Show Random Use of Penicillin Dangerous Many livestock owners have begun begun begun be be- gun to think that all they have to todo todo todo do when an animal gets sick is isto isto isto to give it a shot of penicillin and wait walt for a miraculous recovery This is far from th the truth Animals repeatedly treated with this drug are likely to harbor in infections which develop penicillin resistance The result is that use of the drug to combat comba infection at ata a later date may give no benefit at all aU and the same principle applies ap plies to the use of sulfa drugs Penicillin is a highly valuable drug that is U saving thousands of human and animal lives when skillfully used against certain specific specific specific infections But it Is s definitely not a cure all and its random use as a home bome remedy for any and every kind of livestock infection Infection In in- is a dangerous trend Veterinarians are encountering a considerable number of cases in which penicillin falls fails to accomplish accomplish accorn- accorn plush desired results Careful inquiry inquiry in in- into some of these cases has disclosed that in many instances owners have attempted preliminary preliminary preliminary nary penicillin treatment Due to inadequate dosage or Improper administration administration ad ad- ministration these preliminary treatments have served only to create creat penicillin resistance thereby thereby there there- by making It U impossible for tor the drug to be effective |