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Test of 34 Therapeutic Agents for Control of Kidney Disease in Trout
Author(s) -
Wolf Ken,
Dunbar C. E.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1959)88[117:totafc]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - trout , salvelinus , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , rainbow trout , fontinalis , erythromycin , fishery , toxicology , medicine , zoology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology
Sixteen strains of fish kidney disease bacterium were tested in vitro to determine their reaction to 34 therapeutic agents. On the basis of the results obtained ten of the drugs were employed in experimental therapy of kidney disease in eastern brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Erythromycin at the rate of 100 milligrams per kilogram of fish per day (4.5 grams per 100 pounds of fish) for 21 days gave the best results. Other drugs gave only temporary benefit if any.