Authors : Ramiro Ramirez Necoechea, Guillermo Davalos Aranda, Jose Antonio Salinas Melendez, Juan Jose Zarate Ramos, Jose Francisco Hernandez Ramirez and Maria de Lourdes Alonso Spilsbury
Abstract: The researchers describe several cases of carbadox toxicity recorded during 30 years of Mexican swine practice by a panoramic overview focused in clinical manifestations. After describing the doses and methods of using carbadox either following or not the manufacturer recommendations, the researchers bring up five carbadox toxicity cases pointing out the most striking clinical signs such as growth delay, jaundice, ear, tail and flank biting, urine drinking, among others. We offer a pathway of carbadox toxicity in weaned and growing pigs as well as a clinical carbadox toxicity scale (Neco scale) for early clinical carbadox toxicity detection.
Ramiro Ramirez Necoechea, Guillermo Davalos Aranda, Jose Antonio Salinas Melendez, Juan Jose Zarate Ramos, Jose Francisco Hernandez Ramirez and Maria de Lourdes Alonso Spilsbury, 2010. Clinical Reports of Carbadox Toxicity in Mexican Swine Farms. Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 5: 9-12.