1 First Week

FKH 400:
Veterinary Ethics
and Legislation:
Introduction
Learning Outcome

After completing this lecture, student are able to

describe ethical, legal, behaviour, action and
policies aspects in the implementation of animal
health according to the norms and laws in
veterinary practices
Veterinary Ethics
and Legislation

Introduction
Why need
Veterinary Ethics
and Legislation ?

FKH 400: 2020

A. Why should there be a Veterinary Ethics
and Legislation course?

1. Become a device / basis / guideline for veterinary

profesion in making decisions and actions.

2. Is a compulsory Day One Competency (the day after

graduating) from veterinary education (based on OIE
standard or National Curriculum agreement).
A.1.a. Definition of a Veterinarian
• Veterinarians are people who have
professions in the field of veterinary medicine,
competency certificates, and veterinary
medical authority in carrying out animal
health services
Article 1 of Law No.18 / 2009
 A.1. b. Reference to Veterinary
Professional Performance
Relationship
with God:
Veterinary Oath Take medical
decisions
Veterinary moral
Education Veterinary Medical
Authority Carry out
medical
Certificate of ethics actions
Competence

Relations with fellow law Services in the

implementation of
veterinarians, animal health
clients, patients, the
community and the
environment:
Code of Ethics
Relations with state provisions :
Laws and regulations
A. Lelana, 2012
A.2. OIE Recomendation→ to assure National
Veterinary Services of quality

Veterinary ethics dan legislation is an essential

element of the national infrastructure that enables
veterinary authorities to carry out their key
functions.

Including surveillance, early detection and control of

animal diseases and zoonoses, animal production, food
safety and certification of animals and animal products
for export.
A.2. Veterinary ethics and legislation
encourage the integrity of veterinarians
in their profession

Veterinary Education Establishments’ should

teach ethics and value issues to promote high
standards of conduct and maintain the integrity
of the profession (OIE, 2012)
Spesific Learning Objectives (OIE, 2012):
1. Able to have a general knowledge of the fundamentals of
national veterinary legislation and of specific rules and
regulations governing the veterinary profession at the local,
provincial, national, and regional level;

2. Able to know where to find up-to-date and reliable

information regarding veterinary legislation and the rules and
regulations governing the veterinary profession in his/her
own state, province, region and/or country;

3. Able to understand and apply high standards of veterinary

medical ethics in carrying out day-to-day duties; and

4. Able to provide leadership to society on ethical

considerations involved in the use and care of animals by
humans.
 With regard to OIE Standards, what is
competency?
• “the ability to perform the roles and tasks required
by one’s job to the expected standard”
• The standard of competence expected at any given
time will “vary with experience and responsibility
and take into account the need to keep up to date
with changes in practice”.

“Developing the Attributes of Medical Professional Judgement and Competence”, Michael Eraut &
Benedict du Boulay, University of Sussex, 2000. www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/bend/doh/reporthtml.html ;
www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/bend/doh/
B. What requirements must be had?

1. Having veterinary insight.

2. Recognizing that ethics and legislation are
products of law, politics, and community
needs that are dynamic and constantly
changing
3. Updating knowledge of animal health
issues and developments in the broadest
sense as best practices of Veterinary Ethics
and Legislation
4. Readiness to be an agent of change through
Veterinary Ethics and Legislation.
 B.1.a. Veterinary Insights: Mythology
Veterinary = Healing Profession
MYTHOLOGY

Apollo
Snake
encircles
the stick

Centour
Medical technology
Aesculapius
The Healer
 460 BC : Birth of Hippocrates, the Greek
father of medicine, begins the scientific
study of medicine and prescribes a form
of aspirin.

330 AD Byzantium.
Hippocrates. Apsyrtus mentioned as the “father of
veterinary medicine”

Aristoteles (born 384 SM)

wrote a book “Historia
Animalium”
Veterinarian as a
Healing Profession

The Healing Profession, namely those

who graduate from medical school and
take medical action according to the
standard rules of medical science.
 Thanks to Hippocrates,
the birth of the medical profession oath

The Hippocratic Principle

“Primum Non Nocere” or
“above all do no harm”

meaning that in carrying out healing actions do

not harm (damage).
 Basic of Medical Oath
• The Hippocratic Oath becomes the essence of
the Oath pronunciation/text of Medical Doctors
around the world

• The legal basis for agreeing on Medical Doctor

Oaths in Indonesia and other countries is the
Declaration of the World Medical Association in
Geneva in 1948 which was later amended in
Sydney in 1968.
 B.1.b. Veterinary Insights : Definition

ANIMAL
Veterinary is all about
animals, animal
products and animal
diseases
VETERINER

ENVIRONMENT DISEASE AGENT Article 1 of Law No. 41/2014

A person with "veterinary insight" will not
comment on thin animals that are merely
malnourished, but also because of the possibility
of disease.
"Veterinary" as a system of thinking in
decision making and medical action
Wisdom
Knowledge
InformationD
ata

Animal

Veterinary
Systems thinking
Environment
Disease
agent
= paradigm
 "Veterinary" Thinking System in Organizing Animal
Husbandry and Animal Health in Indonesia

Livestock
ANIMAL
Prosperity and
• Resource welfare of the
• The worker people
• government

ENVIRONMENT
Disease
Agent

The Role of Veterinarians and Institutions of Animal Health

Disease Agent
An understanding of "disease agents" encourages the
development of the concept of the Bio risk Spectrum
and the importance of regulation on the control and
handling of animal diseases

Chronic Emerging Misuse of

Bioterrorism
Disease Technology
Disease
B.2. Ethics & Legislation as dynamic legal
& political products

Ethics Legislation
Regulate the behavior Regulate people's
of certain groups of behavior in a
professions country

Scope:
In a country → Veterinary Code of Ethics
Globally → OIE: Terestrial Animal Health Code &
Aquatic Animal Health Code.
 Arguments for the Importance of
Changes to Animal Health Legislation
Early-Middle Mid-Late
Early 21st Century
20th century 20th century

The importance The emergence of

Pet problems of animal new / re-emerging
protein food diseases
Animal
Settings Animal The importance of
Husbandry consumer protection &
Aspects biosafety
Veterinary
aspect New concepts & strategies
in the field of animal
husbandry and animal
health
Law 6/1967 concerning Law 18/2009 about Animal
Basic Provisions on Husbandry and Animal
Health
Animal Husbandry
and Animal Health Law 41/2017 about the Revision
of the Law on Animal Husbandry and
Animal Health
B.3. Updating knowledge of development &
animal health issues
Timeline History of Veterinary Medicine
Timeline History ofAnthrax
Timeline Historis of Brucellosis
Timeline of Antibiotic Development
Timeline of Non Rodent Lab Animal Development
D. Readiness to Be an Agent of Change

8 skills needed by agent of change

1. Observe: observe a problem
2. Reason: convey the reasons for acting
3. Imagine: describe desires
4. Challenge: measure challenges
5. Decide: make decisions
6. Learn: doing improvement learning
7. Enable: giving hope of change
8. Reflect: evaluate the strategy going forward
How to generate readiness as an
agent of change?

Self Awareness Self Management

Competency

Personal Veterinary
Leadership Leadership
Social Awareness Management
Veterinary Ethics and Legislation

Lecture
Reflections
FKH 400: 2020
Lecture Reflections

• Name three things that you

consider important from this
lecture !
Veterinary Ethics and Legislation

Thank
You
FKH 400: 2020