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US 3,947,586 AGranted
Method of combatting swine dysentery
AssigneeHoffmann-La Roche Inc.
InventorRobert Earl Messersmith
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Abstract
The use of polyether antibiotics and their pharmaceutically acceptable cationic salts and esters in oral treatment and prevention of swine dysentery is described.
Claims2
A method for the control of swine dysentery which comprises orally administering ad libitum to swine infected with swine dysentery sufficient amount of a ration containing from about 0.0055% by weight to about 0.055% by weight of, as the active compound, antibiotic X537A or equivalent amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to provide about 1.6 to 3.7 mg. per pound of animal per day of said antibiotic.
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