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Comparative efficacy of sulfamethazine and sulfathiazole in feed for control of Bordetella bronchiseptica infection in swine.

Abstract
Seventy-two conventionally raised pigs were challenge exposed intranasally when approximately 3.5 weeks old with yolk-grown Bordetella bronchiseptica. Twenty-four pigs acted as noninfected, nonmedicated controls. Feed containing sulfamethazine or sulfathiazole (110 mg/kg of feed) was initiated in 2 groups of 24 infected pigs each 3 days after challenge exposure and was fed continuously for 56 days. Twenty-four infected pigs were given nonmedicated feed. Challenge exposure with the B bronchiseptica resulted in nasal bordetellosis characterized by isolations of the test organism from nasal cavities of infected control pigs at greater than 90% frequency through 28 days and from at least 50% of the pigs through 56 days. Moderate turbinate atrophy developed with a 48% increase in mean turbinate space in infected control pigs at necropsy. Performance was not affected by the infection which was confined to the nasal cavity. The B bronchiseptica isolation rate decreased faster (P less than 0.01) in the sulfamethazine group than in the sulfathiazole group. By day 42, sulfamethazine-medicated pigs were negative for B bronchiseptica in nasal swab samples; whereas 8% to 17% of sulfathiazole-medicated pigs were positive from days 42 to 56. Turbinate spacing measurements averaged 11% less in the sulfamethazine group than in the sulfathiazole group.
AuthorsJ D Kobland, G O Gale, H M Maddock, T R Garces, K L Simkins
JournalAmerican journal of veterinary research (Am J Vet Res) Vol. 45 Issue 4 Pg. 720-3 (Apr 1984) ISSN: 0002-9645 [Print] United States
PMID6731985 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Sulfathiazoles
  • Sulfamethazine
  • Sulfathiazole
Topics
  • Animal Feed
  • Animals
  • Atrophy (veterinary)
  • Bordetella Infections (drug therapy, veterinary)
  • Female
  • Male
  • Rhinitis, Atrophic (drug therapy, veterinary)
  • Sulfamethazine (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
  • Sulfathiazole
  • Sulfathiazoles (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases (drug therapy)
  • Turbinates (pathology)

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