Efficacy Of Various Ionophorous Antibiotics Against Coccidiosis In Quails
Riaz Ahmad Khan 5580
Dr. Khalid Pervez 5384
Dr. Haji Ahmad 5306
Dr. Muhammad Sarwar Khan 5302
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences 4292
Department of Clinical Medicine & Surgery 4563
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Two hundred and fifty, day old quail chicks were pruchased from a local hatchery and reared up to three weeks of age under hygienic conditions. After three weeks of age, quails were divided randomly into five groups. Group A was kept as control, group B as infected non treated, group C as monensin treated, group D as salinomycin treated and group E as suiphaquinoxalim treated.
After three weeks of age, groups B, C, D, and E were infected orally with mixed infection of avian Eimeria species, while group A was kept as control. Signs and symptoms of coccidiosis apperared after six days of infection. After apperarance of signs and symptoms the birds of group C and D were treated with monensin and salinomycin and group E treated with sulphaquinoxaline.
The effect of medication on feed consumption, weight gain, feed conversion ratio, mortality, oocyst count and dressing percentage were recorded weekly upto 6 weeks of age. There was significant difference (P
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