Agri-Business
The ILMA has claimed that the law change around veterinary medicines could result in eight out of every nine of its members closing.
Only 85 out of some 85,000 veterinary prescriptions lodged on the new NVPS were purchased from a licenced merchant or pharmacist.
Agri Politics
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, and Food will hear from stakeholder bodies in the veterinary sector this week.
The ICMSA has called on the government to "side with farmers" and keep the current distribution system for animal vaccines.