Efficacy of long-acting oxytetracycline alone or in combination with streptomycin for treatment of Brucella ovis infection of rams

Am J Vet Res. 1989 Apr;50(4):560-3.

Abstract

Twenty-four rams inoculated with Brucella ovis by conjunctival and preputial routes were treated with a long-acting oxytetracycline alone or in combination with dihydrostreptomycin sulfate. The combined treatment eliminated Brucella ovis from 11 of 12 (91.6%) treated rams. Only 4 of 12 (33.3%) rams treated with oxytetracycline alone were bacteriologically negative. Neither treatment resolved clinical epididymitis in 2 rams affected before treatment. Many rams had pathologic lesions in the epididymis and ampullae, which limited the efficacy of antibiotic treatment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brucella / isolation & purification
  • Brucellosis / drug therapy
  • Brucellosis / microbiology
  • Brucellosis / veterinary*
  • Delayed-Action Preparations
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Male
  • Oxytetracycline / therapeutic use*
  • Sheep
  • Sheep Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Sheep Diseases / microbiology
  • Streptomycin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Delayed-Action Preparations
  • Oxytetracycline
  • Streptomycin