Tag Archive: VCPR, vfd
What’s in season? How swine veterinarians are managing seasonal spikes in bacterial disease in the new VFD era
Aug 05, 2018Jennifer GrullonComments Off on What’s in season? How swine veterinarians are managing seasonal spikes in bacterial disease in the new VFD era
Seasonal changes traditionally bring fickle weather, dramatic swings in day-night temperatures and, of course, flare-ups of respiratory and enteric disease in swine herds. But how does the VFD era...Pork producers will need more than VFD forms to pass an FDA audit
Apr 03, 2017Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Pork producers will need more than VFD forms to pass an FDA audit
Complying with the new VFD requires pork producers to do more than establish a veterinary-client-patient relationship and retain printed or digital versions of the VFD forms for a minimum of 2 years.Writing a VFD? VCPR definition requires vets to have ‘sufficient knowledge’ of herd
Mar 14, 2017Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Writing a VFD? VCPR definition requires vets to have ‘sufficient knowledge’ of herd
Swine veterinarians issuing a veterinary feed directive (VFD) are expected to comply with the federal definition of a veterinary-client-patient relationship (VCPR) or their state definition if it...VCPR: Should swine vets follow their state or federal definition?
Nov 17, 2016Jennifer GrullonComments Off on VCPR: Should swine vets follow their state or federal definition?
Under the updated veterinary feed directive (VFD) rule, licensed veterinarians issuing VFDs are expected to operate in compliance with either their state-defined veterinary-client-patient...Selfies and other images not proof of VCPR
Oct 29, 2016Jennifer GrullonComments Off on Selfies and other images not proof of VCPR
Videos or photos cannot be used as a way to establish the veterinary-client-patient relationship (VCPR) needed to obtain veterinary feed directives (VFDs), according to William T. Flynn, DVM, MS,...