Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Virginia R. Fajt, DVM, PhD
In most cases, we administer drugs at a different site than we want to drug to act. Understanding how drugs get to their site of action and how long they stay there is essential to making therapeutic decisions about which drug, what route, how much, how often, and for how long.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Virginia R. Fajt, DVM, PhD
The design of antimicrobial regimens is addressed in the next section in these proceedings ("Antimicrobial Therapy: Regimen Design"), but the concepts within regimen design related to determining the concentration of drug required to inhibit growth of bacterial pathogens deserve a more thorough discussion. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing must not be viewed as a black box into which a veterinarian places a clinical sample of an infected site and receives a "yes" or "no" from the diagnostic laboratory.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Jerry Roberson, DVM
The majority of food animal veterinarians do their best to make the most appropriate decisions for their clients' livestock. But there are times when we simply don't know what the best decision is. Likewise, there are times when a "new" procedure or "new" product is suggested by the client or one of our colleagues that we are unaware of or have not tried. Problem solving requires the use of multiple sources to educate oneself about the particular problem.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Dan Grooms, DVM, PhD
More than 60 years ago an enteric disease of cattle was described in North America that was characterized by outbreaks of diarrhea and erosive lesions of the digestive tract. The disease was called bovine viral diarrhea virus or BVD. The virus causing BVD was named bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV).
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Jerry Roberson, DVM
The most common reason for anemia in the small ruminant is internal parasitism. Hemonchus contortus (the barber pole worm) is a voracious bloodsucker that typically resides in the abomasum. The condition may occur in both young stock and adults alike. With the ever increasing issue of parasite resistance, practitioners will be faced with the severely anemic small ruminant. Providing that there are no other serious disease conditions, these cases can have successful outcomes.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Virginia R. Fajt, DVM, PhD
At the time of this writing, the focus on farm animals by the media (and likely therefore consumer perception) seems to be on antimicrobial use in animal agriculture and on farm animal welfare.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Virginia R. Fajt, DVM, PhD
Drugs approved in the U.S. specifically for analgesia in cattle do not exist.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Virginia R. Fajt, DVM, PhD
The Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA CVM) approves drug labels. The Environmental Protection Agency approves pesticides and products used on premises. State Boards of Pharmacy regulate the practice of pharmacy and drug dispensing. State Boards of Veterinary Medicine regulate the practice of medicine.
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Source: CVC IN SAN DIEGO PROCEEDINGS
November 1, 2010
By:
Jerry Roberson, DVM
BSE is defined as a slow developing neurodegenerative disease of cattle that begins insidiously with subtle signs progressing to terminal recumbency. This is a cerebral disease thus signs are consistent with abnormal mentation. Slight changes in behavior include increased apprehension and tactile and auditory hyperesthesia.
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