Antibiotic use in livestock is the use of antibiotics for any purpose in the husbandry of livestock, which includes treatment when ill (therapeutic), treatment of a batch of animals when at least one is diagnosed as ill (metaphylaxis, similar to the way bacterial meningitis is treated in children), and preventative treatment (prophylaxis). The u...
Antibiotic use in livestock is the use of antibiotics for any purpose in the husbandry of livestock, which includes treatment when ill (therapeutic), treatment of a batch of animals when at least one is diagnosed as ill (metaphylaxis, similar to the way bacterial meningitis is treated in children), and preventative treatment (prophylaxis). The use of subtherapeutic doses in animal feed and water to promote growth and improve feed efficiency is discouraged by the FDA as part of their Veterinary Feed Directive, which seeks voluntary compliance from drug manufacturers to re-label their antibiotics. Nevertheless this article focuses on the use of antibiotics for growth promotion, which has been banned in Europe since 2006, and on legislation regarding antibiotic use in farm animals in the USA.
Growth Promoters There are 2 products.
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CAPTICA
Technical Name: Triacontanol EW 0.1% Target Crops: To Be Update Mode of Action: To Be Update Dosage: To Be Update Shelf Life: 24 Months from MFG Date
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ELIXIR (white)
Technical Name: Ethiphon 39% SL Target Crops: Pineapple, Pomegranate, Mango, Coffee (Arabica), Coffee(Robusta), Tomato and Rubber Mode of Action: For Flower Induction, Defoliation for better flowering and fruit yield for breaking alternate bearing tendencies, for flower induction in juvenile mango and Post harvest treatment Dosage: To Be Update Shelf...
