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Future FCI world and instead of only “ observing” The FCI • Documents The FCI Documents
section shows what is happening is a MUST.
It is our duty to be able to The situation in Norway is
During the 2nd FCI Judges cope with any situation that still serious, and the Nor-
World Congress which took can disturb the celebration of wegian Veterinary Institute
place on 24-25 June 2019, our Pedigree Dogs and their and the Norwegian Food
the FCI President called for breeders, owners and judg- Safety Authority are working
an immediate extraordinary es”. continuously to try to find
FCI General Committee meet- the background and triggers
ing. On behalf of the FCI General for the disease. This is what
Committee we know so far and our ac-
Further to detailed and tion for the moment:
fruitful discussions about re- Dr. Tamás Jakkel
cent events, it was agreed to President of the FCI • Approximately 25 dogs are
communicate the following : dead. It is not confirmed that
all died from the same disease,
“Based on our own personal but the symptoms appear to be
experience and on the reac- comparable. Reports on sick
tions of our partners - the and deceased dogs are coming
breeders - we decided to in every day, so the situation is
modify the procedure to se- still ongoing.
lect the FCI Members host-
ing the World and Section • There is currently no con-
Shows. Our decision is moti- clusion as to what causes the
vated by our wish to and need disease.
for improving the welfare of
all stakeholders involved in • The symptoms are as in last
such important events (dogs, week: heavy bloody diarrhoea
exhibitors, visitors, judges, with blood, escalating rapidly.
trade stands, etc). In addi- Some dogs have been vomiting,
tion to the detailed applica- but not all.
tion form which is already
used by the applying Mem- • The Norwegian Veterinary
bers, the new procedure will Institute and the Norwegian
include a professional visit of Food Safety Authority have per-
a group of experts, made up formed autopsies on 10 dogs.
of FCI delegates. All of them Latest news (today 15:30): 6 of
will have a strong experience the autopsies + test from one
in organizing and participat- surviving dog shows the bac-
ing in big shows. They will be teria Providencia alcalifaciens.
required to make a report, They will continue with several
based on a detailed check list, autopsies and other tests to try
which will be made available to reach conclusions about the
to the voting Members and causes.
discussed during the General
Assembly, BEFORE the voting • The advice from Norwegian
takes place. Veterinary Institute and the
Norwegian Food Safety Author-
We also decided to amend ity is still to avoid contact be-
the role and the rights of the tween dogs, in case the disease
FCI Observer (also called FCI is contagious.
delegate) and provide him/
her with a very detailed to- • The Board of the Norwegian
do list PRIOR to the Show, Kennel Club has this afternoon
preferably 2 years before decided that all shows, trails
the event. We of course re- and competitions (held in Nor-
spect the right and wish of way) are cancelled this week,
any Organizing Committee to until September 16th.
organize one of our FCI Title
Shows, but a closer coopera- • The Board also decided
tion and proactive attitude that NKK will not send national
teams to FCI Championships
until further notice.
• The Board’s recommenda-
tion is that our members do not
attend official activities abroad.
UPDATE:
Official statement and de-
cisions about the situation
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