Blood Concentrations of Chlortetracycline in Macaws Fed Medicated Pelleted Feed

A trial was conducted to determine the suitability of using a pelleted diet containing chlortetracycline (CTC) for treatment of chlamydiosis in macaws. Macaws, normally fed seed and fruit diets in captivity, are notoriously difficult to treat with CTC-medicated mash diets. Healthy macaws fed a pelle...

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Veröffentlicht in:Avian diseases 1989-01, Vol.33 (1), p.199-203
Hauptverfasser: Flammer, Keven, Cassidy, Delmar R., Landgraf, Wynne W., Ross, Paul F.
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Zusammenfassung:A trial was conducted to determine the suitability of using a pelleted diet containing chlortetracycline (CTC) for treatment of chlamydiosis in macaws. Macaws, normally fed seed and fruit diets in captivity, are notoriously difficult to treat with CTC-medicated mash diets. Healthy macaws fed a pelleted diet containing 1% or 1.5% CTC for 30 or 45 days maintained adequate food intake and mean blood concentrations of 1-2 CTC μg/ml blood throughout the treatment period. There were no significant differences between blood concentrations induced by the different dietary CTC concentrations. Blood concentrations of 1 μg/ml are considered therapeutic, so it is likely that 1% CTC-medicated pellets will be adequate for treating chlamydiosis in these species. /// Guacamayas alimentadas durante 30 a 45 días con una dieta que contenía del 1.0 al 1.5% de clorotetraciclina, mantuvieron concentraciones sanguíneas de 1-2 μg de la droga por ml de sangre durante el período de tratamiento. No se observaron diferencias significantes entre las concentraciones de clorotetraciclina en la dieta con respecto a las concentraciones sanguíneas inducidas.
ISSN:0005-2086
1938-4351
DOI:10.2307/1591090