Drug Residues Relative to Food Safety in Avian and Small Ruminants
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2022) | Viewed by 4844
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Drug residue avoidance in animal products consumed by humans is a food safety focus worldwide. Continued access to antibiotics is critical to veterinary medicine. However, administration of these drugs to animals must be judicious in order to protect public health, with assurance that drug residues do not enter the human food chain.
For cattle, chickens, and swine there are numerous agency approved medications and mandated withdrawal times. In contrast, approved drugs for minor species, such as game birds and small ruminants, are limited. Therefore, drug administration to these minor species is often based on extrapolation from a related species or animal class.
The aim of this Special Issue is to publish original research papers or reviews concerning the use of antibiotics in birds and small ruminants to highlight the importance of pharmacokinetic and residue depletion studies. While live animal pharmacokinetic studies provide some insights into residue avoidance, tissue residue studies are the gold standard for accurately estimating withdrawal intervals. Other methods for estimating withdrawal interval recommendations, such as physiologically-based pharmacokinetic and non-linear mixed effect models, also play important roles in estimating withdrawal intervals.
I look forward to you sharing your recent findings through this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Lisa Tell
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- medications
- drug residues
- tissues
- pharmacokinetics
- extra-label drug use
- withdrawal intervals
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