Dear colleague,

Following from the presentation hosted by The World Association for Buiatrics on 2nd February 2024 concerning Substandard and Falsified veterinary Medicinal Products (SFVP), the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) would like to hear from this community to better understand your perception of the situation, as well as the current challenges and needs that the community faces, and the solutions that veterinarians propose to tackle SFVPs.

Should you like to participate, we kindly ask to complete this survey before Friday 16th March. The survey contains eight questions and should take less than 15 min to complete.

We thank you very much in advance for your valuable contribution and time in completing this survey.

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* 1. How do you consider that the presence of Substandard and Falsified Veterinary Products (SFVP) is a problem in your country/area ?

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* 2. Based on your experience, which are the most affected drug classes for being SFVP? Do you think there is a reason for this?

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* 3. What are the challenges that you think veterinarians and farmers face for the presence of SFVP? What are their consequences?

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* 4. Are you currently able to detect / suspect a SFVP? What are the criteria followed?

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* 5. Do you report SFVP suspects to your National Competent Authority? If not, what is the reason?

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* 6. What three actions do you think that would be effective for reducing the presence of SFVP ?

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* 7. Do you have any experience concerning the impact of SFVP that you would like to share with WOAH?

Should you wish to share an experience with SFVP that WOAH can disseminate in its main communication channels to raise awareness on this threat, please contact us at: communication@woah.org

Thank you very much for your cooperation

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