FDA approves drug to reduce cattle ammonia emissions

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it has approved Elanco’s Experior, the first animal drug that when fed to beef cattle under specific conditions results in less ammonia gas released as a byproduct of their waste. Studies of Experior indicated that the product partially reduces ammonia gas emissions from manure from an individual animal or a pen of animals in semi-controlled conditions in enclosed housing. However, the studies did not measure ammonia gas emissions on a herd or farm scale.Experior is administered in feed to beef steers and heifers fed in confinement for slaughter during the last 14-91 days on feed.