Animal antibiotic manufactureres.

[Hears The Water]

Hey, I do research for my uncle who is writing a book. He wanted me to look up something from a part of a broadcast article about the abuse of antibiotics in the meat animals that we eat. He thought that he heard that there were two main manufactures or antibiotics that are used in this manner, but I can't figure out how to find this info. I was hoping that one of you might know, or have some insight into how to word it for Google. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
God bless you and yours
D eb

[Alice In TX/MO]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9BA0RJ20131211

Once companies remove farm production uses of their antibiotics from drug labels, it would become illegal for those drugs to be used for those purposes, Deputy FDA Commissioner Michael Taylor said in a conference call with journalists. The agency said about 25 animal health companies could be affected by the guidelines, especially Lilly and Zoetis.

Other companies with animal health businesses include Merck & Co, Novartis AG, Sanofi and Bayer AG.

The FDA said it will require animal pharmaceutical companies to notify the agency within three months of their intent to adopt its strategy. The companies would then have three years to complete the transition process.

[Alice In TX/MO]

Seems to me that the place to START reducing the use would be on the feed lots, not at the manufacturers. <shrug>

[Lazy J]

There are more than two manufactures of food animal antibiotics. The use of antibiotic in meat, milk, and egg production is complex and full of misinformation.

The latest press release from the FDA was quite misleading and the livestock farmers in the USA are working hand in hand with the veterinary community to ensure the proper use of antibiotics in livestock farming.

[haypoint]

I was hopeful that the law would end the use of low amounts of antibiotics used to stimulate appetite/growth. From what I've seen so far is that only the drugs that are also used in humans will be effected. While that is a step in the right direction, much more needs to be done.
Many producers do not use medicated feeds and the public assumes they do just because it is legal to do.
As an example, Michigan is home to many millions of commercial laying hens. It is illegal to medicate their feed, unless a Vet comes in and prescribes something for a specific illness and that hasn't happened in recent years. There are no growth hormones for chickens and certainly not laying hens. But when companies promote their eggs with "hormone-free, antibiotic-free
, people assume that the eggs that don't say that are hopped up on drugs.

[haypoint]

While I am trying to do less cut and paste, here is the latest information on this subject, straight from the horses mouth, with my highlights

Ag groups say FDA antibiotics rule to have little impact
Tim Hearden
Capital Press
December 17, 2013


Livestock industry groups contend there will be minimal impact from the Food and Drug Administration's new guidelines on antibiotic use, although it could actually lead to more use of such drugs by pork producers.

Citing public health concerns, the government took steps to phase out nontherapeutic use of certain antibiotics in animals processed for meat. The FDA has asked pharmaceutical companies to stop labeling drugs important for treating illness in humans as acceptable for growth promotion in animals.

Drug company Zoetis, a leading manufacturer of animal antibiotics, has already said it will comply.

Groups including the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the National Chicken Council praised the spirit of collaboration with which the FDA approached the antibiotic issue and vowed to work within the new guidelines.

"This only affects medically important antibiotics for human health (used) for feed efficiency and growth promotion, so I think of it as a narrow subset of a broader set," NCBA spokesman Chase Adams said. "We use very, very few of those in the cattle industry for growth promotion and feed efficiency."

Only about 5 percent of the antibiotics used by pork producers is for feed efficiency and growth promotion, but the drugs have been an important safeguard for piglets who've just been weaned and are more susceptible to bacterial infections, said Dave Warner, spokesman for the National Pork Producers Council.


Full text:
http://www.capitalpress.com/article/20131217/ARTICLE/131219903

[Hears The Water]

Thank you all for your help. I really appreciate it.
God bless you and yours
Deb