Treating horses when no passport is available
If no passport is available for inspection (or the horse does not match the passport description) and the food producing status of that animal is not already known by a veterinary surgeon you should TREAT THE HORSE ASSUMING IT IS A FOOD PRODUCING ANIMAL
IN AN EMERGENCY you should:
a) use an alternative medicine that can be used to treat that condition that is listed in 37/2010 (e.g. flunixin rather than phenylbutazone)
OR
b) use a prohibited medicine or an essential medicine AND ssue a document detailing medicines given and instruction to owner/keeper to exclude the animal from the food chain if necessary. The original copy of the document should be given to the owner or keeper and a copy retained by the vet. An example document is available for use (click here)