Phenylbutazone ?

[Stocker Steve]

I purchased all the used meds at a ranch auction. I can use most of it. A couple odds ones:

- is there a cattle application for phenybutzaone, or is this left over from some horsing around?

- is there any reason you would use a grub pour on, rather than using an ivomec type wormer?

 

[rockcreekfarm]

I Googled the the use of Phenylbutazone in cattle and found this, hope it helps.

http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/New ... 124078.htm

Looks like it can cause some pretty adverse side affects in humans.

 

[dun]

I Googled the the use of Phenylbutazone in cattle and found this, hope it helps.

http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/New ... 124078.htm

Looks like it can cause some pretty adverse side affects in humans.

Yeah you have to have a blood test every week!

 

[Stocker Steve]

Sounds like I need to give it to the neighbors dog so he quits chasing my truck?

 

[Angus Cowman]

it is a great painkiller but the taste isn't too good it helps to chase it with a good shot of Crown
downside is it thins your blood quite a bit and you can bleed out rather quickly if you take it for prolonged periods of time plus it is hard on your stomach
I always preferred the paste over the pills

 

[Lucky_P]

Have used it in cattle in the past, and it was good for musculoskeletal problems, like post-calving nerve bruising, etc., with much longer duration than banamine - but, as you've seen, it is now not just 'not approved for use in food-producing animals, but 'prohibited', so I won't use it in anything that will be going to slaughter - ever.
Best to pitch it, rather than run the risk of getting in trouble over illegal residues. Or,if not out of date, pass it on to some horsey-type folks, if they know how to use it correctly.

Had an old-timey physician put me on phenylbutazone tablets for what turned out to be septic arthritis, back in the early 1980s; probably not even in the armamentarium of the typical MD anymore...

 

[Aaron]

You always find some interesting stuff at farm auctions.

 

[Tim/South]

We still use it from time to time. Recently had a young cow come up lame. She had been in heat and we think she hurt her hip while breeding.
Started of with a heavy dose then cut back for a few days. We crushed the pills in an old sock then put it on top of her feed, then soaked the powder with corn syrup. It is very bitter.