Sulfamethazine is a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine to treat a variety of infections. It is an antibacterial agent. Sulfonamides has been widely used in the treatment and prevention of infections such as urinary tract infections, chlamydia, rheumatic fever, toxoplasmosis and malaria. The development of resistance in many of these […]

Nitrofurans have been widely used in veterinary practice as antibacterial agents in the treatment of pigs, poultry, fish and shrimp. Bans on nitrofurans were introduced within the EU primarily because of concerns about their carcinogenicity and mutagenicity. Several other non-European countries have also banned all uses of nitrofurans in food producing animals. Tissue residue of […]