Effects of antibiotic treatment on the occurrance of experimentally induced proliferative ileitis of hamsters.
The effects of three antibiotics on hamsters inoculated with a ground suspension of proliferative ilea were evaluated. All antibiotics were administered in the drinking water. Tetracycline hydrochloride (400 mg/liter drinking water) was most effective in reducing the number of hamsters which developed proliferative ileitis. Dimetridazole (500 mg/liter drinking water) was less effective than tetracycline. Neomycin (125 mg/liter drinking water or 10 mg/hamster) had no effect when compared to untreated inoculated control hamsters.
D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D004131:Dimetridazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D007079:Ileitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D009355:Neomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009593:Nitroimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D009593:Nitroimidazoles; D013752:Tetracycline; D009355:Neomycin; D004131:Dimetridazole