Livestock and smallholding · LK-04

Animal Medicine Record

A free printable animal medicine record book page — medicine, batch, animals treated, who gave it, and the date the withdrawal period ends.

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What this sheet is for

Keep a medicines book that answers the two questions that actually get asked: what went into which animals, and when they are clear.

Who it is for

Livestock keepers of every size, from a few sheep to a commercial unit, and anyone in a farm assurance scheme.

How to use it

Copy the medicine name, batch, expiry and withdrawal period from the label every time.
Work out the date the withdrawal ends and write that date down — it is what somebody reading this in a hurry needs.
Identify the animals treated well enough that another person could pick them out.
Keep the record for as long as your own rules require, which is often years.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: What was given, to which animals, by whom, and the date the withdrawal period ends — copied from the label, not from us.

Every figure on this sheet comes from the label. No medicine, no dose, no route and no withdrawal period is printed on this sheet, and none ever will be. Those come from the product label and your vet, they differ between products and countries, and a wrong one on a page like this could put meat or milk into the food chain. Copy them from the label every time.

How to use this sheet

Write the withdrawal period exactly as the label states it, then work out the date it ends and write that too — the date is what anyone reading this in a hurry actually needs.
Record the batch number and expiry. If there is ever a recall, this column is the whole point of keeping the record.
Identify the animals treated well enough that somebody else could pick them out.
Keeping medicine records is a legal requirement in many countries, often on a specified form and for a specified number of years. Check what applies to you.

Write-on lines: Holding · Holding number · Year · Sheet

Table, 7 rows: Date given · Animal or group treated · Number treated · Medicine as named on the label · Batch · Expiry · Amount given · Given by · Withdrawal from label · Date withdrawal ends

Write-on lines: Prescribed or supplied by · Stored where

Questions

Why is there no list of medicines or doses?

Because printing one would be dangerous. Doses, routes and withdrawal periods differ between products, formulations and countries, they change, and a wrong figure here could put meat or milk into the food chain. The label and your vet are the only sources for those.

Is keeping this a legal requirement?

In many countries, yes — often on a prescribed form and for a specified number of years, with inspection powers attached. What applies to you depends on where you are and what you keep. Check with your own authority; this sheet does not tell you.