Efficacy of Sulphachloropyrazine, Amprolium Hydrochloride, Trimethoprim-Sulphamethoxazole, and Diclazuril against Experimental and Natural Rabbit Coccidiosis
Table 3
Oocyst counts from the day of inoculation to day 10 postinfection on drug efficacy study in experimentally induced coccidiosis infection.
Oocysts shed per treatment group x 104 per gram of feces
Group
Inoculation (Day 0)
Day 4
Day 6
Day 8
Day 10
Negative control (1A)
0.01±0.01
0.03±0.02
0.02±0.00
0.02±0.00
0.06±0.023
Amprolium (2B)
0.01±0.00
0.09±0.02
3.80±0.87
13.97±7.33
19.01±9.57
Positive control (3C)
0.01±0.01
0.25±0.02
3.82±1.47
15.63±8.79
34.93±16.28
Diclazuril (4D)
0.01±0.01
0.34±0.15
11.44±3.54
28.22±9.38
59.70±12.35
Sulphachloropyrazine (5E)
0.01±0.01
0.66±0.48
12.40±9.54
56.97±38.69
149.00±110.39
Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (6F)
0.01±0.01
0.26±0.06
8.00±4.28
26.13±12.13
197.17±92.66
p-value
0.93
0.34
0.36
0.34
0.15
Values with different superscripts in a column are significantly different at 0.05.