You are legally responsible for residues which result from your management practices. Avoiding drug and chemical residues in meat of slaughtered birds and table eggs is important for both the game bird and domestic poultry raisers.
Unacceptable residues found in live birds can delay or prevent their going to the processor.
Usually, one or two days of medication provide the effective level to fight the target disease. Likewise, a period of time is often required for the tissues to become clear of the substances after medication is stopped. Since the body metabolizes various drugs in different ways, withdrawal times are established for each drug in each species. The liver and kidneys are primary organs for degrading, inactivating and excreting drugs, chemicals and toxicants. These are very stable and become virtually impossible to excrete from the body.