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Information on BTV-3 vaccines for keepers and vets, including rules for reporting vaccinations and keeping records.
Apply to import a medicine for veterinary use into the UK.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
Advisory note from the UK Chief Veterinary Officer for veterinarians prescribing BTV-3 vaccines.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
How to contact the VMD for specific services or enquiries.
Apply for an import certificate to import a medicinal product into the UK for veterinary use.
Reported problems with the supply of an animal medicine and the date when the issue is expected to be resolved.
Summary of product characteristics for Bultavo-3 BTV-3 vaccine in the UK
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
You must get permission to export certain drugs and medicines.
Summary of product characteristics for BLUEVAC-3 BTV-3 vaccine in the UK
Service for Marketing Authorisation Holders, Manufacturers, Veterinary Professionals and Wholesalers.
Explainer for the rules for advertising products used in, on or near animals that are not licensed veterinary medicines.
References and list of enforcement notices and prosecutions which involved illegal activity with animal medicines in the last year.
For manufacturers and distributors of intermediate and final feedingstuffs containing a medicinal premix or specified feed additives in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
Records that must be kept when supplying or administering veterinary medicines in the UK.
This is the Hub for all the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's communications on current and future regulatory changes.
How to report suspected illegal activity and how we will deal with these reports.
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