Growth Effect of Various Antibiotics on Baby Pigs Fed Synthetic Rations

Abstract

Both aureomycin and chloromycetin stimulated the feed consumption and rate of gain of baby pigs fed an alpha-protein “synthetic milk” diet. Chloromycetin reduced the number of coliform bacteria present in the feces during the first nine days of the experiment. This was only a temporary reduction, as by the sixteenth day no difference was apparent. Aureomycin had no effect on the fecal bacteria studied in these tests. Copyright © . .