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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 364069" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>I'm not sure what the "natural" circles call "trace" amounts, but I do know that after the withdrawal time on an antibiotic, residues will not be detected by standard antibiotic tests. So any residual amounts in the kidneys, liver, etc, are very minimal - I'd consider it "trace" amounts.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just FWIW, randomly giving antibiotics prior to calving to "prevent" ecoli problems (cow or calf), is ineffective. There are vaccinations available to boost immunity in the cow against ecoli-caused mastitis, and vaccinations available to boost immunity in the calf against ecoli-caused scours, but as far as giving <em>antibiotics </em>willy-nilly, nope. Useless.</p><p></p><p>I don't know the "all natural" rules, but I do know that for beef animals under organic rules, a cow cannot be given antibiotics past the third trimester or the calf can no longer be sold for "organic" meat.</p><p></p><p>JMO, but the folks that come up with the organic rules and the other stuff need their heads examined. Under organic rules, Lidocaine - a local anesthetic - has a 7 day milk withdrawal. :roll: I read through some of the official organic drug rules last year, and was really surprised what people came up with that needed a "withdrawal time".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 364069, member: 852"] I'm not sure what the "natural" circles call "trace" amounts, but I do know that after the withdrawal time on an antibiotic, residues will not be detected by standard antibiotic tests. So any residual amounts in the kidneys, liver, etc, are very minimal - I'd consider it "trace" amounts. Just FWIW, randomly giving antibiotics prior to calving to "prevent" ecoli problems (cow or calf), is ineffective. There are vaccinations available to boost immunity in the cow against ecoli-caused mastitis, and vaccinations available to boost immunity in the calf against ecoli-caused scours, but as far as giving [i]antibiotics [/i]willy-nilly, nope. Useless. I don't know the "all natural" rules, but I do know that for beef animals under organic rules, a cow cannot be given antibiotics past the third trimester or the calf can no longer be sold for "organic" meat. JMO, but the folks that come up with the organic rules and the other stuff need their heads examined. Under organic rules, Lidocaine - a local anesthetic - has a 7 day milk withdrawal. :roll: I read through some of the official organic drug rules last year, and was really surprised what people came up with that needed a "withdrawal time". [/QUOTE]
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