Other
VMD seeks biological assessor for its biologicals team
The Veterinary Medicines Directorate is seeking a biological assessor to join its biologicals team to work on applications for veterinary...
Veterinary Medicines
N.Ireland
Court: Farmer fined for unlawful possession of veterinary medicines
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined in court for unlawful possession of veterinary medicines and failure to keep...
Pig/Poultry
Pig producers urged to take part in zinc oxide study
Pig producers are being urged to take part in scientific research into the impact of the removal of zinc oxide...
Government
New Veterinary Medicines Regulations to apply from May 17
The modernised Veterinary Medicines Regulations (VMR) will apply from Friday, May 17, with the aim of maintaining the UK as...
N.Ireland
Injectable medicines for dogs and horses seized in Belfast
Medicines for dogs and horses have been seized by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Belfast. In a...
N.Ireland
Estimated 51% of veterinary medicines in NI ‘at risk’ – UUP
A combined effort is required to resolve a looming veterinary medicines problem that is about to impact in Northern Ireland....
Government
Antimicrobial resistance to be tackled through restrictions on antibiotics
The UK government has introduced measures to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by increasing restrictions on the use of antibiotics and...
Other
Veterinary Surgeons Act is 'not fit for purpose' - BVA president
The president of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has called for urgent reform of the “not fit for purpose” Veterinary...
N.Ireland
Man given community service for breaches of vet medicines laws
A court in Northern Ireland has imposed community service on a Co. Tyrone man for illegal possession of veterinary medicines....
N.Ireland
Permanent solution to vet medicines access in NI must be found – BVA
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has said a permanent solution to access of vet medicines in Northern Ireland must be...
Government
Veterinary Medicines Directorate seeks officer for AMR team
The UK government’s Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is seeking a permanent scientific officer for its antimicrobial resistance (AMR) team. The...
N.Ireland
Coleraine is the best location for NI vet school – Sugden
An east Derry MLA has called for a Northern Ireland vet school to be located at the Ulster University campus...
N.Ireland
Windsor Framework: Call for at-risk vet medicines in NI to be named
MP for North Antrim Ian Paisley Jr. has called on the UK government to publish the list of veterinary medicines...
N.Ireland
Vets in ROI-NI border region call for traditions to be maintained
Veterinary practitioners in the border region have raised concerns about the accreditation standards of a potential new vet school in...
N.Ireland
Call for removal of animal medicines from scope of NI Protocol
Animal medicines are currently exempt from any of the rules relating to the implementation of the Northern Ireland (NI) Protocol....
N.Ireland
NI facing a ‘potential shortage’ of animal medicines – BVA
The president of the British Veterinary Association (BVA),Malcolm Morley, warned that “costly bureaucracy and the threat of onerous regulating and...
N.Ireland
DAERA seizes illegal medicines during search of Belfast depot
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has seized a quantity of illegal veterinary medicines during a search...
Beef
Part 2: Five more myth-busting facts about antibiotics and animals
Agriland recently shared part one in a two-part myth-busting series about antibiotics and animals from the European Platform for the...
