STUDY PROTOCOL FOR AN AQUACULTURE INVESTIGATIONAL NEW ANIMAL DRUG (INAD) EXEMPTION FOR AQUAFLOR® (florfenicol) USE AS A FEED ADDITIVE (INAD #10-697)

STUDY PROTOCOL FOR AN AQUACULTURE INVESTIGATIONAL NEW ANIMAL DRUG (INAD) EXEMPTION FOR AQUAFLOR® (florfenicol) USE AS A FEED ADDITIVE (INAD #10-697)
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Aquaflor® is an aquaculture premix containing florfenicol and is only available through Merck Animal Health. The primary goal of field studies conducted under INAD #10-697 is to evaluate the efficacy of florfenicol-medicated feed for controlling mortality in a variety of fish species diagnosed with a variety of diseases that are caused by pathogens susceptible to florfenicol. Aquaflor® medicated feed can be purchased through aquaculture feed mills.

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