Further studies on factors determining tissue levels of sulfamerazine in trout

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
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Abstract

There is considerable variation in the tissue level of sulfamerazine among individual trout in a treated population. This fact may be the reason why prolonged sulfonamide therapy sometimes fails to free all trout from Bacterium salmonicida. The quantity of food given with a standard dosage of sulfamerazine has a pronounced effect on the tissue concentration of sulfamerazine; the concentration increased when the quantity of food decreased. It appears therefore, that trout should be fed at a rate very closely adjusted to their optimum feeding requirements for the best practical results. The start of treatment with high initial doses of sulfamerazine had no effect on the tissue concentration sustained by the maintenance dosage. The relative distribution of sulfamerazine in various organs and tissues of rainbow trout was about the same as in brown and brook trout. The only difference noticed was the lack of peak levels of short duration between the 8 and 10 days of treatment, which is characteristic for brook and brown trout.

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Snieszko, S.F., and Friddle, S.B., 1952, Further studies on factors determining tissue levels of sulfamerazine in trout: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 81, no. 1, p. 101-110, https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1951)81[101:FSOFDT]2.0.CO;2.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Further studies on factors determining tissue levels of sulfamerazine in trout
Series title Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
DOI 10.1577/1548-8659(1951)81[101:FSOFDT]2.0.CO;2
Volume 81
Issue 1
Year Published 1952
Language English
Publisher American Fisheries Society
Contributing office(s) Leetown Science Center
Description 10 p.
First page 101
Last page 110
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