This FDA guidance provides common questions and answers regarding veterinary feed directive regulations, as well as sample VFD forms.
GFI233 (pdf, 921 KB)
TOOLBOX, Issue 4: An interview with Thomas Painter, DVM, US Pork Technical Services, Zoetis
The Food and Drug Administration’s revised rules for antibiotic use in hogs, including the VFD, has led to a reduction in and more strategic use of antibiotics in swine.
By Clayton Johnson, DVM Carthage Veterinary Service Integrated Veterinary Network
The US pork industry has a good track record for using antibiotics responsibly, but how should it be graded for its efforts? By volume? Types of antibiotics used? Resistance trends?
