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As the result of research in Great Britain and in the United States, the use of certain sulphonamides, particularly sulphamezathine, has become the standard method of treatment of acute cæcal coccidiosis of chickens caused by E. tenella. The successful results obtained have tended to focus the attention of workers almost entirely on this group of drugs. The purpose of this communication is to report the successful treatment of the disease by mepacrine hydrochloride.
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WILSON, J. Mepacrine Hydrochloride in the Treatment of Avian Coccidiosis. Nature 163, 250 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163250a0
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