Atrophic rhinitis broke out on a hog farm in April, 1969. On this farm, 4 sows and 35 piglets were divided into 2 groups, an experimental and a control. In the experimental group, tylosin phosphate (20g/kg) and sulfisozole (20g/kg) were added to the ration at the rate of 0.5% At the same time a trial was made to clean the farm from
Bordetella bronchiseptica. The medicated ration was given to sows for a week immediately before parturition and during the period of nursing and to piglets for 2 consecutive months after birth.
1. Pathological changes were a little milder in the experimental than in the control group.
2. The more advanced the turbinated bone was in the degree of atrophy, the less satisfactory became the growth of the piglet. Growth was more remarkable in the experimental group after 2months of age. At the time of shipment, this group showed an average gain in body weight 4.9kg greater than the control group.
3. The trial to free the farm from
B. bronchiseptica was not successful, in spite of disinfection of pens, feeding of medicated rations, injection and intranasal instillation of drugs.
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