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REVISTA CIENTÍFICA. FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS. LUZ, vol.34, no.2, pp.1-6, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
In veterinary medicine, it is
extremely important to use drugs that will not put human health at risk. In the
treatment of animal diseases, the preference of drugs that accumulate in muscle
tissue (meat) and are excreted from the body with milk because they create low
treatment costs poses a public health and food safety risk. Veterinarians and animal
breeders should pay attention to the use of drugs that do not leave residues in
animal foods in the treatment of diseases of animals whose meat is eaten. With
this study, it was aimed to reveal the healing time of Tilmicosin, which passed
to milk and Cefquinome, which is not passed to milk are used in the treatment
of footrot, especially in sheep raised for meat and milk, and what are the
costs (medicine, labor, etc.) of both drugs to animal owners. The study was
conducted on 80 sheep with footrot from sheep raised in Muş, Türkiye in
2020-21. As a result of field observations, anamnesis and clinical
examinations, sheep with footrot were divided into two groups in equal numbers.
One group was administered Cefquinome (1 mL·50 kg-1 im. every 24 hours –h–, 3
applications), while the other group was administered Tilmicosin (1 mL·30 kg-1
sc. 48 h later, 2 applications) and the animals were observed for 10 day (d).
In the Cefquinome group, footrot could be treated at a rate of 90% on the 4th d
and did not bring additional costs to the animal owners. It has been concluded
that Cefquinome should be preferred in treatment in terms of animal health,
food safety and public health due to its high treatment success, easy
application in pasture conditions, and the availability of milk during
treatment. Key words: Antibiotic; food safety; footrot; residue; sheep