S.L. 449.18 ст. 6Zootechnical treatment.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 4(a) and without prejudice to regulation 3, the Director may authorise the administering to farm animals, for the purpose of zootechnical treatment, of veterinary medicinal products having an oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action. Such veterinary medicinal products must be administered by a veterinarian to clearly identified animals, and the treatment must be recorded by the veterinarian responsible therefor in accordance with regulation 5(a): Provided that the Director may allow the synchronization of oestrus, the interruption of pregnancy and the preparation of donors and recipients for the implantation of embryos to be effected not directly by the veterinarian, but under his responsibility.

(2) With regard to aquaculture animals, young fish may be treated for the first three months for the purpose of sex inversion with veterinary medicinal products that have an androgenous action and which are authorised by the Director for that purpose.

(3) In the cases provided for in this regulation, the veterinarian shall make out a non-renewable prescription specifying the treatment in question and the quantity of the product required, and shall record the products prescribed: Provided that zootechnical treatment of production animals, including during the fattening period for breeding animals at the end of their reproductive life, shall be prohibited.