50-State eCVI and eVFD System for Improved Animal Health - Mr. Kevin Maher, Founder and Director of Business Development of GlobalVetLink, from the 2014 NIAA Annual Conference titled 'The Precautionary Principle: How Agriculture Will Thrive', March 31 - April 2, 2014, Omaha, NE, USA. More presentations at http://www.trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2014_niaa_how_animal_agriculture_will_thrive

1. 50-State eCVI and e-VFD System for Improved
Animal Health for Aquatic Species
NIAA Aquaculture Committee - 2014
Presented by: Kevin Maher, Founder
April 1, 2014

2. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
History of GVL®
• Based in Ames, Iowa
• Began - 1999 with Florida Department of Agriculture Pilot
• Certificates of veterinary inspection accepted in all 50
states
• 130+ Diagnostic laboratories connected via GVL
• License agreements with all 50 states
• More than 235 million animals certified via GVL Certificates
• Nearly 3 million certificates created

3. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
Partial List of Products & Services
• Easier and faster creation, submission and recordkeeping of electronic Certificate of Veterinary
Inspection (eCVIs) certificates embracing both companion and food animal providing a real-time
traceability solution for food safety and disease prevention
• Facilitates easier fulfillment of feed additive prescriptions with the appropriate FDA-directed
certification requirements while enhancing communication between animal health stakeholders
• Manages oversight of antibiotic usage by optimizing prescribing habits and ensuring continued food
safety by easily proving judicious use of antibiotics
• Digital EIA (Coggins) Certification and Lab Submission System
• Digital Equine Passport System

4. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
Intuitive online solution for animal health professionals
Enables animal health practitioners to utilize “best practices”
to quickly and accurately create professional health
documents, save time and create additional revenue
Secure repository of data
Allows practitioners and their clients uninterrupted access to
their records via the Internet
Meets FDA and USDA requirements - accepted by all 50
states
Easy
Efficient
Secure
Compliant
Accessible

5. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
Health Certificates (eCVI)

6. http://www.globalvetlink.com/resource-
center/regulations
http://datcp.wi.gov/Farms/Fish_Farms/Importing_Fish/index.aspx

7. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
Drawings to Digital (Equine certificate
example)
• Multiple unique identifiers can be recorded for each animal
• Digital photos can serve as one more unique identifier

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Point. Click. Comply.
• Real-time eCVI transmission meets record submittal
requirements
– Electronic systems can provide real-time record transmission of
records to both state of origin and destination

9. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
Fictitious Sample Aquaculture eCVI

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Point. Click. Comply.
• eCVI record retention - makes it easy to store / access
records
– PDFs can be stored within the electronic document database and/or
secure PDFs can be saved to a practice’s own network

11. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
Point. Click. Comply.
• In addition to:
– Speed and ease of trace-back in an animal disease outbreak
situations
– More accurate animal identification and completeness of certificate
information

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Added Security
 Electronic system security features may include:
 Watermarks
 Secure, electronic signatures
 Unique certificate numbers
 Originals saved on secure servers

13. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
FDA Receives Strong Industry Commitment for its Antibiotic
Resistance Strategy
FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine Release
March 26, 2014
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing
today that since December 2013, when FDA announced
final Guidance for Industry #213, all but one animal drug
company have committed in writing to seek withdrawal of
approvals for any production uses of affected drug
applications and change the remaining therapeutic uses of
their products from over-the-counter (OTC) to use by
Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) or prescription.

14. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
FeedLINK™
• Ease the burden of paperwork while establishing a best
practice protocol.
• Spend less time creating VFDs and reduce manual
inaccuracies
• Provide a reliable and controlled source of documentation.
• Prove VFD compliancy with a secure, web-based VFD
solution

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FeedLINK™
• Automatically send VFDs to feed mills and producers
directly upon creation
• Renewal feature of VFDs in a matter of seconds with an
email notification linking to the pre-populated VFD
• Strengthen the Vet-Client-Patient-Relationship (VCPR)
commitment.
• Provides a measureable means to support admirable herd
health management and disease prevention.

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Enabling Producer Compliance
• Offer clearly written and fully
completed electronic documents
• Secure PDF documents available via
email for fast, efficient service
• Grant producers access to web-
based owner portals for real-time
certificate access

17. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
FeedLINK™
• FeedLINK - electronic Veterinary Feed Directive (eVFD)
System
• Allows easier, faster fulfillment and tracking of feed
directives and feed orders
• Regulated and self-regulated drugs
• Uniquely connects the veterinarian, producer, government
officials, feed-mills, and feed companies - to improve
animal health and safety.

18. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
FeedLINK Application

19. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
FeedLINK eVFD Sample

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What Makes a GVL Certificate Authentic?
 A watermark that reads: "GlobalVetLink – The Official Online
Certificate System“
 Secure, electronic signatures, utilizing PKI Technology, that
meets FDA 21 CFR Part 11
 Every certificate has a unique number.
 If in doubt, compare the certificate to the original, saved on
GlobalVetLINK's secure server.

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Advantages of an Electronic System
 Standardized, secure, web-based
 Replaces antiquated paper-based system with online
solution
 Quicker response & containment of animal disease
diagnosis and outbreaks
 Improves clarity of animal identity
 Database stores current tests, vaccinations and other
important animal health attributes

22. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
Summary
• GVL has a passion for improving animal health
• Conversion is growing from paper to electronic
• Technology has enabled a 50-state standardized model
• Integration of data into state systems
• Laboratory connectivity of 130+ and growing
• Improvement of data quality, protection of animal health
and well-being

23. ©GlobalVetLINK, LC. 2013 GVL® Patent Pending
Summary
• Reduces regulatory related administrative resources, costs
and burden
• Aquaculture VFDs and eCVIs compliment AquaVetMed
laboratory search tool:
http://www.aquavetmed.info/indexSet.cfm?p=1
• Expands GVL’s 50-state and animal industry platform to an
enhanced, sustainable partnership

24. Contact information:
Kevin Maher kmaher@globalvetlink.com
GlobalVetLINK, L.C.
2604 Northridge Parkway
Ames, IA 50010
515.817.5066
GlobalVetLINK.com