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Hazards involved in the use of furazolidone for the prevention of salmonellosis in broiler chickens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Marjatta Rantala  and
E. Nurmi
Marjatta Rantala
Affiliation:
State Veterinary Medical Institute, Hämeentie 57, 00550 Helsinki 55, Finland
E. Nurmi
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food Hygiene, Hämeentie 57, 00550 Helsinki 55, Finland
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The purpose of this work was to study the effects of interrupted, continuous and post-salmonella inoculation treatment with furazolidone in the feed on the colon-ization of Salmonella infantis in the intestines of chickens, as well as the influence of furazolidone in vitro on the effect of a mixed culture used for the prevention of salmonellosis in chickens.

It was shown that chickens given interrupted treatment with 0·01% furazoli-done had significantly more salmonellas in the caeca than either chickens fed continuously with this drug or chickens without any treatment. The use of 0·01% furazolidone after inoculation with Salmonella infantis had no effect on Salmonella infantis in the caeca of chickens.

The mixed bacterial culture from the normal intestinal flora lost its preventive effect on salmonellosis when cultured with 0·01% furazolidone.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , June 1974 , pp. 349 - 354
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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