Why animals need medicines too - new NOAH leaflets answer common
queries
Why do animals need veterinary medicines? Two new briefing documents
produced by the National Office of Animal Health answer this question, and others
consumers may have, about the way medicines can help provide healthy food from healthy
animals, and about how they can know the medicines used are safe and effective.
Called 'Some common
questions about medicines in farm animals' and 'Controls on animal medicines', the
briefing documents can be downloaded from the NOAH website
www.noah.co.uk or are available free of charge from the NOAH office.
The leaflets were launched on 1 July at the Royal Show in Stoneleigh,
where NOAH is a part of the RASE exhibit 'Quality Livestock Production'. Speaking at the
Show, NOAH chief executive Phil Sketchley said: "NOAH is pleased to support advances
in knowledge which will lead to improved animal welfare. But there is more to animal
welfare than making changes to production systems. For the sake of animal welfare, UK
livestock production needs to be profitable and competitive, within the European/world
market as well as the domestic market. Farmers are better able to care for their animals
if they have the financial security to do it. The ability to prevent and treat disease
with the use of modern medicines is an important part of this equation."
1 July 2002
Notes for Editors
For further information contact Phil Sketchley or Alison Glennon at NOAH, tel. +44 (0)20 8367 3131,
or visit the NOAH website.
The National Office of Animal Health was formed on 1
January 1986 to represent the UK companies which research, develop, manufacture and market
licensed animal health products. The association has 35 corporate members and 12 associate members.
In 2001 NOAH's members accounted for around 95% of the £359 million UK animal health
market, with additional valuable exports.
Visit the NOAH exhibit at stand M99-M105 in Avenue M,
part of RASE Quality Livestock Production
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