Medicine Section

CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS USED IN FOOD ANIMALS

Infectious diseases

• Antibiotics
• Anti-inflammatory drugs
• Supportive therapy
• Milk let-down and parturition drugs
• Sedative/pain reducers
• Digestive stimulants
• Dips and sanitizing agents.

Non-infectious disease

• vitamins
• minerals
• calcium/magnesium/propylene glycol etc. for milk fever,
  tetany, ketosis;
• energy additives
• digestive stimulants.

Reproductive management

• induce calving (certain steroids and others)
• produce uterine contractions to evacuate the uterus (oxytocin, ergonovine)
• control reproductive infections - (antibiotics and others)
• induce estrus and heat synchronization (prostaglandins, estrogens & progesterone)
• treat various types of ovarian cysts (GnRH, HCG and prostaglandins)
  maintain pregnancy (progesterone)
• produce super ovulation in embryo transfer programs (FSH); h) anesthesia/tranquilizers.

Production related drugs

• BST, (bovine somatotropin) and PST (porcine somatotropin) (in future if FDA approves)
• growth implants for some cattle
• Ionophores -- rumensin etc. --heifer development
• sodium bicarbonate (buffers).

Anesthetics

• general anesthetics
• local anesthetics (lidocaine, etc)
• tranquilizers --(Rompun and others).

Internal and External Parasite Drugs

• dewormers
• many types of insecticides.

Preventive medical compounds

• Vaccines
• Sanitizers in animal environment.

Agricultural chemicals and insect preventatives in animal environment.