The effect of administering long-acting oxytetracycline and tilmicosin either by dart gun or by hand on injection site lesions and drug residues in beef cattle

Authors
Von Donkersgoed, J VanderKop, M Salisbury, C Sears, L Holowath, J
Citation
J. Von Donkersgoed et al., The effect of administering long-acting oxytetracycline and tilmicosin either by dart gun or by hand on injection site lesions and drug residues in beef cattle, CAN VET J, 40(8), 1999, pp. 583-587
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
CANADIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL-REVUE VETERINAIRE CANADIENNE
ISSN journal
00085286 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
583 - 587
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-5286(199908)40:8<583:TEOALO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Forty yearling cattle were injected intramuscularly with long-acting oxytet racycline and subcutaneously with tilmicosin by dart gun or by hand in a ch ute 28 days prior to slaughter. The drugs caused injection site lesions and antibiotic residues in the neck and thigh that varied by technique, dose, and site.