lasalocid and tiamulin

An investigation involving 640 turkeys demonstrated that the inclusion of lasalocid continuously from day-old to 16 weeks of age, at levels up to 375 ppm in the feed, produced no adverse effects; furthermore, the inclusion of 125 ppm lasalocid in the feed was compatible with the administration of 250 ppm tiamulin in the drinking water continuously for five days to turkeys over the same age range.

Topics: Animal Feed; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Body Weight; Coccidiosis; Diterpenes; Drinking; Eating; Female; Lasalocid; Male; Organ Size; Poultry Diseases; Turkeys

The anti-mycoplasma effects of the ionophores (lasalocid sodium, monensin and nigericin) were compared with that of tylosin tartrate and tiamulin in vitro. Forty-four strains representing 14 avian and 10 mammalian Mycoplasma species and serotypes and 5 Acholeplasma species were tested. The ionophores showed average minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values between 3.65 and 4.93 micrograms ml-1 for all strains, the MIC values for glucose-fermenting strains were between 2.26 and 3.75 micrograms ml-1, significantly lower than for arginine-hydrolysing strains (9.27-13.12 micrograms ml-1). These values were significantly higher than those obtained with tylosin tartrate (0.45 micrograms ml-1) or tiamulin (0.13 micrograms ml-1). The ionophores were more efficacious against acholeplasmas (0.06-0.25 micrograms ml-1) than against mycoplasmas.

Topics: Acholeplasma; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Coccidiostats; Diterpenes; Ionophores; Lasalocid; Leucomycins; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Monensin; Mycoplasma; Nigericin; Tylosin

The anticoccidial activities of monensin and lasalocid have been studied separately and in combination with tiamulin, a new pleuromutilin derivative. Combinations of constant tiamulin concentration (.0125%) in drinking water with various levels of polyether anticoccidials (6.3 to 125 ppm) in feed and conversely of constant levels of anticoccidials with various concentrations of tiamulin were used. The prophylactic efficacy of these combined treatments in battery raised broiler chickens infected with Eimeria tenella was evaluated. Assessment of the parameters mortality, weight gain, dropping scores, lesion scores, and oocyst output showed that simultaneous application of tiamulin significantly improved the anticoccidial activity of the polyethers. As tiamulin alone is without anticoccidial activity, this phenomenon was considered to result from an interaction between tiamulin and the polyethers leading to a slower metabolic degradation of the latter. Thus tissue levels adequate for maximum anticoccidial activity would be attained with lower polyether dose levels. Experiments using isolated perfused rat liver showed that elimination of monensin was reduced by 60% in the presence of tiamulin.

Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Chickens; Coccidiosis; Coccidiostats; Diterpenes; Drug Synergism; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Lasalocid; Liver; Monensin; Poultry Diseases; Rats