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Amoxycillin as an alternative to dihydrostreptomycin sulphate for treating cattle infected with Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo

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Smith, C.R., Corney, B.G., McGowan, M.R., McClintock, C.S., Ward, W. and Ketterer, P.J. (1997) Amoxycillin as an alternative to dihydrostreptomycin sulphate for treating cattle infected with Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo. Australian Veterinary Journal, 75 (11). pp. 818-821. ISSN 0005-0423

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.1997.tb15661.x

Abstract

Objective: To assess the effect of amoxycillin treatment on urinary excretion of leptospires from cattle infected with Leptospira borgpeterseniiserovar hardjo.

Design: A chemotherapy trial with controls.

Procedure: Fourteen heifers serologically negative to L hardjo were inoculated with L hardjo via the conjunctival route and assessed for evidence of infection by serological, fluorescent antibody and microbiological tests. Two injections (48 h apart) of amoxycillin at a dose of 15 mg/kg were administered intramuscularly to seven heifers 6.5 weeks after infection; the remaining heifers acted as untreated controls. Later, these seven control group heifers were treated with a single dose of amoxycillin (15 mg/kg). Samples of urine were collected before and after amoxycillin treatments; kidneys were collected at slaughter, and examined by fluorescent antibody test and microbiological culture.

Results: Leptospires were isolated from the urine of 11 of 14 heifers inoculated with L hardjo. After treatment of six of these with two injections of amoxycillin, leptospires were not isolated. Of the controls, four of the five initially leptospiruric heifers continued to shed leptospires; after a single injection of amoxycillin, no leptospires were detected in the kidneys of these four.

Conclusion: Amoxycillin may be an acceptable alternative to dihydrostreptomycin sulphate for the treatment of cattle infected with L hardjo.

Item Type:Article
Subjects:Veterinary medicine > Veterinary bacteriology
Veterinary medicine > Diseases of special classes of animals > Cattle
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