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Merck halts sales of cattle drug

19/08/2013

US-based drugmaker Merck has suspended sales of its livestock-feed supplement Zilmax in the US and Canada after while it conducts a study of the drug. Meatpacker Tyson Foods stopped buying cattle fed the weight-gain drug this month after animals were reportedly observed to have trouble walking. “This important step demonstrates our commitment to ...

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