The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is responsible for assuring that animal drugs and medicated feeds are safe and effective and that food from treated animals is safe to eat. In 1968, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was amended to include animal drugs. CVM works to educate consumers as […]
Modern food production has changed agriculture drastically. It used to be that many different breeds were used on farms to produce meat, milk and eggs. Today, the breeds that produce maximum output are used to the exclusion of all others. In the United States, one breed of dairy cattle (the Holstein) produces almost all the […]
One of the most devastating pieces of news to receive is that your pet has cancer. But there is hope. Chemotherapy is a viable option to treat pets with cancer. There are a number of different types of chemotherapy drugs available for your veterinarian/oncologist to use. Some are given orally while others by injection every […]
