AVMA cautions against indiscriminate broad bans on livestock antimicrobials
AVMA Assistant Executive Vice President Lyle P. Vogel told a Senate committee in June that wide-scale bans on approved uses of antimicrobials in food animals would hurt animals, do little to improve public health, and could, in fact, lead to an unsafe food supply. [more]
Extralabel use of cephalosporins prohibited in food animals
Concern that extralabel use of cephalosporin antimicrobial drugs in food animals may pose a public health risk has led the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit this extra-label use. [more]
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