Bibliographic citations
Cavassa, A., (2024). Eficacia terapéutica de doxiciclina sobre la infección experimental por Escherichia coli en pollos de engorde [Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/6659
Cavassa, A., Eficacia terapéutica de doxiciclina sobre la infección experimental por Escherichia coli en pollos de engorde []. PE: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; 2024. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/6659
@misc{renati/506899,
title = "Eficacia terapéutica de doxiciclina sobre la infección experimental por Escherichia coli en pollos de engorde",
author = "Cavassa Gamarra, Andrea Carolina",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina",
year = "2024"
}
The objective of the present study was to determinate the therapeutic efficacy of doxycycline on the productive performance, mortality and the degree of lesions in organs of broiler chickens experimentally challenged with Escherichia coli at 18 days of age. 384 male chickens from the Cobb 500 Line were used, which were randomly distributed into four treatments with six repetitions of 16 chickens each: T1 control not challenged, not treated; T2 control challenged, not treated; T3 challenged, treated with 600 g/MT of doxycycline and T4 challenged, treated with 300 g/TM of doxycycline. Live weight, feed intake, weight gain, feed conversion ratio and productive efficiency index were recorded weekly until the end of the study at 24 days of age. Mortality caused by the effect of the challenge with the bacteria and the severity of macroscopic lesions in the heart, liver, and air sacs were recorded from the first 24 hours to 5 days post infection. At the end of the trial, the surviving birds were necropsied for each pen (n = 8) to assess the degree of severity of the lesions in the infected organs. The data obtained were evaluated by analysis of variance under a Completely Random Design, using the Tukey Test for the comparison of means of the variables of productive performance and mortality; while, for the degree of lesions, the Kruskall Wallis Test. Therapeutic treatment with both doses of doxycycline significantly improved productive performance and significantly decreased mortality of chickens infected with E. coli 5 days after treatment compared to the control group of non-challenged chickens treated. There were no significant differences in the productive performance and percentage of mortality between the groups treated with both doses of the antibiotic. Similarly, treatment with both doses of the antibiotic decreased the frequency and severity of lesions in the air sacs, liver, and heart of infected birds compared to the untreated control, with no significant differences between them. Based on these results, the administration of doxycycline in the doses of 600 and 300 g/T in feed demonstrated its therapeutic efficacy by significantly controlling and reducing experimental infection by Escherichia coli in broilers, reflected in a better productive performance, significant decrease in mortality and severity of injuries compared to a group of untreated challenged chickens.
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