The pharmacokinetics of intramuscularly administered ceftiofur crystalline free acid (CCFA) were determined in pigs that were clinically healthy, vaccinated with a PRRS MLV, challenged with wild-type PRRSv VR-2385, or vaccinated with PRRS MLV and later challenged with wild-type PRRSv VR-2385. Animals were given a single dose intramuscularly at 5mg/kg bodyweight. Blood was collected at 0 (pre-treatment), 0.25, 0.5, 1, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 144, 192, and 240 hours post injection. Plasma was analyzed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Plasma concentration-time curves for each group were evaluated with noncompartmental modeling. Vaccination and challenge models were confirmed with strain specific RT-PCRs performed on lung or tonsil tissue. When compared to control animals, those receiving the PRRSv wild-type challenge had a lower AUC 0-last , higher Cl/F, and higher Vz/F. Control animals had no statistically significant differences from animals vaccinated with PRRS MLV alone or animals vaccinated with PRRS MLV and later challenged with wild-type PRRSv.Vaccination with PRRS MLV does not change the pharmacokinetics of CCFA, and our results suggest that when faced with wild-type PRRSv challenge, vaccination with PRRS MLV preserves pharmacokinetics of CCFA.