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VETERINARIAN APPROVAL NOW NEEDED TO TREAT LIVESTOCK WITH ANTIMICROBIALS
Jun. 13, 2023
Agri-Pulse reports:
The Food and Drug Administration has another line of defense to prevent antimicrobial resistance in those drugs important to humans that are also used in animals. Farmers and ranchers will now need veterinarian prescriptions for medically important antimicrobials after animal drug makers voluntarily switched from over-the-counter labeling to prescription only.
The change stems from FDA draft guidance issued in 2019 and final guidance that came out in 2021 which included a two-year timeline for the transition.
Species impacted by the guidance include cattle, swine, chickens, turkeys, horses, sheep, goats, cats and dogs.
Unlike human prescriptions for antibiotics that require a doctor visit, depending on the state, farmers and ranchers generally do not have a veterinarian examine each animal for which the prescription is issued, "as long as the veterinarian has established a valid [veterinarian-client-patient relationship] with the farmer or rancher that owns or cares for the animal in need of treatment," FDA said in a fact sheet.
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