University Products Alerts U.S. Cattle Ranchers: 'FDA Set to Change Status of Antimicrobial Drugs from Over the Counter to Prescription Soon, Forcing Many Ranchers to Use Expensive and Difficult-to-Obtain CTCs - So Prepare Now by Vaccinating Your Herd Aga
The Center for Veterinary Medicine's (CVM) Guidance for Industry #263 goes into effect on June 12, 2023.
- The Center for Veterinary Medicine's (CVM) Guidance for Industry #263 goes into effect on June 12, 2023.
- The guidance applies to all food animals and animals not intended for food, and includes penicillin, sulfa-based drugs, boluses, intramammary mastitis tubes, and topical products.
- For decades, antimicrobials were used to treat seasonal diseases like anaplasmosis in cattle, but there are better options – like vaccines produced by University Products.
- These requirements, temporarily put aside for the COVID-19 pandemic, can no longer "be met solely through telemedicine."