We will tire of VFD articles almost before we get started. However, compliance and understanding come with repetition and multiple perspectives. Fred Gingrich, an Ohio DVM, concisely discusses VFD regulations from a product perspective.
Source: Dairy Herd Management, January 5, 2016.
It is important to recognize what products are affected by these rules. For cattle, the main products will be tetracycline, tylosin and neomycin. It is also important to understand the legalities of feed-grade antibiotics. It is illegal to use these products in an extra-label manner. This is not a new rule; it has been illegal since 1994.
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