Title: [Effect of anticoccidial preparations in the prevention of coccidiosis in turkeys caused by Eimeria adenoides].
Abstract:Studied was the anticoccidial activity of the preparations monensin, salinomycin, lassalocid, lerbek, arpocox, and chimcoccid in the prevention of coccidiosis in turkey poults infected with Eimeria ad...Studied was the anticoccidial activity of the preparations monensin, salinomycin, lassalocid, lerbek, arpocox, and chimcoccid in the prevention of coccidiosis in turkey poults infected with Eimeria adenoeides. A total of 80 turkey poults were used. The prophylactic effect produced by the coccidiostatics was recorded as judged by the anticoccidial index, the liveweight at the beginning and at the end of the experiment, the amount of food intake, and the index of feed conversion. Best effect was produced by chimcoccid which was to be preferred to the other preparation in the prophylaxis of turkey cocidiosis. Comparatively good results were likewise obtained with the use of lerbek, followed by salinomycin and arpocox. Monensin and lassalocid ranked last.Read More
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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