Method of treating poultry for coccidiosis

Abstract

In accordance with the present invention, a method is provided for treating poultry for coccidiosis. The method comprises administering an effective amount of a biologically-active copolymer on the poultry with coccidiosis, the octablock copolymer being selected from the group consisting of an octablock copolymer having the following formula: ##STR1## and an octablock copolymer having the following formula: ##STR2## wherein: the mean aggregate molecular weight of the portion of the octablock copolymer represented by the polyoxypropylene is between approximately 5000 and 7000 daltons; a is a number such that the portion represented by polyoxyethylene constitutes between approximately 10% to 40% of the compound by weight; and b is a number such that the polyoxypropylene portion of the total molecular weight of the octablock copolymer constitutes between approximately 50% and 90% of the compound by weight.

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