Efficacy of maduramicin against turkey coccidiosis in battery: a clinical and pathological study
1996
Cerruti Sola, S. (Universita degli Studi di Torino, Torino (Italy). Dipartimento di Patologia Animale) | Leoni, A. | Agostini, A. | Castagnaro, M.
Two groups of 24 three-day-old turkeys were inoculated with Eimeria meleagrimitis sporulated oocysts and fed a diet containing 5 and 6 ppm of maduramicin ammonium, respectively. Clinical signs, mortality rates, weight gain, intestinal lesions, and replication of the parasite were compared with the data obtained from a group of infected, untreated birds kept under identical experimental conditions over a period of 17 days. The treated birds showed better performances and less severe intestinal damages; the replication and the development of the parasite in the intestinal mucosa were impaired and delayed by the drug. All the data were dose dependent
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