Endnotes

1. Available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
2. The FEDERAL REGISTER serves as a legal newspaper for making available to the public regulations and legal notices issued by Federal agencies. It is published Monday through Friday by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408. Distributed by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. It is available at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
3. A drug intended for use in or on an animal feed which is limited by an approved application to use under the professional supervision of a licensed veterinarian is a veterinary feed directive (VFD) drug.

4. A valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship (VCPR) is defined by the American Veterinary Medical Association as:

   "A VCPR exists when all of the following conditions have been met: The veterinarian has assumed the responsibility for making clinical judgments regarding the health of the animal(s) and the need for medical treatment, and the client has agreed to follow the veterinarian’s instructions.

   The veterinarian has sufficient knowledge of the animal(s) to initiate at least a general or preliminary diagnosis of the medical condition of the animal(s). This means that the veterinarian has recently seen and is personally acquainted with the keeping and care of the animal(s) by virtue of an examination of the animal(s) or by medically appropriate and timely visits to the premises where the animal(s) are kept.

   The veterinarian is readily available for follow-up evaluation, or has arranged for emergency coverage, in the event of adverse reactions or failure of the treatment regimen."

5. Copies of Compliance Policy Guides 7125.37 Proper Drug Use and Residue Avoidance by Non-Veterinarians (7/09/93), and 7125.05 Responsibility for Illegal Drug Residues in Meat, Milk and Eggs (7/01/82) are available from Communications Staff, HFV-12, Center for Veterinary Medicine, 7519 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855. CPGs are also available on the FDA Website (http://www.fda.gov/cvm/cpgdirectory.htm).