Each farm may need a herd health parasite control programme in 2022
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is looking at the introduction of an electronic prescribing system when new veterinary regulations arrive in 2022.
Herd health parasite control programmes for each farm have been suggested by vets, in order to comply with the EU Veterinary Medicines Regulation which will apply from January 28, 2022.
Niamh Muldoon, Registrar and CEO of the Veterinary Council of Ireland, said, “Maybe a vet would offer some analysis on the husbandry, conditions, grazing, pasture management and all the factors that would feed into a control programme relating to parasite control, after which a prescription could be offered for treatments as appropriate in the circumstances in the opinion of the veterinary practitioner, the only person who can offer a diagnosis and the only person who can offer a veterinary prescription.”
