Medication of feedlot calves infected with Eimeria spp. by a combination of sulfamonomethoxine and ormetoprim.

Abstract

Feedlot calves naturally infected with Eimeria spp. were medicated by a combination of sulfamonomethoxine and ormetoprim (Ektecin). Calves, less than one year old and positive for coccidiosis, were administered with Ektecin (5, 10 and 20 ml/100 kg of body weight/day) and Daimeton (100% sulfamonomethoxine: 5 g/100 kg of body weight/day) for five days. No diarrhea were found on and after 3 days of medication in all the groups, and no oocysts were detected on and after day 5, 2, 1 or 3 from calves of the respective medicated groups. In samples from a group of calves administered with lowest dose of Ektecin, eimerian oocysts of 4 species were detected on day 0, and additionally 3 species (totally 7 species) were found on day 3 of medication.

• Authors: Hasbullah, H Itahana, T Uchida, T Inamoto, Y Nakai, K Ogimoto
• Journal: The Journal of veterinary medical science (J Vet Med Sci) Vol. 58 Issue 2 Pg. 169-70 (Feb 1996) ISSN: 0916-7250 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 8672590 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Infective Agents
• Pyrimidines
• ormetoprim
• Sulfamonomethoxine

Topics

• Animals
• Anti-Infective Agents (therapeutic use)
• Cattle
• Cattle Diseases (drug therapy)
• Coccidiosis (drug therapy, veterinary)
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Eimeria (isolation & purification)
• Pyrimidines (therapeutic use)
• Sulfamonomethoxine (therapeutic use)