Concentration of Chlortetracycline in the Blood of Yellow-Crowned Amazon Parrots Fed Medicated Pelleted Feeds

Chlortetracycline (CTC) concentrations of 0.18 to 7.7 μg/ml, 1.4 to 4.8 μg/ml, and 1.3 to 6.3 μg/ml were attained in the blood of Yellow-Crowned Amazon parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) fed pellets containing 1%, 1.5%, and 1.75% CTC. Some CTC activity in the feed samples was lost during the course of t...

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Published in:Avian diseases 1982-01, Vol.26 (1), p.14-17
Main Authors: Landgraf, Wynne W., Ross, Paul F., Cassidy, Delmar R., Clubb, Susan L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bacillus cereus - drug effects
Biological Assay
Birds
Bleeding
Blood
Chlortetracycline - blood
Chlortetracycline - pharmacology
Diet
Diluents
Food Additives
Oxalates
Parrots
Parrots - blood
Pelleted feed
Psittaciformes - blood
Psittacosis
Veterinary services
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Summary:Chlortetracycline (CTC) concentrations of 0.18 to 7.7 μg/ml, 1.4 to 4.8 μg/ml, and 1.3 to 6.3 μg/ml were attained in the blood of Yellow-Crowned Amazon parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) fed pellets containing 1%, 1.5%, and 1.75% CTC. Some CTC activity in the feed samples was lost during the course of the study.
ISSN:0005-2086
1938-4351
DOI:10.2307/1590019