Application of normal avian gut flora by prolonged aerosolization onto turkey hatching eggs naturally exposed to Salmonella.

A commercial preparation of normal avian gut flora (NAGF) was aerosolized for an extended period over turkey hatching eggs during pipping and hatching to examine any protective effects against natural exposure to salmonellae. Turkey hatching eggs, produced by salmonellae-infected breeder flocks and hatched in a commercial hatchery with a history of salmonellae contamination, were used in two trials. In Trial 1, four doses of NAGF inoculum per hatching egg were aerosolized through an automated hatcher fogging system during the final 48 hr of the pipping and hatching process.

Efficacy of an in-feed preparation of ivermectin against endoparasites and scabies mites in swine.

In 2 trials, the efficacy of an in-feed preparation of ivermectin was evaluated in 40 pigs naturally infected with endoparasites and Sarcoptes scabiei var suis. Treated pigs (n = 10 in each trial) were fed a ration containing 2 ppm ivermectin for 7 days, followed by consumption of a nonmedicated ration for the remainder of the trial. Control pigs (n = 10 in each trial) were fed a complete, nonmedicated ration for the duration of the trial.

Effect of removal of lacrimal and third eyelid glands on Schirmer tear test results in cats.

Schirmer tear tests I and II values for 10 healthy cats were 16.2 +/- 3.8 mm/min and 13.