What are veterinary drugs and their uses?
Veterinary drugs are medicines used to prevent, control, or treat diseases and medical conditions in animals. Major categories include antibiotics, antiparasitics, anti-inflammatory drugs, analgesics, anesthetics and sedatives, hormones, and other prescription or over-the-counter animal medicines. Vaccines and other veterinary biologics are also used in animal healthcare but may be regulated separately from conventional animal drugs.
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Veterinary drugs are medicines formulated or authorized for use in animals, including companion animals, livestock, poultry, horses, and aquaculture species.
Different drug classes have different purposes:
The correct drug depends on the animal species, diagnosis, body weight, age, underlying health conditions, other medicines being used, and the drug’s approved labeling.
In the United States, FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine regulates animal drugs. An approved animal drug has undergone the applicable approval process to demonstrate safety and effectiveness when used according to its labeling and to establish appropriate manufacturing quality.
Veterinary vaccines and other biologics should not automatically be grouped under the same FDA animal-drug pathway. In the United States, veterinary biologics such as vaccines are primarily regulated by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Center for Veterinary Biologics.
For food-producing species, veterinarians and producers must also consider withdrawal times and drug-residue requirements before meat, milk, eggs, or other animal-derived foods enter the human food supply.
AdvaCare Pharma supplies a broad range of [veterinary pharmaceuticals] for livestock, poultry, companion animals, and other animal-health markets.
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