Oxytetracycline Efficacy as a Pretreatment Agains Columnaris and Furuncolosis in Coho Salmon

Oxytetracycline Efficacy as a Pretreatment Agains Columnaris and Furuncolosis in Coho Salmon

Author: Donald Curran

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Published: 1969

Total Pages: 6

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Coho salmon fed 100 milligrams oxytetracycline per kilogram/day beginning 3 days before exposure to pathogens were protected against infection by Chondrococcus columnaris and drug sensitive Aeromona salmonicida. Over 10,000 times as many A. salmonicida organisms were required to kill pretreated coho salmon as those not treated.