By Michael Erman and Brian Grow NEW YORK/ATLANTA (Reuters) - It is one of the most potent antibiotics used by U.S. cattle and dairy farmers, the key component in the top-selling drug line of Zoetis, the world’s largest animal health company. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cautioned in 2012 that ceftiofur could pose a “high public health risk,” in part because the drug belongs to a class of antibiotics considered critically important in human medicine. The warning is the FDA’s strongest kind. In 2013, ceftiofur alone accounted for one-fourth of all residue violations logged by the USDA, the data show.
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