Pen G Procaine Safe to Use still?

[Rebecca, Irena Farm]

I've got some Pen G Procaine with a June 2008 expiration date. It would be greatly preferable if I could use this tonight - I can't get to town until late tomorrow. I guess I didn't pay attention to the expiration when I bought it - I know I only bought this in the spring.

[Lenajo]

If you have a sheep down that needs it, and the store is out of reach until next week, I'd say it fine.

 

My vet says it's fine - at least when he's selling it to me LOL

[Rebecca, Irena Farm]

Thanks! It's not even open and has been refrigerated this whole time (that I've had it, anyway). I'll get some fresh in the morning. I know the expired tetracyclines are bad news so I wanted to look before I leaped.

 

No one's down but I know what's wrong and giving it tonight will head off many problems at the pass!

[bcnewe2]

Unless I questioned the handling of the drug (like refrigration or heat) , I would think that anything with an experation date that recent would be ok. But better safe than sorry.

 

K~

[Rebecca, Irena Farm]

Must be okay - I dosed my dothery sheep and they are neither keeled over dead, nor any worse. In fact the one that wasn't as bad is doing much better.

 

Management error - I forgot I skipped a whole set of sheep to do the blackleg vaccine, because they only had CD-T at the time. I'm getting the vaccine as well as the additional pen-g tonight.