Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health is working with veterinarians and dairy producers to educate their employees about the responsible use of animal-health products.

To maintain consumer confidence and eliminate the potential for antibiotic and drug residues to enter the food chain, a new dairy education program, including a toolkit, employee training and residue prevention tips, is now available.

Toolkit
Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health developed a toolkit to effectively communicate the proper use of animal-health products. The toolkit is intended to supplement the day-to-day protocols and procedures of animal-health product use and residue avoidance and includes:

• English and Spanish versions of laminated posters that highlight withdrawal times for several animal-health products

• Shelf stickers in English and Spanish for medicine cabinets and refrigerators to easily identify animal-health products by class of animals

• Halters to handle animals for proper administration of injectable animal-health products.

Training
To supplement the toolkit, dairy employees can learn on-farm best-management practices of residue prevention through personal training with their veterinarians and online training at www.resflorgold.com, www.nuflor.com and www.banamine.com. The course is offered in both English and Spanish.

Employees will learn how to prevent residues and how to best use the resources in the toolkit. At the end of the online training, participants will be tested on their knowledge, and a certificate of completion can be printed in either language.

In addition to in-person and online training, Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health is offering translation services with these educational materials to assist in employee training.

For more information about preventing residues on your dairy, contact your veterinarian or animal-health representative.  EL

—From Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health 
news release