A study was carried out to assess the efficacy and the economic profit of prophylactic treatment against Isopsora suis with toltrazuril or with a sulfamethazine/trimethoprim combination in piglets from an intensive pig farm. Thirty-one litters were included in study. Eight litters were treated once with toltrazuril (20 mg/kg b.w.) at 3 days of age (Toltra group); 8 litters were treated with 2 m...

Congenital toxoplasmosis results from the transplacental transmission of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii after a maternal infection acquired in pregnancy. Prevalence of congenital infection ranges from 0.1 to 0.3 per 1000 live births. The maternal-fetal transmission rate increases with gestational age at maternal seroconversion, from less than 15% at 13 weeks of gestation to over 70% at 36 weeks...

1. Trimethoprim is a diaminopyrimidine antimicrobial agent which is effective against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms. In veterinary medicine, trimethoprim is commonly used in combination with a sulphonamide in a concentration ratio of 1:5. It is administered orally, as a bolus, paste or in the drinking water or feed to calves, pigs, horses, poultry and fish (5 mg/kg b...

for prompt treatment of sore throats or recurrences of limb or joint pains and on the importance of penicillin cover for dental extractions if heart lesions persist. If sulphonamide prophylaxis has been started in hospital it should be continued for at least another two years. Patients should attend after-care clinics at regular intervals. Our own are seen at the third, sixth and twelfth month ...

OBJECTIVES To date, little is known about the molecular basis of antimicrobial resistance in Bordetella bronchiseptica, an important respiratory tract pathogen in pigs, dogs and cats. The aim of this study was to identify genes coding for trimethoprim resistance present in porcine B. bronchiseptica and to determine their localization, transferability and association with other resistance genes....