The effect of some sulfonamides on the growth of brook trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout

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Sulfonamides such as sulfisoxazole (GantrisinR), sulfamerazine, and a mixture of sulfamerazine with sulfaguanidine were fed to apparently normal fingerlings of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), brown trout (Salmo trutta), and rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). None of these drugs had any growth‐affecting influence on rainbow trout. Growth of brook trout was somewhat retarded by sulfamerazine. The retardation of the growth of brown trout was greater with sulfamerazine than with the mixture of two sulfonamides. Sulfisoxazole did not retard growth of any of the three species. As soon as the medicated food was replaced with normal, brown trout resumed growth. Observations are also furnished on the tissue levels of sulfonamides and hemoglobin in the experimental trout.

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Snieszko, S.F., and Wood, E.M., 1955, The effect of some sulfonamides on the growth of brook trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 84, no. 1, p. 86-92, https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1954)84[86:TEOSSO]2.0.CO;2.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title The effect of some sulfonamides on the growth of brook trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout
Series title Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
DOI 10.1577/1548-8659(1954)84[86:TEOSSO]2.0.CO;2
Volume 84
Issue 1
Year Published 1955
Language English
Publisher American Fisheries Society
Contributing office(s) Leetown Science Center
Description 7 p.
First page 86
Last page 92
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