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continued from page 3 rective, VFD, in 2017, allow- assumed the responsibili- veterinarian as soon as pos-
— Joe Paschal, Ph.D., ing closer veterinarian over- ty for making clinical judg- sible.
former AgriLife Extension sight of antimicrobial use in ments regarding the health Why shouldn’t I go
livestock specialist, now rep- animal feeds. All over-the- of the animal and the need ahead and stock up on
resenting industry as the ex- counter antibiotics placed for medical treatment, and antibiotics now?
ecutive vice president of the in the drinking water were the client has agreed to fol- Do not stock up on these
American Brahman Breeders moved to prescription status low the veterinarian’s in- products to avoid needing a
Association, Corpus Christi. at the same time. This new structions. prescription once this change
— Billy Zanolini, Ph.D., rule concerns the few antibi- (2) The veterinarian has takes effect. Animal health
assistant professor and 4-H otics that remained available sufficient knowledge of the products are expensive, have
and youth development spe- over the counter in the form animal to initiate at least a expiration dates and are sen-
cialist, Bryan-College Sta- of injectables, intramamma- general or preliminary diag- sitive to storage time and
nosis of the animal’s medical
tion. ry tubes and boluses. condition. This means that conditions.
What is the new rule? What does medically the veterinarian has recent- Are there any specific
The Food and Drug Ad- important mean? ly seen and is personally ac- instructions that should
ministration recommends Medically important drugs quainted with the keeping be given to livestock
manufacturers of medical- are essential to human med- and care of the animal by show exhibitors?
ly important antimicrobial icine and also used to treat examining the animal or by Livestock exhibitors, like
drugs that continue to be animals. medically appropriate and all producers in animal ag-
available over the counter What antibiotics does timely visits to the premises riculture, are responsible for
and are approved for use in this affect? where the animal is kept. understanding animal treat-
animals, both companion and Prescription-only items (3) The veterinarian is ment regulations. For junior
food-producing, regardless of will include injectable tylosin, readily available or has ar- shows, students complete the
delivery mechanism, to vol- injectable and intramamma- ranged emergency coverage “Quality Counts” quality-as-
untarily bring these products ry penicillin, injectable and and follow-up evaluation surance curriculum that
under veterinary oversight oral oxytetracycline, sulfadi- in the event of adverse re- stresses the importance of
or prescription marketing methoxine and sulfametha- actions or the failure of the VCPR.
status. zine, gentamicin, cephapirin treatment regimen. What health/medical
By June 11, labels of the and cephapirin benzathine items can livestock
remaining over-the-count- intramammary tubes. What’s your advice to
livestock owners without owners continue to
er antibiotics for livestock purchase over the
use will be required to read: How and where can these a VCPR?
Producers who already counter?
items be purchased after
“Caution: Federal law re- the rule goes into effect? Most vaccines, dewormers,
have a VCPR in place and
stricts this drug to use by or Individuals with veteri- purchase their animal health injectable and oral nutrition-
on the order of a licensed vet- nary-client-patient relation- products through their veter- al supplements, ionophores,
erinarian,” and the purchas- ships, VCPR, may purchase inary office or through other pro/prebiotics and topical
er must have a prescription
or drug order to buy it. antibiotics directly from distributors under an exist- nonantibiotic treatments
their veterinarian or from a ing prescription system will will not require a veterinary
How does this differ distributor with the vet’s pre- likely notice little change. prescription. However, there
from the Veterinary Feed scription. However, this may have sig- are some exceptions. Always
Directive and why are What constitutes a VCPR? nificant impacts on how the read the label.
the two confused? livestock owners can access
Over-the-counter antibiot- Three requirements must antibiotic therapy for their Drovers
ics used in animal feed were be met: animals, so contact your local
(1) The veterinarian has
moved to Veterinary Feed Di-

BEEF EXPORTS SET ANNUAL RECORD
By Greg Henderson
U.S. beef and pork ex- seen in all my years in the in- Hong Kong, saw the month the exchange rate situation
ports completed a banner dustry,” said USMEF Presi- end with 112,707 metric tons has improved and we still
year in 2022, according to dent and CEO Dan Halstrom. shipped, down 7%, while see room for growth in the
USDA data compiled by the The U.S. exported a record value fell 21% to $782.6 mil- foodservice sector as more
U.S. Meat Export Federation share of its record-large beef lion. China’s demand was regions continue their grad-
(USMEF). Beef exports set production in 2022, and at reduced due to persistent ze- ual rebound from COVID,”
records for both volume and higher prices. Export value to ro-COVID policies. Halstrom said.
value in 2022, while pork ex- South Korea was $2.7 billion, “Late in the year, exports
port value finished with the up 13% and an all-time record certainly felt the impact
third-largest year on record. for any single destination, of persistent headwinds in
Beef exports reached 1.47 while exports to China/Hong our large Asian markets,
million metric tons in 2022, Kong jumped 22% to $2.55 including depressed trad-
a 2% increase. Export value billion. Other markets in ing partner currencies and
increased 10% to a record which beef exports achieved COVID-related challenges
$11.68 billion, nearly 40% annual records included Tai- in China, but the long list of
higher than the previous wan, the Philippines, Singa- countries in which records
five-year average. pore, Colombia, Guatemala were set showcases the in-
“2022 was a ground-break- and the Dominican Republic. dustry’s focus on diversifying
ing year for U.S. beef’s inter- A decline in exports during export markets. While the
national presence, with glob- December, including a sharp year ahead will be challeng-
al demand stronger than I’ve drop in exports to China/ ing due to supply constraints,