title: Efficacy of a combination of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid in the treatment of pneumonia of pigs.
abstract: Amoksiklav was used in the therapy of mixed respiratory tract infections in weaned pigs under field conditions. Positive effects of therapy with Amoxicillin and Clavulanic acid were observed in the majority of treated pigs. The production losses due to pneumonia in pigs treated with this combination were lower than among control pigs treated with Oxytetracycline, also a significantly lower ratio of death was observed among experimental weaners in comparison to the controls. Thirty days after the end of the therapy it was found that the body weight gain (b. w. g) of the experimental animals was on average 800 g higher after this period and the experimental piglets grew daily in average 20 g more than the controls. Experimental pigs were slaughtered 3 days earlier than the controls and the average weight gain at slaughter was highest by 1.1 kg in this group. Average daily b. w. g. of experimental pigs during the period from birth to slaughter was 13 g higher in comparison to the controls.
authors.affiliation: Swine Diseases Department, National Veterinary Research Institute, Pułway, Poland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Markowska-Daniel
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pejsak
mesh_terms: D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D019818:Clavulanic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D019818:Clavulanic Acid; D000658:Amoxicillin