National
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tag estimated at $1.6 million from
the National Dairy Promotion and
Research Board, he said.
Among the program’s “check
list” of preventative measures,
Adams said, is greater use of on
farm screening tests to detect
residues in the milk of treated
cows. In fact, the organizations
will recommend that farmers
always test before shipping any
milk from treated cows to market,
he added.
Many farmers already use
screening tests, such as the Delvo
p test. However, Adams said,
some currently used tests are not
particularly sensitive to certain
classes of drugs, such as the sul
fas. Part of the educational cam
paign accompanying the NMPF
AVMA program will focus on
which test should be used with
which drug.
The education effort also will
re-emphasize the need for a proper
relationship between farmers and
veterinarians who prescribe the
use of a drug “extra label.” Under
established FDA policy, drugs not
approved for use in lactating cows
may indeed be used if prescribed
by a veterinarian under certain
conditions. Much of the recent
concern about drug residues has
focused on this sort of drugs.
Sulfamethazine, for instance,
which has been shown to cause
cancer in laboratory studies with
rats and mice, has been the major
concern of press reports in the
Wall Street Journal and else
where. But officials at the Center
for Science in the Public Interest,
a consumer-based group that has
lobbied for changes in drug reg
ulations and industry practices,
also are concerned about other
drugs in the sulfonamide family.
“There’s been so much focus
on sulfamethazine because we
know it causes cancer, but the
other sulfa drugs are under a cloud
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of doubt," said Center staffer Lisa
Lefferts. “Just because they
haven’t been tested doesn’t mean
they are safe.”
Other extra-label drugs that
have turned up in recent residue
surveys include gentamicin, ery
thromycin and oxytetracycline.
Negative publicity about this
issue peaked in January following
the publication of a Wall Street
Journal article detailing the results
of two separate surveys of
residues in the retail milk supply.
Testing done at New Jersey’s Rut
gers University turned up traces
(the levels ranged from a few to
several hundred parts per billion)
of various dfugs in roughly 35 per
cent of these samples, but the
results were quickly questioned by
IDA officials. The agency subse
quently conducted its own survey
and initially announced that it had
found “no residues” in its sam
ples. However, FDA officials
recently announced that further
test work done on some of the
samples suspected of contamina
tion in their original survey had
confirmed the presence of
residues.
Conflicting interpretations of
test results have kept the issue in
the news. Moreover, it is not likely
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to go away soon. Officials at the
Center for Science in the Public
Interest said they intend to con
tinue pressing their concerns.
FDA officials said they probably
will soon propose banning the use
of sulfamethazine in all food pro
ducing animals.
Whatever the scientific find
ings, the greatest danger to the
dairy industry is in the fickle court
of public opinion, according to
various industry spokesmen.
Lisa Keller, who fulfills that
role for National Milk, said the
issue has unfortunate semantic
implications. “Anytime you put
the words drugs and milk together
in the same story, you have nega
tive connotations,” she said.
Her solution is to try to frame
the debate in terms of “milk safe
ty,” she said. The quality assur
ance program follows the same
principle.
“It’s very, very important that
we take measures to eliminate
illegal residues,” Adams said in
reference to levels that exceed the
limits set by FDA. However, he
added, merely reducing residues
below a certain level may not
satisfy consumers.
“We are faced with the reality
that the public may not accept any
level of residues,” he said.
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Frederick Livestock
Auction
Frederick, Md.
Monday, May 7, 1994
Report Supplied by Auction
SLAUGHTER COWS: UTILITY
52.00-56.00; HIGH DRESSING UP TO
57.50; CANNBRS 50.00-54.00; SHELLY
50.00 DOWN.
BULLS: YG#II6SOLBS. UP TO 65.25;
YG#2 59.00-61.00.
FED STEERS: LOW CHOICE
950-1175 LBS. 73.00-74.50.
FED HEIFERS: CHOICE 880-1060
LBS. 70.00-71.75; SELECT UP TO 63.00.
VEAL CALVES: CHOICE 250 LBS.
UP TO 108.00; GOOD 200 LBS. UP TO
98.00; STANDARD 75.00-85.00; CULLS
85-115 LBS. 80.00-90.00; 50-80 LBS.
75.00-85.00; WEAK AND OUGH 70.00
DOWN.
FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
#1 90-120 LBS. 170.00-195.00; #2 85-110
LBS. 120.00-160.00.
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS: 90-110 LBS. UP
TO 195.00; BEEF X BULLS UP TO
183.00; HEIFERS TO 145.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: #1 AND 3 215-260
LBS. 58.00-59.00; 260-280 LBS.
56.00-57.00; 190-210 LBS. 54.00-56.50.
SOWS: 300-500 LBS. 51.00-54.00;
500-700 LBS. 54.00-56.00.
BOARS: 300-400 LBS. 45.00-47.25;
600 LBS. UP TO 50.00.
STOCK CATTLE: STEERS SOO-BSO
LBS. 62.00-77.00.
BULLS: 400 LBS. UP TO 97.00; 600
LBS. UP TO 75.00; 750 LBS. UP TO
65.00.
DAIRY REPLACEMENTS: SPRIN
GERS 800.00-900.00; FRESH UP TO
500.00.
LAMBS: 65 LBS. UP TO 65.00;
CHOICE 90-120 LBS. 56.00-59.00.
SHEEP: UP TO 23.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS, BY THE HEAD,
35 LBS. UP TO 37.00; 45 LBS. UP TO
49.00; BY THE POUND. 1 LOT 81 LBS.
AT 64.50.
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Livestock
Greencaatle, Pa.
Thursday, May 10,1990
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 193. COMPARED WITH
LAST THURSDAY’S MARKET, SL.
COWS 2.50-5.00 HIGHER. SEL.
65.00-71.75. STANDARD 59.50-62.50.
CUTTER & BON. UT. 56.00-62.50,
CANNER & LOW CUTTER 53.50-56.00,
SHELLS DOWN TO 51.75. YIELD
GRADE NO. 1 1000-1895 LBS. SL.
BULLS 62.75-68.25.
CALVES: 309. CHOICE 96.00,
STAND. & GD. 70-95 LBS. 78.00-87.00.
60-85 LBS. 70.00-82.00 NO. 1 HOLS
TEIN BULLS 85-130 LBS.
165.00- NO. 2 85-130 LBS.
120.00- NO. 1 HOL. HEIFERS
50-100 LBS. 160.00-225.00.
HOGS: 25 LOT US NO. 1-3 189 LBS.
53.75, 53.75. US NO. 1-3 500-550 LBS.
54.25-56.50, BOARS 49.75.
FEEDER PIGS; 0
SHEEP 7. COUPLE CHOICE 65 LBS.
NEW CROP 77.00. SLAUGHTER
SHEEP 16.00-36.00.
Pennsylvania
Livestock Auction
Waynetburg, Pa.
Thuraday, May 10, 1990
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 225. SL. COWS STEADY
TO STRONG. BREAKING UT. & COM
MERCIAL SL. COWS 52.00-55.25, CUT
TER A BON. UT. 4950-54.00, CANNER
& LO CUTTER 40.00-49.00, SHELLS
DOWN TO 34.00.
FEEDER CATTLE; STEERS MED. &
LGE-1 300-500 LBS. 85.00-106.00, 725
@ 72.50, HEIFERS MED. A LGE.-l
250-400 LBS. 80.00-98.00,350-600 LBS.
80.00-94.00.
CALVES 44. CHOICE 120.00-131.00.
NO. 1, HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-120 LBS.
140.00- 90-120 LBS.
110.00- BEEF CROSS 80-115
LBS. BULLS A HEIFERS 90.00-140.00.
HOGS 64.1 LOT US NO. 1-2 255 LBS.
60.00,2-3 260-275 LBS. 56.00-56.25. US
NO. 1-3 350-400 LBS. 50.00-52.00, 2-3
350-450 LBS. 47.00-49.00.
FEEDER PIGS 38. US NO. 1-3 30-40
LBS. FEEDER PIGS 32.00-38.00, 1-3
70-80 LBS. 44.00-47.00.
SHEEP 125. SPRING SL. LAMBS
ABOUT STEADY. H. CHOICE A
PRIME 75-80 LBS. 71.00-74.00. CHOICE
40-55 LBS. 66.00-70.00. LOT & LOW
GOOD/CHOICE 53 LBS. 60.00.
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