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<blockquote data-quote="Barney" data-source="post: 772697" data-attributes="member: 14509"><p>The vet could try Rochphin or Vancomycin. These are approved for human, but I don't think Vet studies have been completed. After all the antibiotics you have given him, it sounds like he may have an Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus infection at the injection site. Depends on how aggressive you want to get in saving the calf. Vancomycin is the last resort drug of choice in humans with MRSA, if the vet thinks there is little hope, couldn't hurt to try. Please note, I am not a vet of a cattle rancher, but I am a PhD that conducts pharmaceutical research in HUMANS. Over the years we have found that most, not all, but most drugs approved for humans is safe for animals. Bench testing of drugs are completed on lab animals to determine preliminary toxicity and pharmacokinetics before going to human trials. If your friend uses antibiotics prophylactically in his herd, please ask him to stop. Treat animals that are sick. Prophylactic antibiotic treatment of animals, that are consumed by humans, has been proven to be the cause of some of the antibiotic resistant infectious organisms that we are trying to treat now. The antibiotics remain in the meat consumed and interacts with human DNA/RNA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barney, post: 772697, member: 14509"] The vet could try Rochphin or Vancomycin. These are approved for human, but I don't think Vet studies have been completed. After all the antibiotics you have given him, it sounds like he may have an Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus infection at the injection site. Depends on how aggressive you want to get in saving the calf. Vancomycin is the last resort drug of choice in humans with MRSA, if the vet thinks there is little hope, couldn't hurt to try. Please note, I am not a vet of a cattle rancher, but I am a PhD that conducts pharmaceutical research in HUMANS. Over the years we have found that most, not all, but most drugs approved for humans is safe for animals. Bench testing of drugs are completed on lab animals to determine preliminary toxicity and pharmacokinetics before going to human trials. If your friend uses antibiotics prophylactically in his herd, please ask him to stop. Treat animals that are sick. Prophylactic antibiotic treatment of animals, that are consumed by humans, has been proven to be the cause of some of the antibiotic resistant infectious organisms that we are trying to treat now. The antibiotics remain in the meat consumed and interacts with human DNA/RNA. [/QUOTE]
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