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The 2018 book 'Pharming animals: a global history of antibiotics in food production (1935–2017)' [22] summarises the central role antibiotics have played in agriculture: "Since their advent during the 1930s, antibiotics have not only had a dramatic impact on human medicine, but also on food production. On farms, whaling and fishing fleets as ...
Flunixin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), analgesic, and antipyretic used in horses, cattle and pigs. It is often formulated as the meglumine salt. In the United States, it is regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and may only be lawfully distributed by order of a licensed veterinarian. There are many trade ...
For dogs, a dose ranges from 2.75 - 5.5 mg/kg once a day. The duration of treatment is usually at least five days, longer if there is a concurrent fungal or yeast infection. [ 4 ] Maximum duration of treatment is 30 days.
dexamethasone – anti-inflammatory steroid; diazepam – benzodiazepine used to treat status epilepticus, also used as a preanaesthetic and a sedative; dichlorophene – fungicide, germicide, and antimicrobial agent, also used for the removal of parasites; diphenhydramine – histamine blocker; doxycycline – antibiotic, also used to treat ...
Dexamethasone is a fluorinated glucocorticoid medication [10] used to treat rheumatic problems, a number of skin diseases, severe allergies, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), croup, brain swelling, eye pain following eye surgery, superior vena cava syndrome (a complication of some forms of cancer), [11] and along with antibiotics in tuberculosis. [10]
Dexamethasone acts as an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid. [1] In 2022, it was the 286th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 500,000 prescriptions. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Dexamethasone (Decadron) is given in low dose at the onset of a general anesthetic as an effective antiemetic. It is also used in chemotherapy as a single drug as well as with other antiemetics such as 5-HT 3 receptor antagonists and NK1 receptor antagonist, but the specific mechanism of action is not fully understood.
Endemic in nearly all countries with an extensive pig industry, S. suis is also a zoonotic disease, capable of transmission to humans from pigs. [1] Humans can be infected with S. suis when they handle infected pig carcasses or meat, especially with exposed cuts and abrasions on their hands. Human infection can be severe, with meningitis ...