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100
What questions should we evaluate when choosing a treatment or vaccination? 
  1. Can I do some good for the animal with this regimen?
  2. Can I do some harm to the animal with this regimen?
  3. Can I administer this to the animal(s) with reasonable effort?
  4. What is the cost of this regimen versus its potential benefits?
  5. What are the human safety and health implications of the treatment plan?
100

What are first choice antibiotics for PRRS response (hint: tulathromycin class)

Draxxin

Pulmotil 

Aivlosin

100

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

100

What medication should never be administered if Skycis is in the feed?

Denagard (tiamulin)

100

Name a generic Draxxin (tulathromycin) product

  • Arovyn (Merck Animal Health)
  • Increxxa (Elanco)
  • Macrosyn (Bimeda)
  • RESPIRmycin (Parnell)
  • Tulieve (Norbrook)
  • Tulissin (Virbac) 
200

Where do I find the drug expiration date?

ON THE BOTTLE (not the prescription label). 

200

Explain a solution vs a suspension

  • A solution is a homogeneous mixture where the drug is completely and evenly dissolved in a solvent, resulting in a clear liquid that does not separate.
  • A suspension is a heterogeneous mixture containing solid drug particles that are dispersed in a liquid but not fully dissolved. These particles will settle over time, requiring the mixture to be shaken well before each use to ensure correct dosing. 
200

What unit of measurement do we target with medications? 

mg/kg (mg of active ingredient per kg of BW)

200

Draxxin (tulathromycin) is a good injectable choice for Streptococcus suis?

NO

200

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).

  • Pradalex is an SRD antibiotic treatment that reaches twice the concentration in a third of the time1,2 — achieving peak serum activity within 45 minutes after injection.
300

What are three routes of drug adminstration? 

Enteral - orally (feed, water, drench)

Parenteral - non - oral (injectable)

Topical - applied to skin

300

What is ideal pH for water? 

6.5-6.8

300

What is the proportioner rate on a medicator?

1:128 (for every 128 fluid ounces that is consumed, 1 oz picks up medication). 

300

How many days/hours worth of medication can I mix in one batch? 

12-24 hours

300

What is a generic name for Denagard (tiamulin)

Tiagard

400

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. 

400

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*

400

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). 

400

Why do I need fresh medication mixed up daily? 

Bioavailability of the drug decreases over time, with significant reduction after 24 hours 

400

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. 

500

Where do I find the drug withdrawal?

ON THE LABEL. (Not the bottle label).

500

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

500

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

500

What is a drug? 

Chemicals that affects physiologic processes of living organism.

500

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