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1988; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 88-149-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 556; Swine; Starter pig; Antibiotic; Mecadox®; ASP-250®
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An Alternative To Sulfa-Containing Antibiotics For Starter Pigs (1988), R C. Thaler, Jim L. Nelssen
An Alternative To Sulfa-Containing Antibiotics For Starter Pigs (1988), R C. Thaler, Jim L. Nelssen
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
An on-farm starter trial was conducted to compare the efficacy of a non-sulfa containing antibiotic (Mecadox®) to that of a sulfa-containing antibiotic (ASP-250®). Two hundred and forty pigs weaned at 3 wk of age were placed in a hot-nursery and all fed a high nutrient density diet containing the antibiotic apramycin (Apralan®) for 1 week. For the next 3 wk, pigs received complex diets containing either ASP-250 or Mecadox. Pigs were then moved. to a cold nursery and fed simple diets with the same antibiotic treatment for the final 2 wk. Average daily gain, average daily feed intake, and feed …