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Most animal health products that are routinely administered in a repetitive manner to
dairy cows (e.g. oxytocin, prostaglandin, GnRH) are available in products with no
milk withdrawal.
1. Repetitive treatments to the same animal with one drug (e.g. treatments that
are administered at every milking for duration of lactation):
a) The animal’s identification along with the details of the treatment must be
recorded, but in place of an individual record for each treatment, the a start
date is recorded. After the final treatment, the end date is recorded. Some
example formats are:
i. Use a separate page of the Livestock Treatment Record only for cows that
receive these repetitive treatments;
OR,
ii. Write separate “abnormal or treated milk” or “shipping animals” SOPs for
each animal that is undergoing repetitive treatments. Each SOP must
include the details of the treatment and would itself become the treatment
record; therefore, even if the animal is sold, the producer must keep the
SOP for a year or transfer the information to the Livestock Treatment
Record);
OR,
iii. Record the identification of animals receiving repetitive treatments (with
the treatment details) at the top of each page of the treatment records or
month on the calendar (e.g. DHI calendar).
AND,
b) If a producer has a separate system for recording repetitive treatments,
i. The SOP for Milking Cattle with Treated Milk must identify where the
producer records repetitive treatments;
AND,
ii. The SOP for Shipping Cattle must identify where the repetitive treatment
record is. This enables employees to find the record and check it before
shipping an animal.
2. Repeated treatments of different animals with multiple different drugs –
(e.g. breeding synchronization programs that involve a series of injections with
different drugs administered to many cows over a period of time):
a) Design a method to record multiple treatments that ensures treated milk and
meat are not shipped (Note: all the same information required in section 4.6.1
are required in this record). This may be similar to the records described in
section 1a) above, where the treated cows’ identification and details of
treatment are recorded on one page with multiple entries for the dates of
treatment;
AND,
b) Ensure the SOP for Milking Cattle with Treated Milk identifies where the
producer records multiple treatments.
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June 2010