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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the broad mandate under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321 et seq.) to assure the safety and effectiveness of animal drugs and their use in all animals, including farm animals. The division of the FDA responsible for this is the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM). [1]
A new animal drug is defined, in part, as any drug intended for use in animals other than man, including any drug intended for use in animal feed but not including the animal feed, the composition of which is such that the drug is not generally recognized as safe and effective for the use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or ...
pentobarbital – humane euthanasia of animals not to be used for food; pentoxyfylline – xanthine derivative used in as an antiinflammatory drug and in the prevention of endotoxemia; pergolide – dopamine receptor agonist used for the treatment of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction in horses; phenobarbital – anti-convulsant used for ...
Psychoactive drugs, such as alcohol, caffeine, amphetamine, mescaline, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), cannabis, chloral hydrate, theophylline, IBMX and others, have been studied on certain animals. It is believed that plants developed caffeine as a chemical defense against insects.
Animal Drug User Fee Act of 2003, Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008, Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2013, Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act of 2008, Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: U.S.C. sections affected: 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., § 379j-11 et seq., § 379j-12, § 379j-13, § 379j-21, § 379j-22, and others: Agencies affected
Minor animal species include animals other than cattle, swine, chickens, turkeys, horses, dogs, and cats. CVM monitors the safety of animal foods and medications. Much of the center's work focuses on animal medications used in food animals to ensure that significant drug residues are not present in the meat or other products from these animals.
Animal drug; Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013; Antireticular cytotoxic serum; Atipamezole; Azagly-nafarelin; Azamethiphos; B ...
Animal euthanasia (euthanasia from Greek: εὐθανασία; "good death") is the act of killing an animal humanely, most commonly with injectable drugs. Reasons for euthanasia include incurable (and especially painful) conditions or diseases, [ 1 ] lack of resources to continue supporting the animal, or laboratory test procedures.