What are WSAVA (World Small Animal Association) and FECAVA (Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations)? Me, as a local veterinarian from the Balkans (East Europe) these two names were something far away from my daily job and my daily professional work. I am sure many veterinarians from my region are the same.
When you have the possibility to be part of their event, in fact, it is the product of their job, you are able to realize what really means WSAVA and FECAVA. To be able to create that kind of event you need to have a lot of people who really love their job and who strongly believe in their idea.
Yes, it is a huge veterinary congress, very well organized, with thousand of possibilities , subjects and full of knowledge, but this is not the point. They create a meeting, a space, where you are able to speak with veterinarians all over the world, to understand where you are in that world. You get new ideas, how to make your job better, how to make your daily work easier and to have more time to be happy, which is the most important in life. For me, this means “global vet”.
They have teams for every subject and field of veterinary medicine, all these people try to learn you something that will help you to refresh your daily work and to have better results for every single case in your practice. So, are they huge associations, far way from our job? You do not know these people, but they are the people who give their time and their life to help you every day. You do not see their help, you think , they are some people who have totally different job from your, but it is exactly the opposite.
And I am so proud to say that between this group of people, there are some veterinarians from the Balkans. Dr Denis Novak, Dr Lea Kreszinger , Dr Gizem Taktak and Dr Robert Popa are part of that important group who really care about us.
I wish all the veterinarians from the Balkans to have the chance to meet the board of WSAVA and FECAVA, to feel the pleasure to speak with them and to realize how close they are to all of us. The pleasure to hug Dr Katharina Brunner from Switzerland, to enjoy funny and deep friendly chats with Dr Ann Criel from Belgium is priceless experience in life.
I would like to express my gratitude to WSAVA Board and Hills Pet Nutrition ( and personality to Dr Jolle Kirpensteinjn and Dr Iveta Becvarova) for the possibility to realize these things that I have shared with you. Thank you, FECAVA for such a kindly attitude to me. It was more than award and honour, it is something for a life time. THANK YOU!
With Love
Dr Luba Gancheva