Health

Antimicrobials || BQA || Diseases || Toxicities || Value Added Health

Understanding the FDA’s animal implant and antibiotic regulations

Antimicrobials

Medicated Feed Additives for Beef Cattle and Calves
Veterinary Feed Directive: What Producers Should Know about Antimicrobial Use in Feed

Veterinary Feed Directive

An understanding of the changes in the use of feed additive medications is important for livestock producers and veterinarians. All feed-grade medications used for disease prevention and therapy will require veterinary oversight and an accompanying veterinary feed directive.

You can find all of these brochures and other FDA Veterinary Feed Directive resources at:

http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/ucm071807.htm

Veterinary Feed Directive Requirements for:

• Producers
• Distributors
• Distributors that manufacture
• Veterinarians
• Veterinarian students

FDA site outlining marketing status and label changes:

http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/Products/AnimalFoodFeeds/MedicatedFeed/BlueBirdLabels/ucm072534.htm

Beef Cattle Institute VFD Modules

• Watch these online modules to learn more about VFD.

BQA

Beef Cattle Production
FDA-Approved Injectable Beef Cattle Antimicrobials
Proper Cattle Health Product Handling and Administration

Diseases

Anaplasmosis
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Bovine Virus Diarrhea
Coccidiosis
Johne's Disease
Pinkeye: Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis

Anaplasmosis in Kansas

• Map of Kansas counties with disease reports - Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
• Beef Tips - November 2015
• Anaplasmosis webinar recording, Gregg Hanzlicek, DVM Jan. 10, 2023

Anaplasmosis Symposium

Toxicities

Grazing Management: Toxic Plants
Hairy Vetch Toxicity
Kochia Toxicity
Sweetclover Toxicity

 

Other Beef Health Information

Animal Comfort Index

All files in pdf format.

• Trichomoniasis Affected Counties in Kansas 2012-2015
• New Trichomoniasis Regulations - effective October 4, 2013, Kansas Department of Agriculture
• Trichomoniasis - Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health
• Abortions (in Cattle) - 1991
• Anaplasmosis - 2000
• Biological Fly Control for Kansas Feedlots - 1998
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) - 2000
• Bovine Virus Diarrhea - 2000
• Coccidiosis - 2024
• FDA-Approved Injectable Beef Cattle Antimicrobials - 2008
• Grass Tetany - 1991
• Managing Insect Pests on Beef Cattle - 1997
• Medicated Feed Additives for Beef Cattle and Calves - 2002
• Pinkeye: Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis - 2000
• Preventive Herd Health Program- 1998
• Proper Cattle Health Product Handling and Administration - 2003
• Winter Feeding Sites and Calf Scours - 2006

 

Tips On Livestock Fly Control