Reports involving adverse events in the environment
Information on reporting suspected adverse events to animal medicines in the environment.
The animal reporting form can be used for reporting adverse environmental events.
An adverse environmental event means an event where a non-target organism, population or ecosystem is adversely affected as a result of exposure to a veterinary medicinal product, its active substances or its metabolites present in soil, water or animal remains.
Non-target organisms are those not listed as species in the product literature, for example, wild animal species.
Where domestic animals are exposed, this is not an adverse environmental event, for example where a dog eats the faeces of a treated animal or ingests a bolus containing a veterinary medicinal product.
For each product involved in the adverse environmental event, select ‘Environmental’ for at least one of the Problem type fields.
The start date of administration of the product can be estimated if unknown.
Where no animals have been affected, for example where the impact is on a plant or the ecosystem, within the Patient section, enter ‘Other’ in the ‘Species’ field and ‘1’ in the ‘Number of animals affected’ field.
Provide further details in the ‘Details of adverse event’ field in the Adverse Event section, including details of the location, ecosystem, animal, or plant involved, as appropriate.