The BSAVA Guide to the Use of Veterinary Medicines provides a comprehensive guide to a wide variety of veterinary medicines issues that affect small animal practice. Edited by Fred Nind and Pam Mosedale, with contributions from experts in the field, this online resource is a valuable tool for all members of the veterinary practice team.

Everyone who uses veterinary medicines has a legal and moral responsibility to use them appropriately. Many infringements of the law relating to the possession, use and disposal of veterinary medicines are criminal offences – this authoritative guide will help practitioners stay on the correct side of the law in an area where this can sometimes be problematic.

Veterinary Medicines Regulations change every year, whilst waste disposal provisions and dangerous drugs regulations seem to be updated even more often. This means that what you learned at a course attended last year or from a booklet published two years ago may no longer be accurate. The BSAVA Guide to the Use of Veterinary Medicines is updated as the rules and regulations change, helping veterinary surgeons, nurses, practice managers, receptionists, students and kennel staff to get it right – first time and every time.

BSAVA are pleased to provide this guide as a user-friendly iPhone application.

This guide can be browsed by either using the iPhone scroll facility or by using navigation buttons that includes the facility to link directly to a specific page or use the built-in index that lists the contents of the guide and on selection, will take you to the specified page.
Important Note
While the editors update the BSAVA Guide to the Use of Veterinary Medicines every year to take into account changes in the UK’s veterinary medicines legislation in order to keep the information in the BSAVA Guide to the Use of Veterinary Medicines as up-to-date as possible, it is not possible for us to update the BSAVA Guide to the Use of Veterinary Medicines to take into account the changes which may take place from time to time. As such, please do not rely in particular on material that you have taken from these pages months or years ago. You should ensure that you also use an independent source to verify that the materials in the BSAVA Guide to the Use of Veterinary Medicines are correct prior to relying on them.
In addition, the expertise of the BSAVA is in small animals and the BSAVA Guide to the Use of Veterinary Medicines should not be used for authoritative advice on veterinary medicine use in horses or food-producing species.
The editors and the BSAVA have made every effort in preparing the materials included in the BSAVA Guide to the Use of Veterinary Medicines, any statements made as to the legal and other implications of using any medicines are made in good faith purely for general guidance and cannot be regarded as substitute for professional advice. Consequently, no liability can be accepted for loss or expense incurred (by you or persons that you disseminate the materials to) as a result of relying in particular circumstances on statements made in the BSAVA Guide to the Use of Veterinary Medicines.
If you spot any errors or omissions, or have any further comments on the Guide, please contact us.