Elanco Calls On Vets To Make Sure They Follow Withdrawal Period Best Practice Guidelines When Using Antimicrobials And Wormers In Cattle And Sheep
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18th March, 2014 22h04
Elanco Animal Health is calling on vets to make sure they follow best practice guidelines when using antimicrobials and wormers in cattle and sheep. It’s easy to assume that withdrawal periods are well known but what is not widely appreciated is that they can change in light of new knowledge. Therefore, it is vital to regularly check withdrawal periods and make it part of best practice protocol by getting into the habit of double checking the current advice when administering drugs.
Recently, there have been extensions to the withdrawal periods for DectomaxTM 10 mg/ml Solution for Injection and Micotil® 300 mg/ml Solution for Injection. For DectomaxTM injectable, meat withdrawal for cattle and sheep will be extended to 70 days and pigs to 77 days. For Micotil®, sheep milk withdrawal will be extended to 18 days and milk from cows during the dry period or from pregnant heifers should not be used for human consumption until 36 days after calving.
Elanco has been reminding vets and SQPs that they may continue to prescribe according to the current label but it is good practice to implement revised withdrawal periods.
Getting into the habit of checking the current advice is a quick and easy way of sticking to best practice protocols, which will bring practices and their clients’ peace of mind and reduce the likelihood of residues.
Suggested tags: Dectomax, Micotil, withdrawal periods, best practice, Elanco animal health
Micotil® 300 mg/ml Solution for Injection contains 300 mg of tilmicosin activity per ml.
DectomaxTM 10 mg/ml Solution for Injection for Cattle and Sheep and DectomaxTM 10 g/ml Soltuion for Injection for Pigs contains 1% w/v doramectin (10 mg/ml).
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