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Canadian Doctors Oppose Agriculture Antibiotic Use
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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 892065" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>We're already prescription only in NZ.</p><p>It adds costs to the farmers, takes up the vets time. If I think one of my animals needs a drug that isn't on my 'scrip, I have to call a vet out or go into the clinic and ask to speak to a vet... the receptionists are not allowed to hand anything over or give advice (I think some legal thing came out that receptionists were no longer allowed to give advice regardless of their own vet training). At the beginning of every year I have to make an appointment with the vet to discuss the antibiotic use ahead, there's another appointment made in the autumn specifically to discuss and authorise dry cow therapy.</p><p>I would hate to be a small scale farmer and have to comply with these rules. At least with the number of animals and experience I have it's not difficult to predict what the antibiotic needs for the year are likely to be. </p><p></p><p>We're almost the opposite regarding vet use - I often wish vets would just train up more technicians or allow farmers to handle more meds so that their time isn't taken up on routine vaccinations, preg testing, calf dehorning, weighing youngstock, and all sorts of things that really don't need four or six years university training and a top notch brain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 892065, member: 9267"] We're already prescription only in NZ. It adds costs to the farmers, takes up the vets time. If I think one of my animals needs a drug that isn't on my 'scrip, I have to call a vet out or go into the clinic and ask to speak to a vet... the receptionists are not allowed to hand anything over or give advice (I think some legal thing came out that receptionists were no longer allowed to give advice regardless of their own vet training). At the beginning of every year I have to make an appointment with the vet to discuss the antibiotic use ahead, there's another appointment made in the autumn specifically to discuss and authorise dry cow therapy. I would hate to be a small scale farmer and have to comply with these rules. At least with the number of animals and experience I have it's not difficult to predict what the antibiotic needs for the year are likely to be. We're almost the opposite regarding vet use - I often wish vets would just train up more technicians or allow farmers to handle more meds so that their time isn't taken up on routine vaccinations, preg testing, calf dehorning, weighing youngstock, and all sorts of things that really don't need four or six years university training and a top notch brain. [/QUOTE]
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