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Anticoccidial Drugs Used in the Poultry: An Overview |
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Vinay Kant,
Pardeep Singh,
Pawan K. Verma,
Isha Bais,
Mehtab S. Parmar,
Anu Gopal and Vijayta Gupta |
Abstract:
Coccidiosis is severe disease and important from an economic point of view
in poultry industry. So, proper control measures should be followed for its
prevention of occurrence. Control measures include good husbandry, as a prime
requirement and the use of anticoccidial drugs for both prophylaxis and treatment.
For the drug to be effective anticoccidial, it should be used prophylactically
instead of therapeutically. Most of the anticoccidials show their greatest efficacy
against the 1st and 2nd asexual cycle, some inhibits sexual stages of the life
cycle. Selection of an anticoccidial is based on the ability of the drug to
improve weight and feed conversion and to suppress the development of lesions.
The emergence of drug resistant strains of coccidia presents a major problem.
So, to avoid the development of drug resistance a method is used which include
switching around different classes of drugs and the ‘shuttle programme’.
In present overview, we are discussing about some anticoccidials used for the
prevention and control of coccidial infection by affecting different stages
of life cycle of coccidia. The common anticocidials/class of anticoccidoals
are ionophores, amprolium, sulphonamides, ethopabate, clopidol and quinolones.
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How to cite this article:
Vinay Kant, Pardeep Singh, Pawan K. Verma, Isha Bais, Mehtab S. Parmar, Anu Gopal and Vijayta Gupta, 2013. Anticoccidial Drugs Used in the Poultry: An Overview. Science International, 1: 261-265.
DOI: 10.17311/sciintl.2013.261.265
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=sciintl.2013.261.265
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