Basics
What are first choice antibiotics for PRRS response (hint: tulathromycin class)
Draxxin
Pulmotil
Aivlosin
How do I find out how much pigs are drinking?
Water meter
EDGE controller
Good ol' fashioned math
Preset stock solution to evaluate previous days intake
What medication should never be administered if Skycis is in the feed?
Denagard (tiamulin)
Name a generic Draxxin (tulathromycin) product
Where do I find the drug expiration date?
ON THE BOTTLE (not the prescription label).
Explain a solution vs a suspension
What unit of measurement do we target with medications?
mg/kg (mg of active ingredient per kg of BW)
Draxxin (tulathromycin) is a good injectable choice for Streptococcus suis?
NO
What is Pradalex?
For the treatment of swine respiratory disease (SRD) associated with Bordetella bronchiseptica, Glaesserella (Haemophilus) parasuis, Pasteurella multocida, Streptococcus suis, and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo).
What are three routes of drug adminstration?
Enteral - orally (feed, water, drench)
Parenteral - non - oral (injectable)
Topical - applied to skin
What is ideal pH for water?
6.5-6.8
What is the proportioner rate on a medicator?
1:128 (for every 128 fluid ounces that is consumed, 1 oz picks up medication).
How many days/hours worth of medication can I mix in one batch?
12-24 hours
What is a generic name for Denagard (tiamulin)
Tiagard
It's okay to use the same hose for the water medicator for the whole turn
No - need clean, new hoses and liners for vaccines!
Always best practice to clean hoses and medicators regularly.
I can mix multiple medications without veterinary approval
No - mixing of meds requires veterinary approval. *DISCLAIMER* WE ARE NOT CHEMISTS.
*JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN, DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD*
I should account for the liquid of my medication in my stock solution math?
Yes, technically if you are adding liquid medication that adds to the volume of stock solution pigs would drink.
(Ex. if you need 3 gallons of liquid and 16 gallons of stock, you would only use 13 gallons of water for the stock solution).
Why do I need fresh medication mixed up daily?
Bioavailability of the drug decreases over time, with significant reduction after 24 hours
True or False: Excede and Excenel are basically the same thing
No. They have very similar active ingredients but Excede has a carrier that allows it to stay in tissues for distribution for a longer time farm.
Where do I find the drug withdrawal?
ON THE LABEL. (Not the bottle label).
Injectable mass treatments interfere with oral administered vaccines (or with injected vaccines)
Possibly - Draxxin is the only drug that can be adminstered with no concern for oral vaccines.
Injectable meds don't interfere with injected vaccines
Pig weight: 50 lbs. # head: 1000#
Pennchlor 5 day run (1 pack/10,240 #)
How many packs per day/ per 5 day run?
4.88 packs/day
24.41 packs/treatment course
What is a drug?
Chemicals that affects physiologic processes of living organism.
My lab report says Gentamicin is good for my Streptococcus suis - we should use this?
No - lab reports are always taken with a grain of salt.
Some medications will never work for some bugs due to the PK/PD
Some may/may not be legal in food animal
Always go with what the pig tells us at the end of the day