DRUG TRIALS AGAINST MEGABACTERIA IN BUDGERIGARS (MELOPSITTACUS-UNDULATUS)

Authors
FILIPPICH LJ PERRY RA
Citation
Lj. Filippich et Ra. Perry, DRUG TRIALS AGAINST MEGABACTERIA IN BUDGERIGARS (MELOPSITTACUS-UNDULATUS), Australian veterinary practitioner, 23(4), 1993, pp. 184-189
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Australian veterinary practitioner → ACNP
ISSN journal
0310138X
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
184 - 189
Database
ISI
SICI code
0310-138X(1993)23:4<184:DTAMIB>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The efficacy of a number of drugs against megabacteria was evaluated i n megabacteria-positive budgerigars. The drugs were administered eithe r in the drinking water for four or six weeks, or were given twice dai ly for 10 days by crop gavage or intramuscular injection. None of the in-water treatments was able to lower or eliminate consistently megaba cteria from the faeces in the birds tested. Of the drugs given by crop gavage, amphotericin B proved effective.