus detection, Abomasal displacement, Metabolic status and reproductive activity, Ultrasonography, Quality risk management (HACCP) will make the scientific programme complete. In these sections English will be used as a main language.   
We are also very pleased to inform you that until presently 2000 participants without accompanying guests registered for the congress.
We would greatly appreciate if you were able to encourage your colleagues who did not register yet to join us.
The Jubilee WBC is going to be a passing fair event dedicated to the promotion and development of bovine (ruminant) medicine and the celebration of the Jubilee Congress. 

3. We would like to call your attention to the registration fee of the retired colleagues

by which the Hungarian Association for Buiatrics would like to contribute to the participations of several founding colleagues of your associations. You may also support them if their general health status can make possible for them to join us to celebrate together the XXV Jubilee WBC.

4. We have received back only some confirmations therefore we will repeat our request:

Will you be so kind to confirm your participation or the participation of your trustee of your absentee who can represent your national association during the opening ceremony and the meeting with the Executive Committee Members of the WAB on Wednesday (July 8) with filling in the enclosed table and send it back to szenci.otto@aotk.szie.hu

5. From time to time we have to refresh our addresses.

Will you be so kind to check your address in the enclosed table, please make corrections if needed and send it back to szenci.otto@aotk.szie.hu

Prof. Walter Baumgartner                                  Prof. Ottó Szenci
President of the WAB                                 General Secretary of the WAB

7. ADDRESES OF THE WAB Committee Members

President
W. BAUMGARTNER
Klinik für Wiederkäuer (Clinic for Ruminants)
Veterinaermedizinische Universitaet Wien
Veterinaerplatz 1
A-1210 Wien
AUSTRIA
Tel. : 43-1-25077-5200
Fax : 43-1-25077-5290
E-mail : walter.baumgartner@vu-wien.ac.at

Vice president
Dr R. UGARTE
Baldomir 2448 P. 6 Apto. 603
C.P. 12 200               
Tel: +598 2 708 8107- +598 72 20901
Cel: +598 99 72 4722 (The principal)
Fax: +598 2 401 4234
E-mail: recaredo.ugarte@gmail.com
           recaredo.ugarte@hotmail.com

Vice president:
Dr B. RHEINBERGER
BTJ Veterinary Services
Lot 3 Old South Rd
Alpine 2575
AUSTRALIA
Tel : +61248895366
Fax : +61248895377
Mobile : + 61 412 506689
E-mail : patricia@hinet.net.au

General Secretary:
Dr O. SZENCI
Szent István University
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences
P.O. Box 2
H-1400 Budapest
HUNGARY
Tel. : 36-29-521-301
Fax : 36-29-521-303
E-mail : Szenci.Otto@aotk.szie.hu

DR. EMILE BOUCHARD
Directeur - Développement et relations avec les diplômés
Faculté de médecine vétérinaire
3200 Sicotte
Saint-Hyacinthe, Qc J2S 2M2
CANADA
Tel. : +450 773-8521 #18469
Fax : +450 778-8120
E-mail : emile.bouchard@umontreal.ca      

Dr J. CANNAS DA SILVA
LMV LDa
Lugar da Sorrateira
Atalaia. Almoster
2005-115 Santarem
PORTUGAL
Tel. +351-917210361
Fax: +351-243491277
E.mail  joao.cannas@mail.telepac.pt

Dr R.G. EDDY
Penmayne,
North Wootton,
Shepton Mallet,
SOMERSET
UK
BA4 4ES
Tel. +44-1749 890443
Fax. +44-1749 890072
E-mail : rg.eddy@ukonline.co.uk

Dr. A. EL-SEBAIE
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Assiut University
Assiut
EGYPT
Tél. : +020 088 2314890
Fax : +020 088 2366503
E-Mail : elsebaie@hotmail.com

Dr M. GARCIA
Rua Enjolras Vampre, 146
04290-070 Sao Paulo/SP
BRASIL
Tel.: +55-11-5061-6402
Fax : not available
E-mail : Maurício Garcia <mauricio.garcia@garcix.com.br>

 Dr HONG-RYUL HAN
Youngtong Blooming Apt.#114-1302;
Mangpo-dong488,
Youngtong-gu,
Suwon,Gyeonggi-do, 443-707,
Republic of KOREA:
Tel (office): 82-(0)31-296-6288
Tel (cell): 82-(0)16-308-8683
Tel (Home): 82-(0)31-204-0205 
Fax: 82-(0)31-296-6218
E-mail: hrhan@snu.ac.kr

Dr. N. JESSEN
Oestervej 15
4243  Rude,
DENMARK
Tel : 45 5545 9735 (private)  or 00 45 5545 9105 (clinic)
Fax : 45 5545 9224
E-mail:  nils.jessen@vetmail.com

DR. T.J.G.M. LAM
Deldenseweg 15
NL-7251 PN Vorden
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel : +31 - 570 – 660405
E-mail: Theo.Lam@WXS.nl

DR. KERSTIN ELISABETH MÜLLER
Klinik für Klauentiere
Königsweg 65
14163 Berlin
GERMANY
Tel: +49-30-83862261
Fax:+49-30-83862512
E-mail: Kerstin Mueller <K.E.Muller@t-online.de> 

Dr.  T. Nakao
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Yamaguchi University
Yoshida 1677-1
753-8515 Yamaguchi
JAPAN
Tel/Fax: +81-83-933-5935
E-mail : tnakao@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

Dr H. NAVETAT
14, rue Victor Hugo
F-03130 Le Donjon
France
Tel. : +33-470-995196 / +33 680 321 872
Fax : +33-470-995447
E-mail : buiatrie@wanadoo.fr

Observer:
Dr. M. GATZ RIDDELL, JR.
American Association of Bovine Practitioners
P.O. Box 3610
Auburn, Alabama 36831-3610
USA
Tel: 334-821-0442
Fax: 334-821-9532
E-mail: mgriddell@aabp.org