title: Flubendazole: safety regarding egg production and reproductive performance of breeder chickens.
abstract: In a comparative field trial, 5,950 meat breeder chickens were medicated via feed for 7 consecutive days with 60 ppm of the anthelmintic flubendazole. This treatment cured the birds of an infection with Ascaridia galli and Capillaria obsignata. A slight but transitory diarrhea was observed in treated chickens. The applied medication did not unfavorably affect egg production, fertility, or hatchability.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001198:Ascaridiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002195:Capillaria; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005503:Food Additives; D008297:Male; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D010058:Oviposition / Q000187:drug effects; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects; D012449:Safety
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D005503:Food Additives; D008463:Mebendazole; C018945:flubendazole