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→The Drugs Cascade
If there is no suitable medication in these categories, then the vet can prescribe:
If there is no suitable medication in these categories, then the vet can prescribe:
# a human medicine authorised in the UK, or
# a human medicine authorised in the UK, or
# a veterinary medicine authorised in a European country (for any species but if it is to be used in food producing animals it must be authorised for use in another food producing species). Failing these alternatives, it is possible to use a veterinary medicine that has been manufactured by a pharmacist, veterinary surgeon or manufacturer authorised to manufacture that product by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State must also certificate any medication that has been imported from non EU countries.
# a veterinary medicine authorised in a European country (for any species but if it is to be used in food producing animals it must be authorised for use in another food producing species).
''It is important to realise that failure to treat animals according to the cascade is now a criminal offence.''
Failing these alternatives, it is possible to use a veterinary medicine that has been manufactured by a pharmacist, veterinary surgeon or manufacturer authorised to manufacture that product by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State must also certificate any medication that has been imported from non EU countries.
<big>''It is important to realise that failure to treat animals according to the cascade is now a criminal offence.''<big>