[Suitability of the streptomycin furazolidone combination in the treatment of diarrhea in newborn calves].

In the treatment of diarrhoea in new-born calves in 14 herds, the clinical effectiveness of the combination of streptomycin (1,000,000 i. u.) with furazolidone (0.2 g) was compared with that of streptomycin (1,000,000 i. u.) alone and furazolidone (0.2 g) alone in the peroral application to 710 calves twice daily. The use of the combination resulted in the recovery of 97.1% of 244 calves, the use of streptomycin alone healed 99.2% of 236 calves, and the application of furazolidone healed 97.4% of 230 calves. However, these results are not statistically significant. Taking into account the costs of treatment as well as the losses due to mortality, the treatment with streptomycin alone was more economical than the use of the comdone. The furazolidone therapy was more advantageous than the use of the combination only when evaluated from the viewpoint of the purchase price of calves.