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Most breeders stock some commonly used veterinary drugs. However, improper storage of veterinary drugs, such as prolonged storage, high temperature, mixed storage, dampness, etc., may cause the efficacy of veterinary drugs to decrease or become invalid and even cause fatal injuries to livestock and poultry. So what is the storage method for veterinary drugs? Let's take a look at it next.
Here is the table of contents:
l Moisture-proof
l Lightproof
l Anti-high and low temperature
l Anti-expiration date
l Anti-mixing
After all kinds of veterinary drugs are damp, they will become moldy, sticky, discolored, loose, deformed, emit a peculiar smell and even live with insects, and completely lose their use-value. Some veterinary drugs are very easy to absorb moisture in the air, and after absorbing moisture, they begin to slowly decompose into salicylic acid or acetic acid, resulting in a strong sour taste, which greatly enhances the irritation to the stomach of livestock and poultry. In addition, oxygen in the air can oxidatively deteriorate the drug. Therefore, keepers who store veterinary external medicine must pay attention to moisture protection, whether it is internal or external medicine. The container for the medicine should be tightly closed, if the bottle is packed, the lid must be tightly closed, and if necessary, it should be sealed with wax.
veterinary drugs are mostly chemical preparations. Ultraviolet rays in sunlight often play a catalytic role in veterinary drugs, which can accelerate the oxidation and decomposition of veterinary drugs, and accelerate the deterioration of veterinary drugs. For example, vitamins and antibiotics will deepen their color when exposed to light, reduce their efficacy, and even become harmful and toxic substances; epinephrine and nitric acid are also afraid of sunlight, so brown and blue scrub bottles are used. Dressed up. For these veterinary drugs that are easily affected by light and deteriorate, the breeder can take the following methods to keep them: veterinary drugs that are easy to change when exposed to light should be packaged in brown bottles or glass containers wrapped in black paper to prevent the penetration of ultraviolet rays; Veterinary medicines that are stored in light should be stored in a cool and dry place that is not easily exposed to direct light; Veterinary external medicines that are easily oxidized and decomposed by light, such as epinephrine, must be stored in a closed light-proof container. Special attention, when buying veterinary medicines, the bottles that come with them are brown or blue and should be kept in the original bottles.
Some veterinary drugs can go bad at high or low temperatures. Therefore, when the medicine is stored, the appropriate temperature should be selected according to its different properties. For example, after penicillin is dissolved in water and placed at 25°C for 24 hours, most of them will fail; vaccines stored in places where the temperature is too high or too low will reduce the effectiveness. Veterinary drugs that are easily deteriorated by temperature should be stored as follows: "room temperature" refers to 1°C to 30°C, "shade" or "cool and dark place" refers to no more than 20°C, and cold place refers to 2°C to 10°C, Generally, veterinary drugs can be stored at room temperature, and veterinary drugs that are volatile, decomposed and perishable when heated, need to be refrigerated at a temperature of 3°C to 10°C.
Most veterinary drugs are unstable due to their properties or potency, and despite suitable storage conditions, they will gradually deteriorate and fail over time. For this reason, breeders should store veterinary tablets in stages and batches, and set up special cards, which should be used first to prevent them from expiring. If it is found that the stored veterinary drug exceeds the shelf life, it should be disposed of and replaced in time, and the use of veterinary drugs beyond the shelf life should be avoided.
Mixing and random storage of veterinary drugs by breeders can easily lead to wrong drug use, drug injury, or even death of livestock and poultry. Breeders should store veterinary powder separately: Internal medicines and external medicines should be stored separately; irrelevant medicines, especially dangerous medicines such as disinfectants, insecticides, deworming medicines, pesticides, rat poisons, etc., should not be mixed with ordinary veterinary tablets to avoid misuse. Use to cause poisoning; do not use empty veterinary medicine bottles to pack pesticides and rat poisons; veterinary medicines must be kept out of the reach of children, to prevent children and mentally abnormal patients from accidentally ingesting them at any time. In addition, the purchased bottles, bags, boxes, and other original veterinary drugs should preferably keep the original labels and pack them in the original packaging as much as possible. If there is no original packaging, it should be packed in a brown bottle with a sticker on the outside, indicating the name of the drug, usage, dosage, the role of the drug, and precautions. In addition, the date of loading, the date of manufacture, and the expiration date of veterinary powder should also be indicated. For external use medicines, it is best to use a red label or a red pen to write it to distinguish it and avoid taking it orally. Medicines with confusing names should be stored separately to avoid mistakes.
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