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Show Random Use of Penicillin Dangerous Many livestock owners have begun be-gun to think that all they have to ;do when an animal gets sick is ;to give it a shot of penicillin and Iwait for a miraculous recovery. !This is far from the truth. ; Animals repeatedly treated with this drug are likely to harbor infections in-fections which develop "penicillin resistance." The result is that use of the drug to combat infection at a later date may give no benefit at all and the same principle applies ap-plies to the use of sulfa drugs. Penicillin is a highly valuable drug that is saving thousands of human and animal lives when skillfully used against certain specific spe-cific infections. But it is definitely not a cure-all, and its random use as a home remedy for any and every kind of livestock infection in-fection is a dangerous trend. Veterinarians are encountering a considerable number of cases in which penicillin tails to accomplish accom-plish desired results. Careful inquiry in-quiry into some of these cases has I disclosed that in many instances owners have attempted preliminary prelimi-nary penicillin treatment. Due to inadequate dosage or improper administration, ad-ministration, these preliminary treatments have served only to create penicillin resistance, Hhere-by Hhere-by making it impossible for the drug to be effective. |