New Animal Drugs for Use in Animal Feeds; Ractopamine and Tylosin

Resumen

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Elanco Animal Health. The NADA provides for use of ractopamine and tylosin single-ingredient Type A medicated articles to make combination drug Type C medicated feeds used for increased rate of weight gain, improved feed efficiency, increased carcass leanness, and prevention and/or control of porcine proliferative enteropathies (ileitis) in swine.