The use of doxycycline to control heartwater in sheep.
A ready-to-inject solution, containing 100 mg/ml doxycycline was used. Artificially infected sheep were divided into 2 groups: a control group consisting of 10 animals, and a treated group consisting of 12 animals. Doxycycline was administered intramuscularly to the animals in the treated group at a dosage rate of 2 mg/kg body mass. All the treated animals recovered. One control animal recovered spontaneously, the others all died.
D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006357:Heartwater Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
D004318:Doxycycline