Table 4.
Survey respondent (n = 53) reasons for decreased analgesic use in the last 10 years based on role *.
| Producer | Veterinarian | |
|---|---|---|
| (n = 45) | (n = 8) | |
| Currently available analgesic drugs are not effective at reducing pain | 2.2% (1) | 12.5% (1) |
| Currently available analgesic drugs are inconvenient to administer | 20.0% (9) | 50.0% (4) |
| Currently available analgesic drugs do not last long enough after 1 dose to justify their use | 26.7% (12) | 50.0% (4) |
| Currently available analgesic drugs are too expensive | 35.6% (16) | 12.5% (1) |
| I do not know the meat and milk withhold periods for the analgesic drugs | 15.6% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Currently available drugs do not improve health and performance | 26.7% (12) | 25.0% (2) |
| I am not comfortable using an analgesic unless it has been approved by FDA 1 | 42.2% (19) | 50.0% (4) |
* Respondents had the option to select all that apply therefore the total of each column does not add to 100%.; 1 Food and Drug Administration. Although dates were not provided in the question the timeframe represented was 2008 to 2018.