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Am J Vet Res
; 47(5): 987-91, 1986 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3717745
ABSTRACT
Of 28 healthy, nondiarrheal, colostrum-fed neonatal calves, 22 developed diarrhea after they were given (orally) for 3 to 5 days maximally recommended doses of chloramphenicol, neomycin, ampicillin, or tetracycline. Ampicillin-, neomycin-, or tetracycline-treated calves had significantly (P less than 0.05) decreased and delayed glucose absorption during oral glucose tolerance tests. Chloramphenicol-treated calves had significantly (P less than 0.05) higher base-line plasma glucose concentrations during the non-test period and had no significant increase in blood glucose concentrations during the tolerance tests compared with those in control calves.