At the Aquavet seminar today, one of the topics covered was “Drugs used in Aquaculture – Regulations, Labels, FDA, CVM and Medicated Feeds.”
It spurred me to blog about what I had seen in the local fish store when I spent a day in NY on my way to the course.
As I was touring around New York, I couldn’t help but to drop into by a couple of the aquarium shops. Apart from looking at the varieties of fishes they stocked, I was also very interested in their “pharmacy” section. Apart from the traditional formalin, copper sulphate, praziquantel, acriflavine, malachite green / victoria green, diflubenzuron and others, there were a few drugs that are not allowed to be sold over the counter in Australia and they include: nitrofurans, erythromycin, quinine, minocycline, ampicillin, metronidazole. I wonder whether the regulatory authorities are aware of this.
