Videos or photos cannot be used as a way to document the VCPR needed to obtain a veterinary feed directive, according to William T. Flynn, DVM, MS, deputy director for science policy, FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine.
Source: Poultry Health Today, August 31, 2016.
One key element of the federal VCPR definition requires veterinarians to have sufficient knowledge of the patient by virtue of patient examination and/or visits to the facility where the patients are managed.