Basics Flashcards
What is a Schedule 1 poison?
Not currently in use
What is a Schedule 2 poison?
Pharmacy medicine
What is a Schedule 3 poison?
Pharmacist only medicine
What is a Schedule 4 poison?
Prescription only medicine OR Prescription animal remedy
What is a Schedule 5 poison?
Caution
What is a Schedule 6 poison?
Poison
What is a Schedule 7 poison?
Dangerous poison
What is a Schedule 8 poison?
Controlled drug
What is a Schedule 9 poison?
Prohibited substance
What is an important consideration in food-producing species
Withholding period
What are the five features of inflammation
Heat
Redness
Swelling
Pain
Loss of function
What are the biochemical mediators of inflammation
Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes
What are drug residues?
The presence of drug or chemical agents in animal products that may have the potential to impact a human consumer
What types of drugs can produce residues?
Therapeutic drugs (e.g. antibiotics, anthelmintics)
Growth promotants (e.g. antibiotics, steroids)
Hormones
Insectides, acaricides, anthelmintics
What are the potential adverse effects of drug residues?
Consumers: e.g. allergy, carcinogenesis, teratogenicity
Economics: export products; antibiotics in cheese production
Environment: contamination of water supplies
What is the no observable effect level (NOEL)?
Derived from animal studies (usually rats/mice): a leve of a given drug that produces no effect on test animals
What is an acceptable daily intake (ADI)?
A level obtained from the NOEL and adjusted by a safety factor, that represents a “safe” daily level of exposure to a drug in humans/consumers; If a consumer ate the product every day for their entire life, they would not be adversely affected.
What is the withholding period (WHP)?
The time it will take for tissue levels of a drug to fall so that it does not exceed the acceptable daily intake (ADI)
What is the maximum residue limit?
The legally allowed level of a drug in the product (no correlation with toxic effects); for each edible tissue
What is the export slaughter interval?
The recommended time between drug treatment and slaughter issued by Meat and Livestock Australia