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K-State Vet Prepares Cattle Producers for New Drug Regulations

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:57:38 CDT

K-State Vet Prepares Cattle Producers for New Drug Regulations


The future use of antibiotics in livestock production as a herd health management tool is changing. Producers will start to see how the government is addressing antibiotic resistance in this country and those changes will effect livestock producers. Kansas State University Professor in Clinical Studies and Veterinarian Dr. Mike Apley said there is a concern over statements made by the White House on antibiotic resistance as a human health issue and animal agriculture has been targeted to some level as a contributor.


Last year the President's Council of Science and Technology released their PCAST report and it realized there could be a lot of resistance selection from use in humans, but there could be a component from animals. Apley said they are wanting to put together an Advisory panel along with evaluating the amount of antibiotics used. They also want to remove medically important antibiotics from growth promotion uses, which is already ready scheduled to happen in December 2016. The council also wants to find more ways to reduce antibiotics use in agriculture today.


"About 97 percent of the antibiotics that are sold for use in food animals right now are over the counter," Apley said.


Radio Oklahoma Network Farm Director Ron Hays featured Apley on the Beef Buzz feature. Click or tap on the LISTEN BAR below to listen to today's Beef Buzz.


Dr. Apley said there is genuine concerns among producers on the future availability of antibiotics for treatment and prevention of disease in livestock. There are therapeutic uses and he said there are few that can make a claim that producers shouldn't be treating ill animals. Mainstream animal agriculture also utilizes antibiotics as a tool for routine prevention or control of diseases.


"Each food animal species has diseases that tend to give use challenges at certain times in the animal's life and we've used antibiotics to try in come in ahead and if we do it before there are any clinical cases, we call that prevention," Apley said. "And if we do it when we see a few cases but it hasn't spread throughout the population yet, we call that control and that is our big focus."


In the near future, producers that want to administer antibiotics to their livestock through feed or water, will have to get clearance first from their veterinarian. Apley expects the veterinary feed directive final rule to come out in the near future and he expects it to be similar to the previously published rule. As of December 2016, Apley said all feed antibiotics will have to accompanied by a veterinary feed directive from their veterinarian that allows the producer to purchase and incorporate the product into the feed or water. With these changes coming, its important livestock producers have a relationship with their veterinarian.


The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Network- but is also a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the LISTEN BAR below for today's show- and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
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Ron Hays Beef Buzzes with Dr. Mike Apley of K-State
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