[Supervision of distribution and use of veterinary drugs in Schleswig-Holstein].

By means of drug related legislation the endowment and limits of veterinary medicines surveillance are demonstrated. The distribution of veterinary pharmaceutical products is organised in wide area structures, both in legal and illegal employment. Thus powerful monitoring can only be established by co-operation of all involved institutions. In advance, a concentration of duties in a few administrations with supraregional authorisation can take place, in particular shown here for the organisation of the recommended institutions in Schleswig-Holstein. A catalogue of typical violations und neglects indicates areas of problems at various levels of veterinary drug trade (production, distribution, pharmacy, veterinarian). A report about the performance and results of the surveillance of drug applications in animal production demonstrates the conjoint consummation of drug control in farms and specimen control on living and slaughtered animals.