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2021 Potential Pentobarbital Shortage

2021 Potential Pentobarbital Shortage

2021 Potential Pentobarbital Shortage Add veterinary euthanasia solutions to the list of things, like lumber and microchips, that are hard to come by now. Photo by Dr. John Daugherty Euthanasia solutions used by companion animal veterinarians have become hard to obtain. Caitlin Denney, office administrator of a practice in Ohio, said the shortage is coinciding […]

JBS knowingly distributed products containing euthanasia drug

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pentobarbital for dog euthanasia JBS Souderton Inc. continued to distribute pentobarbital-adulterated products to customers even after receiving formal notification of pentobarbital contamination, according to a warning letter issued on April 23 by the Food and Drug Administration. The warning letter to JBS Souderton Inc. which does business as MOPAC was sent more than one year […]

Pentobarbital continues to ‘dog’ pet food industry; beef tallow blamed

Pentobarbital for Dog

Pentobarbital for Dog On May 8 Champion Petfoods USA Inc. was informed that three shipments of beef tallow delivered by their supplier were contaminated with pentobarbital, a tranquilizer often used to euthanize sick or fatally injured animals. Ingestion of the barbiturate can cause drowsiness, dizziness, excitement, loss of balance, or nausea, or in extreme cases, possibly […]

Lessons and Recommendations from a Pentobarbital Shortage: US and Canada 2021

Lessons and Recommendations from a Pentobarbital Shortage US and Canada 2021

Lessons and Recommendations from a Pentobarbital Shortage US and Canada 2021 Pentobarbital sodium is a common animal euthanasia drug in the United States and Canada, as well as in other countries with access to it. A shortage of the drug in 2021 created a dilemma for those needing to perform the euthanasia procedure in animals […]

The pentobarbital shortage you might not have known about

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pentobarbital shortage Pentobarbital solution the go-to drug for companion-animal euthanasia has been in short supply for months. But Kathleen Cooney, DVM, MS, CHPV, CCFP, says there’s no reason you would have known that “unless you do a lot of euthanasias.” Founder and director of education at the Companion Animal Euthanasia Training Academy, past president of the […]