Holderread D, Nakaue H S, Arscott G H
Poult Sci. 1983 Jun;62(6):1125-7. doi: 10.3382/ps.0621125.
Frequently, publications pertaining to waterfowl state that medicated feeds should not be fed to ducklings and goslings. In some localities, producers and hobbyists who raise a small number of ducklings and goslings can purchase only medicated chick, turkey, or gamebird starter and grower feeds. Because of the lack of documented information on this subject and the numerous requests for advice on this matter, anticoccidial drugs, zoalene, sulfaquinoxaline, and amprolium, were mixed in mash feed and fed to Khaki Campbell male ducklings to 4 weeks of age. No significant differences in mean body weight, mortality, and anatomical development were observed among the treatments. Medicated commercial crumble turkey and chick starter feeds produced significantly better feed conversion than the mash medicated or nonmedicated feeds. These differences can be attributed to greater feed spillage with the mash feed. Some ducklings in all treatments showed unsteadiness of gait and shaky legs. These conditions disappeared when the ducklings were moved from the battery brooder to an outside pen. Zoalene, sulfaquinoxaline, and amprolium used at the recommended levels for chickens and turkeys did not cause any leg or anatomical problems in ducklings.
有关水禽的出版物常常指出，不应给雏鸭和雏鹅投喂加药饲料。在一些地区，饲养少量雏鸭和雏鹅的养殖户和爱好者只能买到加药的雏鸡、火鸡或猎禽育雏料和生长料。由于缺乏关于这一主题的文献资料，且有许多人就此问题寻求建议，于是将抗球虫药、二硝托胺、磺胺喹恶啉和氨丙啉混入粉料中，投喂给4周龄以内的卡其坎贝尔公雏鸭。各处理组在平均体重、死亡率和解剖发育方面均未观察到显著差异。加药的商用碎粒火鸡和雏鸡育雏料的饲料转化率明显高于加药或未加药的粉料。这些差异可归因于粉料的饲料浪费更多。所有处理组的一些雏鸭都表现出步态不稳和腿部颤抖。当雏鸭从层叠式育雏器转移到室外围栏时，这些症状消失了。按鸡和火鸡的推荐用量使用的二硝托胺、磺胺喹恶啉和氨丙啉未在雏鸭身上引发任何腿部或解剖问题。
