Vetrade International

[ElvisFan]

Anyone had any dealings with Vetrade International.My vet says I cant get Founderguard from anywhere but a vets and it has to have a license applied for.He quoted me £150 for a 5kg bucket.Ive found this site (link below) that I can order it from for £91 and no license,is it for real?

http://www.vetrade.com.au/shop/shopdisplaycategories.asp?id=1&cat=Horse+Products

[ElvisFan]

Heres a direct link..

http://www.vetrade.com.au/shop/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=22&cat=Laminitis+Products

[eventerbabe]

your vet is having a laugh i'm afraid. my vet sells it for £60 per tub, including doing all the paper work for the licence. is there another vets practise you could get it from??

EDIT: i found an interesting page on the net when i did a search. you cannot legally import founderguard without your vet filling in the licence forms so it may not work out any cheaper.

We are aware that increasing amounts of Founderguard
are being imported from Australia into the UK.
Founderguard is not authorised in the UK so has not been
assessed for quality, safety and efficacy by the VMD. This
means that there is an unknown element of risk associated
with its use in so far as the UK licensing authorities are
aware.
In order to legally permit the importation and use of
Founderguard a Special Treatment Authorisation (STA) is
required. An STA is intended solely to allow the treatment
of individual animals suffering from conditions which cannot
be treated using the medicines available to a UK veterinary
surgeon by the normal means. Founderguard is considered
to be a preventative of laminitis, not a treatment, and
therefore should only be approved for use in equines with
chronic intermittent recurrent laminitis.
To fulfil the requirements of an STA for Founderguard and
to ensure use of the product only at the correct times of the
year, a veterinary surgeon should provide sufficient
information in Sections 10 and 11 of the STA application
form to confirm that the laminitis is chronic and is
unresponsive to the usual preventative measures (which
are considered mandatory ‘alternative therapy’). Should a
diagnosis of Cushing’s disease be claimed, full
documentation to support this will also be required.
For the laminitis cases that appear to be uncontrolled,
even after management changes advocated by the
veterinary surgeon have been adhered to, a maximum of 6
months supply of Founderguard will be approved per year,
based on the weight of the affected equine. Veterinary
surgeons should make owners of horses treated with
Founderguard aware of this. This will allow oral
administration as a preventative measure during the
particularly high-risk periods of the year. Only in exceptional
circumstances, and assessed on a case by case basis,
will more than 6 months supply be approved.