Comparison of feed-grade antibiotics in starter diets containing spray-dried blood products (1993)

Authors

K Q. Owen
Steven S. Dritz
Michael D. Tokach
Robert D. Goodband
Jim L. Nelssen

Keywords

Swine day, 1993; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 94-194-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 695; Swine; Starter; Performance; Antibiotic

Abstract

A total of 240 pigs (initially 11.6 lb and 19 d of age) was used to compare four different feed-grade antibiotics or antibiotic combinations in phase I (d 0 to 14 postweaning) and phase II (d 14 to 28 postweaning) starter pig diets. Apramycin and carbadox were compared in the phase I diet. Combinations of tylosin/sulfamethazine and neomycin sulfate/oxytetracycline were compared in the phase II diet. No differences occurred in pig performance for the phase I and phase II periods between the feed-grade antibiotics compared in this growth assay. Therefore, determination of appropriate feed-grade antibiotic inclusion will depend on 1) economics, 2) disease profile of the herd, and 3) growth response within a particular producer's herd.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 18,1993

Recommended Citation

Owen, K Q.; Dritz, Steven S.; Tokach, Michael D.; Goodband, Robert D.; and Nelssen, Jim L. (1993) "Comparison of feed-grade antibiotics in starter diets containing spray-dried blood products (1993)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6369