Flachowsky G, Banjaw K, Ayalew T
Beitr Trop Landwirtsch Veterinarmed. 1984;22(4):415-9.
Two short-term experiments were carried out with the polyether antibiotic monensin in East Ethiopia during the dry season. Monensin was given to 10 Boran Zebu bulls (84 days) and 15 female Ogaden sheep (112 days). All animals were grazing all day long on very poor rangeland. In the barn during the night, the animals were fed low concentrates, supplemented with 100 mg monensin per animal and day for bulls and 15 mg for sheep. The animals of the control croup did not receive any supplements. Monensin addition increased the daily weight gain of bulls from 15 to 89 g/animal (alpha greater than 0.05) and decreased the weight losses of the Ogaden sheep from 22 to 12 g/animal per day. The feed intake of grazing animals was not registered. Further experiments are recommended including more animals and longer experimental periods with antibiotics influencing the rumen fermentation to be carried out under tropical rangeland conditions.
在旱季期间，于埃塞俄比亚东部用聚醚抗生素莫能菌素进行了两项短期实验。将莫能菌素给予10头博拉安格斯牛（为期84天）和15只奥加登母羊（为期112天）。所有动物整日在非常贫瘠的牧场放牧。夜间在畜棚中，给动物喂食低浓度精饲料，每头公牛每天补充100毫克莫能菌素，每只羊每天补充15毫克。对照组动物不接受任何补充剂。添加莫能菌素使公牛的日增重从15克/头增加到89克/头（α>0.05），并使奥加登羊的体重损失从每天22克/只减少到12克/只。未记录放牧动物的采食量。建议进行进一步实验，包括增加动物数量并延长实验周期，在热带牧场条件下使用影响瘤胃发酵的抗生素进行实验。
