USP and Veterinary Medicine Professionals

Veterinary medicine quality has been part of USP's work for decades. The same quality standards provided in medicines for human patients are also ensured for animal patients through USP's standards. USP provides official quality standards to which drug manufacturers are required to conform by U.S. federal law. USP also has developed in–depth, evidence–based label and extra-label drug information monograph standards for veterinary practitioners on the use of human and animal products.

USP works with leading veterinary medicine professionals in a variety of capacities. The organization's development of veterinary drug monograph standards is led by its Monograph Development–Veterinary Drugs Expert Committee. USP works with a variety of organizations via their membership in the USP Convention, a governing body that guides and facilitates the organization's work. Key members include the American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, and the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine.

Recommended Resources

USP's Veterinary Clinical Drug Information Monographs

USP monographs on the use of anthelmintics, antibiotics, anti–inflammatories, and compounded medications in animals are available free through this Web site.

• How USP develops the monographs
• What you'll find in the monographs
• The Veterinary Medicine Information Expert Committee and other contributors
• FARAD contribution to the monographs
• New or revised monographs available for public review
• Access the USP Veterinary Clinical Drug Information monographs
• Tell us what you think

USP–NF

Standards of identity, quality, purity, strength, packaging, and labeling for veterinary products are included in the USP–NF. Compliance with USP–NF standards ensures that drug product ingredients are not adulterated, are of appropriate strength, are properly packaged, and that the labeling includes active ingredients, expiration dates, and storage conditions.

Pharmacists' Pharmacopeia

The USP Pharmacists' Pharmacopeia provides comprehensive and critical information to enhance the knowledge of professionals who compound medications. The veterinary medicine section of this resource includes formulation quality monographs and clinical drug use information. Compiled under the guidance of leading experts, the Pharmacists' Pharmacopeia is a dedicated reference for pharmacy, veterinary, and other healthcare practitioners and students. The 2008–2009 edition of the USP Pharmacists' Pharmacopeia is available online and in print. Print subscribers may access supplements to the USP Pharmacists' Pharmacopeia in PDF format via a secure area of the USP Web site.

Related Links

• American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges
• American Veterinary Medical Association
• ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center
• EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
• Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
• FDA–CVM
• USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics – Inspection and Compliance