TABLE 6-5.

Drugs that Aid in Prevention and Treatment of Coccidiosis

Drug	Name	Use	Dose
Amprolium	Corid*	Prophylactic	5 mg/kg body weight (bwt) for 21 days
		Therapeutic	10 mg/kg bwt for 5 days
Monensin	Rumensin†	Prophylactic	16.5-33.0 g/ton feed continuously, or 1.0 mg/kg bwt for 28 days
Lasalocid	Bovatec‡	Prophylactic	1 mg/kg bwt continuously
Decoquinate	Deccox§ (several products available)	Prophylactic	0.5 mg/kg bwt for 30 days
Sulfamethazine		Therapeutic	140 mg/kg bwt loading dose, then 70 mg/kg bwt for 5-7 days
Sulfadimethoxine	Several products available	Therapeutic	55 mg/kg bwt loading dose, then 27.5 mg/kg bwt for 5-7 days

^*Corid (amprolium), Merial Ltd., Duluth, GA.

^†Rumensin 60 (monensin sodium), Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN.

^‡Bovatec (lasalocid), Alpharma, Inc., Fort Lee, NJ.

^§Deccox (decoquinate), Alpharma, Inc.