G. Olson, W. H. Ott, A. V. Iderstine
Sep 1, 1970
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Poultry Science
Abstract
Abstract RONIDAZOLE [(1-methyl-5-nitroimidazol-2-yl) methylcarbamate, Figure 1] is a new drug, effective for the prevention of histomoniasis in turkeys (Peterson, 1968; Whitmore et al., 1968). The turkeys fed ronidazole at levels of 0.003%, 0.006% and 0.012% from one day to 25 weeks of age were reported to have significantly improved body weight gains (Sullivan et al., 1968). Previous studies with dimetridazole (Condren et al., 1963) demonstrated a significant growth improvement in turkeys receiving dietary levels of 0.025% to 0.05% from one day to 8 weeks of age. Moeller (1967) reported that dimetridazole improved the growth rate and feed efficiency of swine. A recent study (Cox et al., 1970) demonstrated that pigs fed 0.003%, 0.006% or 0.012% ronidazole gained faster and more efficiently than pigs receiving a non-medicated control diet. Four series of experiments were conducted in this laboratory to measure the effect of ronidazole on the growth of young non-infected chicks and…