Using Drugs in Dairy Goats

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Today we are talking with Dr. Virginia Fajt -- a boarded veterinary clinical pharmacologist from Texas A&M University -- about the in's and out's of how to use pharmaceuticals appropriately in dairy goats.
Topics discussed include: Appropriate drug selection for a small ruminant; withdrawal times, how they are determined and where to find them; what is FARAD and what do they do; accidental inappropriate drug or chemical exposure protocols; how meat and milk processing facilities prevent accidental drug residues from reaching consumers; safeguards for preventing treated animals/milk from leaving the farm.

Helpful Links:
AASRP Guidance for Antimicrobial Stewardship
http://www.aasrp.org/resources/AASRPantimicrobial3F.pdf
Databases for searching for approved drugs:

https://animaldrugsatfda.fda.gov/adafda/views/#/search

https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/

Federal regulations about extralabel drug use:

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-530?toc=1

FDA resource for veterinarians about extralabel drug use:

https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/resources-you/ins-and-outs-extra-label-drug-use-animals-resource-veterinarians

Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank for estimated withdrawal intervals for extralabel drug use:

http://www.farad.org/

Details about how withdrawal times are established for approved drugs:

https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/cvm-gfi-3-general-principles-evaluating-human-food-safety-new-animal-drugs-used-food-producing

Compliance policy guide about using feed additives extra-label in minor species:

https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/cpg-sec-615115-extralabel-use-medicated-feeds-minor-species

This podcast is sponsored by the American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners as well as USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agricultural and Food Research Initiative Competitive Program, Antimicrobial Resistance grant # 2020-04197.
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