farmer found with 'large quantity' of unauthorised meds

[llamedos]

Judge Kevin P Kilrane issued the warning at last week’s sitting of Manorhamilton District Court the Leitrim Observer reports.

He said "a message has got to be sent out that the unregulated administration of drugs to animals must be seen as a serious crime” in convicting Keith Gilgunn of 15 MacNean Cresent, Glenfarne.

Mir Gligunn pleaded guilty to procession of 500ml of Tylan, 100ml of Almaycin, 50ml of Ivomec, 100ml of Nuflor 300 (designated prescription only), 100ml of Flunixin Inj (designated prescription only), and 100ml of Resflor (designated prescription only).

Deciding against a custodial sentence Judge Kilrane imposed fines of €300 in relation to each of the six charges.

Source Independent ie

 

[Exfarmer]

maybe I am wrong, but this does not sound like a huge amount of material. Perhaps others can put me right?

 

[renewablejohn]

Better tell my daughter to stop injecting all these animals with drugs.

 

[renewablejohn]

maybe I am wrong, but this does not sound like a huge amount of material. Perhaps others can put me right?

Would be more concerned if the drugs where out of date. What does the judge expect you pay for 100ml the vet uses 20ml and you pay for the vet to dispose of the 80ml.

 

[llamedos]

maybe I am wrong, but this does not sound like a huge amount of material. Perhaps others can put me right?

He had no veterinary authorisation, his animals were not under veterinary care.

 

[llamedos]

Better tell my daughter to stop injecting all these animals with drugs.

Doubt you daughter would be happy if her clients bought the drugs she should supply from a non authorised source.

 

[renewablejohn]

Doubt you daughter would be happy if her clients bought the drugs she should supply from a non authorised source.

Real can of worms sourcing drugs with some drug companies loading the price of vet meds for exactly the same drug code as can be bought over the counter at the likes of boots.

 

[Cowabunga]

Those are tiny quantities, even though the paper put a spin on it, as is their habit. The real issue is that these were not bought from or prescribed by a vet. They were bought from someone who is presumably licensed to buy them wholesale to distribute to vets, but not a vet. Some kind of black market, or even stolen goods for all anyone knows. That is the issue and one of traceability and trust in the food chain. Plus the elephant in the room, which is a bit of protection for vet's margins of course. They probably need it with the decline in large animal work and the shortage of people wanting to practice.

 

[Baker9]

He had no veterinary authorisation, his animals were not under veterinary care.

That is my understanding of the story although it does not state it. The source of the meds concerns me. I had a "travelling gentleman" arrive in my yard a few weeks ago and as well as the knock off Stilh chainsaws and tools made from monkey metal he was also selling the likes of Ivomec " the genuine stuff boss" and others very cheep. I declined to buy anything as usual, but for stupid and gullible farmers it would seem like a bargain until they are seen.

 

[Al R]

Isn't this similar to being able to buy full strength agricultural roundup on amazon without any certificates or CPH number etc? Makes a mockery of everything in Agriculture.
He might've bought completely genuine stuff and using it appropriately and was just trying to save some money?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0...=8-15&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=Roundup

 

[renewablejohn]

Think all the above products are freely available on the internet in the US.

 

[llamedos]

That is my understanding of the story although it does not state it. The source of the meds concerns me. I had a "travelling gentleman" arrive in my yard a few weeks ago and as well as the knock off Stilh chainsaws and tools made from monkey metal he was also selling the likes of Ivomec " the genuine stuff boss" and others very cheep. I declined to buy anything as usual, but for stupid and gullible farmers it would seem like a bargain until they are seen.

Also, you have absolutely no way of knowing if the stuff is genuine, plenty fake meds about. Plenty imported crap too in boxes with writing in an eastern European language.
No sympathy with anyone who is caught using it or selling it.

 

[Al R]

Also, you have absolutely no way of knowing if the stuff is genuine, plenty fake meds about. Plenty imported crap too in boxes with writing in an eastern European language.
No sympathy with anyone who is caught using it or selling it.

What if the vets haven't got the genuine stuff? Yes their meant to but there's no guarantee!

Love the fact you can buy Uranium on Amazon

 

[llamedos]

What if the vets haven't got the genuine stuff? Yes their meant to but there's no guarantee!

Love the fact you can buy Uranium on Amazon

No, no guarantee but at least from our POV it is traceable, you have some level of back up should there be adverse reaction.