title: Metoserpate Hydrochloride for the treatment of hysteria in replacement pullets.
abstract: Fifteen flocks of replacement pullets affected with hysteria were treated with metoserpate hydrochloride via the drinking water after water was withheld for an adequate period. The dose was 4 mg/kg body weight (BW) on day 1, and 2 mg/kg BW on days 5 and 9. Metoserpate hydrochloride proved effective and safe for treating clinical cases of hysteria in replacement pullets.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002645:Chickens; D005260:Female; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D046948:Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D046948:Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents; C003868:metoserpate