Law 1206-IX harmonizes national legislation with the EU law. It reduces the number of veterinary documents and the time to obtain them, introduces electronic permits and prescriptions for veterinary drugs, increases liability for violations in the area of veterinary medicine. It also abolishes the re-registration of veterinary drugs every 5 years, introducing instead post-registration monitoring of their efficacy.
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Pooh, a one-year-old cat, who lost his hind legs in an accident and has been given bionic paws, walks in a vet clinic in Sofia on January 31, 2017.Pooh, who is thought to have lost his legs in a car or train accident last April, is back on the prowl thanks to Bulgarian veterinary surgeon Vladislav Zlatinov. He is the first vet in Europe to successfully apply the pioneering method of Irish neuro-orthopaedic surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick, who shot to fame in 2009 when making Oscar the first bionic cat by fitting him with new hind legs in Britain.
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