About 18 months ago I had an outbreak of Oodinium in one of my Paro tanks. I remembered reading about the use of 2-amino-5-nitrothiazole or JBL Spirohexol to cure this type of outbreak. One of the accomplishments I failed to do while on my trip to Hamburg in September was to purchase some of this product – bad me!! . For our American readers in particularly, we are unable to purchase this product legally in this country as the Food and Drug Administration has classified this medicine as a carcinogenic (cancer causing) substance. However, certain veterinarians are able to obtain this product to treat swine with certain diseases. Looking back on this situation I have major questions about this ruling. The Vet feeds this potentially dangerous drug to the pigs and eventually we find this meat as Pork Chops on the evening dinner table?? Does that make any sense at all?
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