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A Focus on Udder Health
The European Mastitis Panel has called for effective and economic solutions in udder health after the third meeting of the European Mastitis Panel (EMP).

Seventeen experts from seven European countries attended the two-day meeting in April 2010 hosted by the French EMP-team, Luc Durel, Francis Sérieys and Nathalie Bareille, all experts in udder health in France.

According to the group, the biggest challenges currently facing the European dairy industry are the decrease of up to 25 percent in the price of milk in the last two years, the future removal of the milk quota system in 2015 and the change of structure in dairy farms. The EMP states that effective and economic solutions must be implemented to help deal with these challenges.

"There is not an unique European answer to the challenges in dairy business, but we can learn a lot from each other. That's why we gathered at this meeting", commented Jantijn Swinkels, DVM and Global Technical Director of Ruminants at Intervet/ Schering-Plough Animal Health, who organizes the meeting every year in a different European country.

The European Mastitis Panel has become a dedicated, well established group of mastitis experts and an important platform for discussion and networking in Europe. "Every year I listen, talk and discuss with my European colleagues", one EMP-member pointed out, "Some ideas seem to be very traditional, others very innovative. In any case I take something home. This year it is the advancement of cooperation in my country."


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Defra shares new Sanitary and Phytosanitary guidance

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 Defra has published guidance for the vet sector ahead of a proposed UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement.

The agreement, which will change the movement and trade of animals and related products, could see reductions in checks, paperwork and certification. As well as describing regulatory developments, the advice highlights the importance of animal ID, registration and traceability in disease control and other compliance arrangements.

The guidance can be found here. More detail is expected as negotiations progress. 

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New form for online veterinary medicines retailers

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has produced a new online form for retailers wishing to sell veterinary medicines on the internet.

The form replace the previous Word version and is part of the VMD's ongoing commitment to digitise its processes. Anyone retailing prescription medicines online, including POM-V, POM-VPS and NFA-VPS categories, is lawfully required to register with the VMD before trading.

The change only applies to new applicants. Retailers already listed on the VMD's Register of Online Retailers or registered under the Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS) do not need to do anything.