Efficacy of a single oxytetracycline long acting treatment against MMA in sows
1983
Peerasak Chantaraprateep | Prasert Prateep | Chainarong Lohachit (Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok (Thailand). Faculty of Veterinary Science. Dept of Obstetries Gynaecology and Reproduction)
Prophylactic efficacy of long acting oxytetracycline when given to sows within 24 hours prior to farrowing for preventing MMA syndrome was evaluated. Using 79 of 2 crossbred sows (Large White x Landrace) raised under the same management condition at V.P. farm, Nakorn Pathom. Forty-two sows were treated intramuscularly with 4 gm. (20 ml.) long acting oxytetracycline into 2 sites while another 37 sows served as controls. Observation of MMA syndrome occurred 10.8 % (4/37) in controls while in the treated animals such condition did not occur.
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