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April 10, 2024 —
On April 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pradalex (pradofloxacin injection) solution for certain respiratory diseases in cattle and swine. Pradofloxacin is a medically important...
March 22, 2024 —
The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and global animal welfare organisation Brooke have launched the first-ever global list of essential veterinary medicines for food producing animals. The list...
March 12, 2024 —
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is accepting proposals through May 13, 2024 for cooperative agreement funding to support the collection of antimicrobial use data from diverse animal sectors....
February 15, 2024 —
Much hope exists in veterinary medicine, animal industry, and food production sectors, where new technologies hold great promise, says Tracy Forfa, director of the Food and Drug Administration's...
January 8, 2024 —
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing draft guidance intended to help animal drug sponsors pursuing Priority Zoonotic Animal Drug (PZAD) designation for a new animal drug. PZADs are new...
January 3, 2024 —
Veterinarians have an important role in helping protect antimicrobial effectiveness. One aspect of good antimicrobial stewardship is antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). This can help guide...
December 7, 2023 —
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine published the 2022 Summary Report on Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals. Read the...
November 18, 2023 — Abbey Canon
AASV is pleased to participate in World Antibiotic Awareness Week November 18-24, 2023. World Antibiotic Awareness Week is a global initiative to raise awareness of the health risks of anti-biotic...
November 13, 2023 —
The FDA, through its Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), has taken two actions regarding Mecadox (carbadox), a drug marketed by Phibro Animal Health Corporation. Carbadox has been added to...
November 10, 2023 —
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final order to revoke the approved method for detecting residues of carbadox, a carcinogenic new animal drug used in swine feed. An approved method...
October 24, 2023 — AASV Staff
If you are experiencing drug availability or supply issues, please send any animal drug shortage information to the FDA Animal Drug Shortages mailbox (animaldrugshortages@fda.hhs.gov) or call FDA at...
October 3, 2023 —
Merck Animal Health is voluntarily recalling four additional batches of Banamine / Banamine-S (flunixin meglumine injection) 50 mg/mL in the United States due to the presence of particulate matter....
August 22, 2023 — AASV Staff
If you are experiencing drug availability or supply issues, please send any animal drug shortage information to the FDA Animal Drug Shortages mailbox (animaldrugshortages@fda.hhs.gov) or call FDA at...
August 2, 2023 —
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened a docket to seek public comment on a report outlining a potential framework for establishing a public-private partnership (PPP) to collect and...
June 30, 2023 —
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is announcing the voluntary withdrawal of the combination medicated feed containing Safe-Guard (fenbendazole) and...
May 17, 2023 —
FDA published Guidance for Industry (GFI) #263 in June 2021 which outlined a plan for transitioning certain over-the-counter (OTC) antimicrobial products for animals to prescription (Rx) status. As...
April 26, 2023 —
FDA published Guidance for Industry (GFI) #263 in June 2021 which outlined a plan for transitioning certain over-the-counter (OTC) antimicrobial products for animals to prescription (Rx) status. As...
April 19, 2023 —
The Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (#PACCARB) released their 11th recommendation report, Preparing for the Next Pandemic in the Era of Antimicrobial...
March 22, 2023 —
FDA published Guidance for Industry (GFI) #263 in June 2021 which outlined a plan for transitioning certain over-the-counter (OTC) antimicrobial products for animals to prescription (Rx) status. As...
March 22, 2023 —
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that in April it will begin phasing in inspectional activities in relation to Guidance for Industry #256, Compounding Animal Drugs from Bulk Drug...
March 16, 2023 —
FDA/CVM issued a draft update to guidance for industry (GFI) #152, "Evaluating the Safety of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs with Regard to Their Microbiological Effects on Bacteria of Human...
January 27, 2023 —
With illicit xylazine increasingly showing up in street drugs that pose grave risks to human users, government policymakers are discussing making it a controlled substance. The AVMA is closely...
December 26, 2022 —
AASV has recently heard reports from practitioners about potential drug availability issues. If you are experiencing supply issues, please send any animal drug shortage information to the FDA Animal...
December 20, 2022 —
FDA/CVM issued a draft update to guidance for industry (GFI) #152, "Evaluating the Safety of Antimicrobial New Animal Drugs with Regard to Their Microbiological Effects on Bacteria of Human...
December 12, 2022 —
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine published the 2021 Summary Report on Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals. This year's...
November 30, 2022 —
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making up to $3 million in cooperative agreement funding available to create antimicrobial...
November 29, 2022 —
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by AABP Past President Dr. Mike Apley, a clinical pharmacologist from Kansas State University. Apley discusses the FDA Guidance for Industry (GFI)...
November 25, 2022 —
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a public meeting on December 7, 2022, to offer opportunity for comment on the proposed recommendations for reauthorization of the Animal Drug User Fee...
November 22, 2022 — Abbey Canon
AASV is pleased to participate in World Antibiotic Awareness Week November 18-24, 2022. World Antibiotic Awareness Week is a global initiative to raise awareness of the health risks of anti-biotic...
November 19, 2022 —
On June 11, 2023, the FDA's new directive, "Guidance for the Industry #263," is slated for implementation, meaning that over-the-counter (OTC) antibiotics will no longer be available...
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Category abbreviations: AASV=Membership information, announcements, and other information from the American Association of Swine Veterinarians; Abs.=Abstracts from journal articles of general interest to swine veterinarians.; ALERT=Used to create email alerts; An.H.=Animal Health; Conf.=Conference announcements and other continuing education opportunities; FAD="Foreign" Animal Disease and other news most significant to regions outside of North America.; Food=Food Safety; Gov.=Information about legislation, regulations, and rulemaking that may affect the swine industry or swine veterinarians.; Hum.H.=Human health; Ind.=News from the pork industry, including NPPC and Pork Board activities.; International=Information regarding swine health and production internationally.; Jobs=Position announcements, primarily seeking swine veterinarians.; Meet=Provides a short synopsis of meetings of importance to swine veterinarians.; News=Agriculture related news events.; Nutr.=Swine nutrition; OP-ED=Opinion or editorial articles expressing the thoughts of individual Association members.; Pharm.=Pharmaceuticals and biologicals; PRRS=Articles from the AASV PRRS Task Force; Practice=Information associated with practice management or development.; Research=Research topics of interest to swine veterinarians.; Students=Information of interest to AASV student members.; USDA=US Dept. of Agriculture activities of interest to swine veterinarians.; Welfare=Animal welfare issues