Juniper Publishers Journal of Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

  Journal of Dairy & Veterinary Sciences - Juniper Publishers Abstract Veterinary drugs are any substances applied to or administered to animals for their therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic purposes or modification of physiological function or behavior. They are used throughout the world and more than half of all medicines are prescribed, dispensed or sold improperly. In Ethiopia, also different studies revealed the improper utilization of drugs is common. The use of veterinary drugs in food-producing animals has the potential to generate residues in animal derived products and poses a health hazard to the consumer. The most likely reason for drug residues might be due to improper drug usage and failure to keep the withdrawal period. The residual amount ingested is in small amounts and not necessarily toxic. The major public health significances of drug residue are development of antimicrobial drug resistance, hypersensitivity reaction, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tera...

  Journal of Dairy & Veterinary Sciences - Juniper Publishers Abstract Rapidly growing urbanization and increased industrialization has led to introduction of numerous detrimental toxicants into the environment. Such toxicants which are hazardous to human health, ultimately become a part of our food chain and accumulate in human body, in levels exceeding permissible limits. One of the most common food toxicants is heavy metals out of which Arsenic ranks 1st in the list of top 20 hazardous substances. Arsenic intake has been found to induce skin, liver, bladder and lung cancers, disturb GIT, cause fatigue, arrhythmia, bruising, nerve impairment, hyperkeratosis, hyperpigmentation of skin, gangrene, cyanosis and black foot disease. Milk and milk-based products from different milch animals that make up one of the most nutritious categories of food are reported for being contaminated with Arsenic, worldwide. Arsenic is introduced in milk from human and other milk producing animals b...