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Veterinary Medicine Needs New Green Antimicrobial Drugs
Given that: (1) the worldwide consumption of antimicrobial drugs (AMDs) used in food-producing animals will increase over the coming decades; (2) the prudent use of AMDs will not suffice to stem the rise in human antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of animal origin; (3) alternatives to AMD use are not...Read more -
COVID-19, Companion Animals, Comparative Medicine, and One Health
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has stimulated open collaboration between different scientific and clinical disciplines like never before. Public and private partnershipscontinue to form in order to tackle this unprecedented global challenge. This paper highlights the importance of open collaborati...Read more -
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【Diagnosis and treatment case] A highly effective treatment scheme for a case of eperythrozoonosis suis
Eperythrozoonosis is caused by Eperythrozoon suis, characterized by anemia, jaundice and fever. The body temperature of the sick pigs suddenly increased to 40.5 ℃ – 42 ℃. The skin turned red and faded under finger pressure. Therefore, it is known as “erythroderma”. It is charact...Read more -
The wonderful use of Oxytetracycline Injection (OXYTONG)
1.Swine asthma In order to control and reduce the infection rate and incidence rate of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in pigs, effective injection of long-acting oxytetracycline (OXYTONG) by intramuscular injection of 20mg/kg can achieve good therapeutic effect on preventing and treating swine asthma, and...Read more -
The effect and dosage & administration of oxytetracycline injection (OXYTONG)
Oxytetracycline injection (OXYTONG) is mainly used for the treatment of beef cattle and pigs infected by gram-positive and negative bacteria, mycoplasma, Leptospira, Rickettsia and chlamydia. This article will introduce the function, usage and dosage of oxytetracycline injection (OXYTONG). E...Read more -
Benefits and risks of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals
Benefits and risks of antimicrobial drugs, used in food-producing animals, continue to be complex and controversial issues. This review comprehensively presents the benefits of antimicrobials drugs regarding control of animal diseases, protection of public health, enhancement of animal production...Read more -
Antiviral Drugs Against Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) isan emerging tick-borne infectious disease caused by SFTS virus (SFTSV), which is a novel bunyavirus. SFTSVwas first isolated from patients who presented with fever, thrombocytopenia, leukocytopenia, and multiorgan dysfunction in China. Subseque...Read more -
Emerging Zoonotic Diseases: Should We Rethink the Animal–Human Interface?
INTRODUCTION Humans have always been plagued by epidemics caused primarily by infectious diseases that originated from animals, especially wildlife (1). The establishment of sustained transmission from initial spillover events involves the interplay of complex mechanisms that are difficult to und...Read more -
A Risk-Based Permitting Process for the Managed Movement of Animals and Products of Animal Origin as a Tool for Disease Management
During a foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak, in addition to detecting, controlling, containing, and eradicating the FAD, one of the goals of response in the United States (US), and many other countries, is to allow the managed movement of non-infected animals and non-contaminated animal produc...Read more -
Case Report: Intoxication in a Pig (Sus Scrofa Domesticus) After Transdermal Fentanyl Patch Ingestion
An experimental study on the effects of electroporation on pancreatic tissue was performed in pigs, and the fentanyl transdermal patch (FTP) was used postoperatively as part of multimodal pain management. Ingestion of an FTP, which resulted in fentanyl intoxication, was suspected 5 days after pla...Read more -
Antimicrobial Usage in Horses: The Use of Electronic Data, Data Curation, and First Results
The usage of antimicrobial drugs (AMs) leads to an increase in antimicrobial resistance(AMR). Although different antimicrobial usage (AMU) monitoring programs exist for livestock animals in Germany, there is no such system for horses. However, with the increasing usage of electronic practice mana...Read more -
Standardization of Therapeutic Measures in Antibiotic Consumption Monitoring to Compare Different Livestock Populations
Sing sales data, information on antimicrobial consumption in animals is collected cumulatively across the European Union and member countries of the European Economic Area, which is documented and reported by every country and published within annual reports by the European Surveillance of Veteri...Read more -
Veterinary pharmaceuticals and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli isolates in poultry litter from commercial farms and controlled feeding trials
ABSTRACT Veterinary pharmaceuticals are commonly used in poultry farming to prevent and treat microbial infections as well as to increase feed efficiency, but their use has created public and environmental health concerns. Poultry litter contains antimicrobial residues and resistant bacteria; wh...Read more -
Stability studies of oxytetracycline in methanol solution
Abstract. As one kind of typical tetracycline antibiotics, antibiotic residues of oxytetracycline have been frequently detected in many environmental media. In this study, the stability of oxytetracycline in methanol solution was investigated by high-performance liquid chromatography combined wit...Read more -
Albendazole induces oxidative stress and DNA damage in the parasitic protozoan Giardia duodenalis
The control of Giardia duodenalisinfections is carried out mainly by drugs, among these albendazole (ABZ) is commonly used. Although the cytotoxic effect of ABZ usually involves binding to β-tubulin, it has been suggested that oxidative stress may also play a role in its parasiticidal mechanism. ...Read more -
Hemp in Veterinary Medicine: From Feed to Drug
Hemp (Cannabis sativa) is an angiosperm plant belonging to the Cannabaceaefamily. Its cultivation dates back to centuries. It has always been cultivated due to the possibility of exploiting almost all the parts of the plant: paper, fabrics, ropes, bio-compounds with excellent insulating capacity,...Read more -
Ready to Deworm in Autumn for Your Animal?
It is a worldwide problem to deworm the internal and external parasites for cattle and goats. Parasite is a very serious disease not only on small and medium farms, but also on large-scale farms even with well-management and advanced equipment. So, it is a must to deworm for your animals. As we k...Read more -
Pharmacokinetics of Conventional and Long-Acting Oxytetracycline Preparations in Kilis Goat.
The pharmacokinetics of conventional and long-acting (LA) oxytetracycline (OTC), widely used broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs in veterinary medicine, were evaluated in Kilis goats at single dosage of 20 mg/kg body weight (bw). A total of 21 goats were divided into three groups: intravenous (Gro...Read more -
Antimicrobial usage in pig production: Effects on Escherichia colivirulence profiles and antimicrobial resistance
Abstract Antimicrobials (AM) are used for growth promotion and therapy in pig production. Its misuse has led to the development of resistant organisms. We evaluated Escherichia colivirulence genes, and compared phenotypic–genotypic antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns of faecal E. colifrom pig...Read more -
Challenges for controlling bovine tuberculosis in South Africa
Abstract All effects taken together, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) has a long-term detrimental effect on bovine herds and many wildlife species in South Africa. The disease is not only found in domestic cattle but also in African buffaloes and has to date been diagnosed in 21 wildlife species, includ...Read more -
A field study on the efficacy of ivermectin via subcutaneous route against chewing lice (Bovicola caprae) infestation in naturally infested goats
Abstract Caprine pediculosis is an ectoparasitic disease of great concern among goat farmers in India. It may be caused by either sucking lice or chewing lice; the latter one results in severe skin lesions, leading to production loss. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the macrocytic lacto...Read more -
A study to evaluate the field efficacy of ivermectin, fenbendazole andpyrantel pamoate, with preliminary observations on the efficacy ofdoramectin, as anthelmintics in horses
ABSTRACT The efficacy of ivermectin, fenbendazole, pyrantel pamoate and doramectin was evaluated under field conditions at 2 sites in the Free State Province of South Africa. The study involved 25 horses at each site, divided into 5 groups of equal size. Ivermectin, fenbendazole and pyrantel pam...Read more -
Evaluation of Bioequivalence of Two Long-Acting 20% Oxytetracycline Formulations in Pigs.
The aim of this study was to explore the bioequivalence of long-acting oxytetracycline in two formulations, a reference formulation (Terramycin 20% LA, Pfizer) and a test one (Kangtekang 20% LA, Huishen). Both formulations were administered intramuscularly at 20 mg/kg body weight at each of 24 he...Read more -
Probing the In Vitro Cytotoxicity of the Veterinary Drug Oxytetracycline
Abstract The study investigated the effect of oxytetracycline (OTC) on the anti-oxidative defense system, the structure (hemolysis rate and morphology) and function (ATP enzyme activity) of human red blood cells (hRBCs) to investigate the possible toxic mechanism of OTC to hRBCs. The experimenta...Read more
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