Research Article

Efficacy of Sulphachloropyrazine, Amprolium Hydrochloride, Trimethoprim-Sulphamethoxazole, and Diclazuril against Experimental and Natural Rabbit Coccidiosis

Table 1

Mean fecal scores from the day of inoculation to day 11 postinfection on drug efficacy study in experimentally induced coccidiosis infection.

GroupInoculation day (Day 0)Day 7Day 10Treatment day (Day 11)

Negative control (1A)1.0±0.001.0±0.001.17±0.171.33±0.21

Amprolium (2B)1.0±0.002.0±0.372.83±0.313.0±0.26

Positive control (3C)1.0±0.002.17±0.313.0±0.263.17±0.31

Diclazuril (4D)1.0±0.002.33±0.332.5±0.342.67±0.21

Sulphachloropyrazine (5E)1.17±0.172.17±0.312.67±0.212.67±0.21

Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (6F)1.0±0.002.67±0.212.67±0.332.83±0.31

SD0.1670.8260.8780.838

P-value0.4350.007<0.001<0.001

Values with different superscripts in a column are significantly different at p<0.05.
Fecal score was done according to Ramadan [22] where a score of 1 indicated normal well-formed pellets through 5, indicating severe diarrhea with/without profuse amount of blood.