22. The use of veterinary medicinal products in organic farming shall comply with the following principles:
a) where specific disease or health problems occur, or may occur, and no alternative permitted treatment or
management practice exists, or, in cases required by law, vaccination of livestock, the use of
parasiticides, or therapeutic use of veterinary drugs are permitted;
b) phytotherapeutic (excluding antibiotics), homeopathic or ayurvedic products and trace elements shall be
used in preference to chemical allopathic veterinary drugs or antibiotics, provided that their therapeutic
effect is effective for the species of animal and the condition for which the treatment is intended;
c) if the use of the above products is unlikely to be effective in combating illness or injury, chemical
allopathic veterinary drugs or antibiotics may be used under the responsibility of a veterinarian;
withholding periods should be the double of that required by legislation with, in any case, a minimum of 48
hours;
d) the use of chemical allopathic veterinary drugs or antibiotics for preventative treatments is prohibited.
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