Advice
on autumn liver fluke control in sheep and cattle for RAMAs and Veterinarians.
Changing practice may be the best way As fluke risk can vary considerably from year to year, between regions and even between neighbouring farms, every farm needs to be considered individually. We strongly advise RAMAs and Veterinarians to recommend diagnostic testing for liver fluke before treating. This will allow you to tailor the best control advice to each farm, which...
Medicines Update.
New MAs and changes made and published to end of July 2020 The points below highlight changes in marketing authorisations (MAs) that may have a significant impact on veterinary surgeons’ prescribing decisions. New marketing authorisations New marketing authorisations relevant to veterinary surgeons in the UK that were issued or published in July are listed in Table 1. Table 1 also....
Coronavirus
Update, September 2020: Prescribing & authorisation of supply.
On
31 August the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) ended the temporary
relaxation of the enforcement of specific provisions of the Veterinary
Medicines Regulations 2013 (VMR) covering certain aspects of the prescribing
and supply of veterinary medicines. The step taken by the VMD at the start of
lockdown, allowed SQPs to prescribe and authorise supply of veterinary
medicines remotely for the...