[New drugs for horses and production animals in 2025].

In 2025, no novel pharmaceutical agents for horses and farm animals were introduced to the German veterinary drug market; however, the use of 2 existing active ingredients was expanded to include additional animal species. A dexamethasone preparation is now approved for use in goats, and a new product containing sodium salicylate for chickens was introduced. Oxalic acid dihydrate is now available as an impregnated strip for contact treatment. In the field of immunological veterinary medicines, a vaccine against epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus in cattle was approved for the first time. In addition, all 3 vaccines already available against bluetongue virus in cattle and sheep received approval. For chickens, there is a new trivalent combination product against Newcastle disease, infectious laryngotracheitis, and infectious bursitis, as well as a vaccine with an additional serotype of avian reovirus. A new method of administration enables an additional use for a vaccine against rotaviruses, coronaviruses, and E. coli (subcutaneous) in cattle. In addition, new package sizes of a vaccine for calves against bovine respiratory syncytial virus and bovine parainfluenza 3 virus, as well as a vaccine for chickens against avian salmonellosis have been introduced to the market.