Can you give a brief overview of the licensing process for drugs in relation to the deer industry? Why isn there anything designed and licensed specifically for deer?
The licensing process for drugs used in deer is the same as the one used to licence or “label” drugs for any other species. Deer and elk have not been discriminated against by this process, they have just been omitted. At the time when Canadian licensing was sought for most of the drugs used in livestock, deer and elk were not being farmed in Canada and the need for licensing was unknown. The governing body responsible for licensing veterinary dugs in Canada is the federal Bureau of Veterinary Drugs (BVD) in Ottawa. In order to have a species listed on the label of a drug as a species for which the drug is intended, the BVD says that extensive testing must be carried out. Firstly the drug must be shown to be safe for the animals to be treated. The drug must then be shown to be effective in treating the condition for which it is to be marketed. After that, it must be shown to not pose any health hazard to humans eating the food products from treated animals when the drug is used accordi
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