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Effect of Several Levels of Furazolidone in Swine Rations¹

New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

Two trials were conducted with weanling Duroc pigs to compare 5, 7.5, 10, 15, and 50 gm. levels of Furoxone (furazolidone) per ton of feed to a recommended level of chlortetracycline and a non-medicinal negative control. The results showed:

1. Pigs fed Furoxone at several levels made slightly greater average daily gains than negative controls, but the differences failed to show statistical significance at the 5% level of probability.
   
2. In the first trial, pigs which received either 10 or 15 gm. of Furoxone in their ration, made slightly higher average daily gains than pigs receiving chlortetracycline, but in the second trial, the latter group made the highest average daily gain and required less feed for each pound of gain in weight than did pigs receiving several levels of Furoxone; however, none of the differences were significant at the 5% level.
   
3. The several levels of Furoxone fed in these trials failed to increase the feed efficiency consistently at all levels.
   

¹ Paper of the Journal Series, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, Department of Animal Husbandry, New Brunswick.