Cure of Dermatophilus congolensis infection in cattle by long-acting oxytetracycline.

Abstract

Under conditions simulating traditional husbandry, a single intramuscular dose (20 mg/kg) of long-acting oxytetracycline was efficacious in treating different grades of bovine dermatophilosis. There was complete healing in 26 out of 28 animals (93 per cent) within four weeks. By contrast, only four out of 11 animals treated with penicillin (70,000 iu/kg) plus streptomycin (70mg/kg) were apparently cured and three relapsed within one month. No spontaneous recoveries were observed among 18 untreated animals. In the group treated with oxytetracycline, two, in the penicillin plus streptomycin, seven, and in the untreated control group, 11 animals died of the disease.

• Authors: A A Ilemobade, E O Gyang, S A Bida, P B Addo
• Journal: Research in veterinary science (Res Vet Sci) Vol. 27 Issue 3 Pg. 302-5 (Nov 1979) ISSN: 0034-5288 [Print] England
• PMID: 542717 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Oxytetracycline

Topics

• Actinomycetales Infections (drug therapy, veterinary)
• Animals
• Cattle
• Cattle Diseases (drug therapy)
• Female
• Injections, Intramuscular
• Male
• Oxytetracycline (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Recurrence