Posted by JD Seller on October 23, 2016 at 14:12:31 from (208.126.198.123):
I just got several letters this week from the Vets we do business with. They deal with the VFD regulations going into effect in Jan. The jest of this is your going to have to have prescription for drugs used in livestock. The general public is too darn stupid to have any idea of how or why medicines are used on livestock. So they think that we use tons of unnecessary drugs in production agriculture. The Communist government we are under now is forcing this on to us now under the guise of human health safety. The science does not back up the premise that drugs used on food producing animals is creating resistance in the human infections. So we are going to have fewer choices and higher cost!!!
So here is how the letters went:
1) First vet we have used the longest. He is around retirement age and is stopping all large animal care Jan. 1st. Just great!!!! Sound like what is happening with the Affordable care act?????
2) Second vet. Usually only called on for the Grand Daughter's horses. They will continue large animal care BUT only if all drugs are bought and administered by their staff. The letter is not real clear exactly they are meaning by this. Are we going to be able to give anything ourselves???
3) Third vet. He will continue large animal care and will write prescriptions for drugs use administered by the farmer/owner. The kicker here is he will not write prescriptions IF he is not the ONLY vet taking care of said livestock. This really sounded like a strong arm tactic to me. He gets all or none of your business. Then I read up the rules that the vets are going to have to live under with this. They can lose their license to practice if drugs are administered incorrectly.
There are some educational clinics planned later this fall on this subject. The information I am getting is confusing at times and is infuriating at all times.
Truthfully if the boys where not involved I would just pull the plug on the livestock right now. The lower prices coupled with the new rules and regulations are sure taking the "fun" out of all of this.
This will cause more consolidation in the livestock industry. The big guys will have a vet on staff. The record keeping will be a pain too. I can just bet that they will want mountains of information kept. Never have seen a government bureaucrat that did not love paperwork.
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