Veterinary Written Directives

A program is available on the system to generate written directives and it is accessed from the General applications -> Modules menu.

This features:

  *  500 products
  *  Active substances per product - 3
  *  Dose lines by species or type - 7
  *  Breakdown by product category
  *  Breakdown by use
  *  User defined printout of directive

New product
This option will display a blank product screen enabling you to add a new item to the system. A description of the available fields is given in the next section. When adding a product you must enter at least one active substance and at least one dose line.

Find a product
This option will display a product screen. The screen will contain:

• The product name e.g. Tiamutin 25% premix
• What the product is used for. The choices at the moment are pre-set to:

  GP             Growth promoter
  COCCI          Anticoccidal drug
  ANTIBAC        Antibacterial product
  WORMER         Anthelmintic
  AB             Anti-blackhead product
  ANTIFUNG       Antifungal product
  BLOAT          Product for the treatment of bloat
  FLUKE          Flukicide
  IMMUNIS        Product used for immunisation
  

  When entering or editing this field you can type the first few characters of the category required and a window will appear with the options available. If a space is entered all options will be displayed.

• Active ingredients - You can enter up to 3 active substances. In addition to the substance name you will also have to enter the strength in g/Kg.

• Product licence number.

• Category - This can be one of the following:

       POM
       PML
       GSL
       ***  (Special)
  

  The lower part of the screen contains the species specific information, you can have up to seven lines. The available species are:

       PIG
       RABBIT
       FISH
       DAIRY
       BEEF
       SHEEP
       HORSES
       CATS/DOGS
       AVIAN
  

  As with the use and category fields you can type the first few characters of the species required or a space for a list of options. If you press RETURN when the species box is displayed and you are not on the first line you will be taken to the prompt line.

  Once the species has been entered you will be asked for:

  1. Details - This is freehand text to indicate any sub-division required e.g. weaners, boars, age >16 weeks, 17 weeks & older. This is for reference only and is used to display the dose details if there are more than one entry for that species.
  2. Dose - This is the dose to be given. Specify in kgs/tonne.
  3. Unit - Use kgs/tonne.
  4. Milk - Milk withhold period in days.
  5. Meat - Meat withhold period in days.

• Prompt line
  The prompt line has the following options: Back - Go back a product.
  Next - Go to the next product.
  Data - Display/Edit any data sheets for this item.
  Find - Find a product by name.
  Edit - Edits the current product.
  

Generate directive
In order to use this option and successfully generate a directive, the appropriate definition files must be set-up. This process is described later in the chapter.

When you choose to generate a directive, Premvet 5 will take you through the following steps:

1. Enter species. Premvet 5 will identify the products you are allowed to use with reference to the species lines on the product screens. You will only be allowed to use products where the species you enter matches one of the product's species lines.
2. Enter amount of feed (in tonnes).
3. Enter feed type (e.g. broiler mix, etc.) --------------------
4. Enter product(s) required. As many as six products can be used on one directive. If more than one product is appropriate, Premvet 5 will display the allowed products in a window. You may select as required.
5. Premvet 5 displays the selected product screen. If there is more than one occurrence of the species you will need to select as appropriate.
6. Premvet 5 returns to step (d). Premvet 5 will repeat the procedure for adding products until you indicate that you have finished by pressing 'RETURN' at step (d). --------------------

   Following the product information details the lower section of the screen will display the other required information. You should use the arrow keys to move around and edit as required.

   Note: The milk and meat withdrawal periods are based on the highest figures for the products included. The client required should be entered as a number and not by name.

Manufactuer Details
The manufacture name and address details come from the Label Maker. You should create a label for all the manufacturer's you will be using making sure the 1st three character of the 1st line is VWD. When selecting a manufacturer the system will prompt you, enter the 1st part of the name (or a space to loop through) and you will be given to option to Accept or skip to the next address.

Setting up the definition files
The directive uses two definition files:

  direct.top - The upper section of the directive.
  direct.bot - The lower section.

direct.top should contain all the required information up to the point where the product information is needed.
direct.bot should contain all the information following the active substance details.

Like other customisable documents in Premvet 5, the definition files can be altered. Consult Chapter 22 for further details. The reserved words for directives are as follows:

&VTONNE	The amount of feed required	.top
&VFTYPE	The feed type	.top
&VREF	VWD Ref number	.top
&PREMIX	Premix	.top
&VET	Prescribing Vet	.top
&VSPE	Species	.bot
&VTYP	Type	.bot
&VNUM	Number of animals	.bot
&VAGE	Age of animals	.bot
&VTREAT	Animals to be treated	.bot
&VDAILY	Daily quantity	.bot
&VDUR	Duration of treatment	.bot
&VMILK	Milk withdraw period	.bot
&VMEAT	Meat withdraw period	.bot
&VPRE	Special precautions	.bot
&MAN1	Manufacturer (Line 1)	.bot
&MAN2	Manufacturer (Line 2)	.bot
&MAN3	Manufacturer (Line 3)	.bot
&MAN4	Manufacturer (Line 4)	.bot
&MAN5	Manufacturer (Line 5)	.bot
&MAN6	Manufacturer (Line 6)	.bot

The reserved words for client name and address etc. are as normal e.g. &client, &address1, &date etc.