Anti-inflammatory and Analgesics
NSAID formulations for perioperative pain, mastitis co-treatment and animal welfare compliance in livestock and companion animals.
Pain in livestock is productive loss. Every hour of unmanaged post-procedural pain delays recovery and reduces live weight gain, measurably and preventably.
Pain management is the most under-utilised intervention in African livestock practice, yet it delivers measurable productivity returns from the first dose. Elanco Metacam (meloxicam) and Banamine (flunixin meglumine) cover perioperative pain, mastitis co-treatment and respiratory fever across cattle, small ruminants and companion animals. Jos•Hansen supplies Elanco NSAIDs under veterinary prescription to farms and clinics across East Africa.
Perioperative pain
Metacam administered pre-procedure for dehorning, castration or surgery reduces cortisol response, accelerates wound healing and returns animals to normal feeding within 24 hours versus 48-72 hours without analgesia. A measurable productivity difference on any intensive operation.
Mastitis co-treatment
Flunixin meglumine reduces endotoxin-mediated fever and inflammatory cascade in acute mastitis and bovine respiratory disease, improving antibiotic clinical response, preventing irreversible udder damage and reducing cases that progress to culling.
Welfare certification
Export markets, premium dairy programmes and Food Safety certification increasingly require documented pain management for husbandry procedures. Jos•Hansen supplies Elanco NSAIDs with prescribing documentation and farm welfare protocol support.
Pain management pays back four times its cost.
Untreated post-procedural pain in cattle suppresses appetite for 24-72 hours, elevates cortisol and impairs immune function. The productivity cost of a single unmanaged dehorning event per calf exceeds the Metacam dose cost by a factor of four in a dairy system. In companion animal practice in East Africa's growing urban veterinary market, pain management is becoming a standard of care expectation from owners.
Metacam and Banamine cover every livestock NSAID indication.
Metacam (meloxicam 20 mg/ml injectable, 15 mg/ml oral solution) is a COX-2 preferential NSAID effective for post-procedural pain, musculoskeletal inflammation and respiratory fever in cattle. Banamine (flunixin meglumine 50 mg/ml) has rapid onset and potent anti-endotoxin activity, making it the choice for acute mastitis co-treatment, transit fever and colic in horses. Both are registered with the Directorate of Veterinary Services in Kenya.
Jos•Hansen integrates NSAIDs into farm health plans.
For livestock operations, Jos•Hansen builds perioperative pain management protocols: pre-procedural dosing timing, multi-dose regimens for post-surgical recovery and farm-level recording for welfare audits. For companion animal clinics, we supply Metacam oral suspension in small-animal formulations with dosing guides. All NSAID supply is under veterinary prescription through Jos•Hansen's licensed channels.
Technical specifications.
Key formulations
Metacam (meloxicam 20 mg/ml), Banamine (flunixin 50 mg/ml)
Drug class
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Administration
Injectable (IV/SC), oral solution
Target species
Cattle, sheep, goats, horses, companion animals
Key indications
Perioperative pain, mastitis co-treatment, respiratory fever, lameness
Supply channel
Veterinary prescription, DVS registered, KVB-licensed
Cost-return ratio of meloxicam dose versus productivity loss from unmanaged post-procedural pain in a dairy cattle system
Faster return to normal feeding in cattle treated with pre-procedural meloxicam versus untreated controls
Primary NSAID formulations covering the full range of livestock pain indications in one programme
Why Anti-inflammatory.
Perioperative protocol support
Pre-procedural dosing timing, multi-dose recovery regimens and welfare audit documentation. Jos•Hansen integrates NSAID protocols into farm health plans.
Companion animal formulations
Small-animal Metacam oral suspension with dosing guides for dogs and cats, serving East Africa's growing urban veterinary clinic market.
Mastitis outcome improvement
Flunixin meglumine co-treatment reduces endotoxin-mediated udder damage in acute mastitis, improving recovery rates and lowering the percentage of cases requiring culling.
Welfare certification support
Animal welfare documentation for export markets, premium dairy certification and Food Safety audit requirements, supplied with every prescription.
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