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Animal Medicine Best Practice: unlocking the potential for UK farming

By January 14th 2021January 26th, 2021No Comments

Document type : Report by the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust

Author: Grace O'Gorman

Preview : Objectives: - To understand the influencing factors on animal health and welfare that support animal medicine best practice

- To identity those strategiesand actions that unlock opportunity through best practice

- To explore future possibilities for animal medicines in the UK

Messages: Livestock farming supported by public money establishes a social contract placing expectations on health and welfare standards, professionalism, and medicine use. The livestock sector must be ready to recognise, apply and demonstrate best practice. -Effective progress on animal health and welfare is needed to improve resilience and farm profitability, providing a competitive advantage. Delivering improvements at scale needs coordination and a strategy that spans the four nations.-Widespread animal medicine best practice needs a model framework that uses both top down and bottom up approaches, and considers the nature of veterinary services, effective use of data, diagnostics, biosecurity and training. -An evidenced-based approach and international collaboration on the authorisation of animal medicines will support both the availability of medicines in the UK and the future development of innovative solutions.

From the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust website