Table: Drugs for Prevention of Coccidiosis in Poultry

Veterinary /

StandaloneMedia /

Drugs for Prevention of Coccidiosis in Poultry

Drug^a	Use Level (% in feed)		Withdrawal Time (days)
	Chickens	Turkeys
Amprolium	0.0125–0.025	0.0125–0.025	0
Amprolium + ethopabate	0.0125–0.025 + 0.0004–0.004	—	0
Clopidol or meticlorpindol	0.0125–0.025	—	0
Decoquinate	0.003	—	0
Diclazuril	0.0001	0.0001	0
Dinitolmide (zoalene)	0.004–0.0125	0.0125–0.01875	0
Halofuginone hydrobromide	0.0003	0.00015–0.0003	4–7
Lasalocid sodium	0.0075–0.0125	0.0075–0.0125	3
Maduramicin ammonium	0.0005–0.0006	—	5
Monensin sodium	0.01–0.0121	0.006–0.01^b	0
Narasin	0.006–0.008	—	0
Narasin + nicarbazin	0.003–0.005 (of the combination)		5
Nicarbazin	0.0125	—	4
Robenidine hydrochloride	0.0033	—	5
Salinomycin sodium	0.0044–0.0066	—	0
Semduramicin	0.0025	—	0
Sulfadimethoxine + ormetoprim	0.0125 + 0.0075	0.00625 + 0.00375	5
^a Approved in the USA; compiled from various sources, including, with permission, the Feed Additive Compendium, The Miller Publishing Co., 2008. Anticoccidials not approved in the USA but available in various other countries include clazuril, a combination of clopidol plus methylbenzoquate, and various combinations of ionophores with nicarbazin.
^b Up to 10 wk of age.

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