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Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
|March 1, 1982
Abstract:
A ready-to-inject solution, containing 100 mg/ml doxycycline was used. Artificially infected sheep were divided into 2 groups: a control group consisting of 10 animals, and a treated group consisting of 12 animals. Doxycycline was administered intramuscularly to the animals in the treated group at a dosage rate of 2 mg/kg body mass. All the treated animals recovered. One control animal recovered spontaneously, the others all died.
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