Flunixon (Flunixin) withholding period
- Active ingredient:
- Flunixin (as meglumine) 50mg/mL
- For:
- horses, cattle and pigs
Withholding periods
- Meat
- 28 days
- Milk
- 2 daysSee the label rules below
- Export slaughter interval (ESI)
- See the label rules below
Checked against APVMA label 50626 on 12 October 2026.
Where the label sets a different period for each kind of animal, the figures above are the longest. The label rules below give each one.
What else the label says
- MEAT (HORSES): DO NOT USE less than 28 days before slaughter for human consumption.
- MEAT (CATTLE AND PIGS): DO NOT USE less than 7 days before slaughter for human consumption.
- MILK: milk collected from cows within 36 hours (3 milkings) following treatment MUST NOT BE USED for human consumption or processing, or fed to bobby calves.
- No ESI established - contact the manufacturer before treating export cattle.
- Contraindicated in cats, with other anti-inflammatories or nephrotoxic substances, and in animals with gut ulcers, kidney disease or hypovolaemia.
How to count it
Count from the last treatment. An animal last treated on 1 March can't go for slaughter before 29 March (28 days later).
To read the label yourself, search the APVMA's PubCRIS register for product number 50626.
Labels get updated, so the pack in your shed may say something different. Always read the label on the product you're using, and ask your vet before using it in a way the label doesn't cover. MusterMate isn't connected with the makers of these products.