British Pharmacopoeia(veterinary) 2001

This edition of the British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary) has been prepared by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission in accordance with the Medicines (British Pharmacopoeia Commission) Amendment Order 1982 (SI 1982 No. 1335). This empowers the British Pharmacopoeia Commission to prepare a compendium under section 99(3)(b) of the Medicines Act 1968 containing information relating to substances and articles which are or may be used in the practice of veterinary medicine or veterinary surgery. In the United Kingdom, under the terms of section 65 of the Medicines Act 1968, it is an offence to sell or supply a medicinal product that is the subject of a monograph in the Pharmacopoeia if that product does not comply with the standards specified in the monograph.This edition is published as a companion volume to the British Pharmacopoeia 2001 and thus contains only those monographs for substances and preparations used exclusively or predominantly in veterinary medicine within the United Kingdom, together with such additional texts as are necessary to support them. It therefore follows that any reference to a monograph, appendix or reagent not contained within this edition is to be construed as a reference to the said monograph, appendix or reagent contained within the British Pharmacopoeia 2001.

This new edition together with the British Pharmacopoeia 2001 contains all the monographs of the 3rd edition of the European Pharmacopoeia as amended by the Supplement 2001. Users of the British Pharmacopoeia and British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary) therefore benefit by finding within these two comprehensively indexed editions all

current pharmacopoeial standards for veterinary medicines used within the United Kingdom. Effective date The effective date for this edition, which supersedes the British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary) 2000 is 1st December 2001 unless otherwise stated for an entry by an italicised statement showing the month and year of its

implementation. Such italicised statements are given for certain monographs reproduced from the European Pharmacopoeia and are located below the chaplet of stars that appears alongside the monograph title, for example ‘1/01’. Where a monograph which appeared previously in an earlier edition of the British Pharmacopoeia (Veterinary) has not been included in this new edition it remains effective in accordance with section 65(4) of the Medicines Act 1968. Additions and Revisions A list of monographs included within this pharmacopoeia for the first time is given at the end of this introduction. It includes 5 new  monographs reproduced from the 2001 supplement of the European Pharmacopoeia.

Monographs which have been amended technically by means of this edition are also listed at the end of this introduction. For the benefit of the reader this list indicates the section, or sections, of each monograph which has/have been revised.