<h2><a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-05/bsava_2D00_anaesthesia_2D00_manual.jpg"><img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/696x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-00-05/bsava_2D00_anaesthesia_2D00_manual.jpg" alt="The British Small Animal Veterinary Association has taken a number of steps to help address the problems resulting from a shortage of isoflurane caused by mechanical problems at a manufacturing facility contracted to Zoetis, the country's biggest supplier of the anaesthetic." width="400" style='float: right;' /></a>The <a href='https://www.bsava.com' target='_blank'>British Small Animal Veterinary Association</a> has taken a number of steps to help address the problems resulting from a <a href='https://www.zoetis.co.uk/news-and-media/zoetis-update-on-isoflo-_isoflurane_-supply-concerns.aspx' target='_blank'>shortage of isoflurane caused by mechanical problems at a manufacturing facility contracted to Zoetis</a>, the country's biggest supplier of the anaesthetic.<meta itemprop='width' content='696' /><meta itemprop='height' content='466' /></h2> <p>The association has&nbsp;written a joint letter with the <a href='https://www.beva.org.uk/' target='_blank'>British Equine Veterinary Association</a> and the <a href='https://ava.eu.com/' target='_blank'>Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists</a> to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate asking for licence to be granted to specials manufacturers to produce isoflurane whilst the shortage persists, which Zoetis forecasts will be until March 2019.</p> <p>In addition, the association's incoming Chair of the BSAVA Scientific Committee, Ian Self, an RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia has provided advice to support practitioners looking for alternative anaesthesia options, available here:&nbsp;<a href='https://www.bsava.com/News/ArticleID/2535/Isoflurane-supply' target='_blank'>https://www.bsava.com/News/ArticleID/2535/Isoflurane-supply</a>.</p> <p>The association has also made its online edition of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Anaesthesia and Analgesia 3rd edition free to access until the end of March 2019. The manual contains&nbsp;further information on alternative solutions such as TIVA (Total Intravenous Anaesthesia protocols) which some will be unfamiliar with.&nbsp;</p> <p>The manual can be accessed here:&nbsp;<a href='https://www.bsavalibrary.com/content/chapter/10.22233/9781910443231.chap14' target='_blank'>https://www.bsavalibrary.com/content/chapter/10.22233/9781910443231.chap14</a>&nbsp;</p>The British Small Animal Veterinary Association has taken a number of steps to help address the problems resulting from a shortage of isoflurane caused by mechanical problems at a manufacturing facility contracted to Zoetis, the country's biggest supplier of the anaesthetic.

The association has written a joint letter with the British Equine Veterinary Association and the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate asking for licence to be granted to specials manufacturers to produce isoflurane whilst the shortage persists, which Zoetis forecasts will be until March 2019.

In addition, the association's incoming Chair of the BSAVA Scientific Committee, Ian Self, an RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia has provided advice to support practitioners looking for alternative anaesthesia options, available here: https://www.bsava.com/News/ArticleID/2535/Isoflurane-supply.

The association has also made Chapter 14 of its online edition of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Anaesthesia and Analgesia 3rd edition free to access until the end of March 2019. The manual contains further information on alternative solutions such as TIVA (Total Intravenous Anaesthesia protocols) which some will be unfamiliar with. 

The manual can be accessed here: https://www.bsavalibrary.com/content/chapter/10.22233/9781910443231.chap14 

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