VMP 420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic, Beef Cattle, Enrofloxacin
8 Jan 2020
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Not as regulated than with food animals which antibiotics we can give them. Minimum of 3 days: usually more. Topical: applied to the skin, common in equine and bovine, but not in swine. Intramuscular (im: anatomical site used to depend on species, beef cattle: neck, pigs: neck, horses: pectoral muscles in the front legs, this is very safe. If reaction occurs, it is easily drained and we can take down the swelling: needle size, depends on age, species, etc, ex) in meishong pigs, they have very thick skin. Therefore, you will need a long needle (about 1. 5 in) Intravenous (iv: easily in cattle, tail vein. Subcutaneous (sq: enrofloxacin is a strictly sq antibiotic in large animal, will burn very badly im and leaves a burn in the muscle. Into the joint: have to be extremely careful. Irreversible damage: sometimes waited too long to treat and is no longer affected.
