Farmers and vets have been warned about the far-reaching implications of not complying with new restrictions on the use of antibiotics in the treatment of sick animals.
Michael Creed, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Roy Geary, chair animal health division of the Animal and Plant Health Association (APHA) pictured at the launch of the 2016 edition of the Veterinary Data Sheet Compendium. Published by APHA, the compendium has details on over 600 veterinary medicines available on the Irish market.
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Failure to comply with animal medicine guidelines could pose a risk for farmers producing food for human consumption.
More profoundly, it could have public health implications as well as posing a real challenge to the good reputation of the Irish food industry, said Dr Gabriel Beechinor of the Health Products Regulatory Authority, the regulatory body for all animal medicines sold on the Irish market.
Dr Beechinor’s comments are contained in the foreword to the new edition of the Veterinary Data Sheet Compendium, which has details on over 600 veterinary medicine products on the Irish market.
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Published by the Animal and Plant Health Association (APHA), the 900-page compendium, which was launched by Minister Michael Creed, gives details of veterinary products marketed by the major animal health companies operating on the Irish market.
The order form for the 2016 compendium can be downloaded on www.apha.ie
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Farmers and vets have been warned about the far-reaching implications of not complying with new restrictions on the use of antibiotics in the treatment of sick animals.
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Failure to comply with animal medicine guidelines could pose a risk for farmers producing food for human consumption.
More profoundly, it could have public health implications as well as posing a real challenge to the good reputation of the Irish food industry, said Dr Gabriel Beechinor of the Health Products Regulatory Authority, the regulatory body for all animal medicines sold on the Irish market.
Dr Beechinor’s comments are contained in the foreword to the new edition of the Veterinary Data Sheet Compendium, which has details on over 600 veterinary medicine products on the Irish market.
Published by the Animal and Plant Health Association (APHA), the 900-page compendium, which was launched by Minister Michael Creed, gives details of veterinary products marketed by the major animal health companies operating on the Irish market.
The order form for the 2016 compendium can be downloaded on www.apha.ie
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