A Brief Introduction to Common Drug Types for Chickens and Their Usage

The main drugs commonly used for chickens include: antimicrobial drugs, antiviral drugs, anticoccidial drugs, etc.

Antimicrobial drugs: commonly used ones such as penicillin, streptomycin, ampicillin, erythromycin, gentamicin, kanamycin, chloramphenicol, sulfonamides, tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones.

(1) Gaolimixian and Qianglimixian are 5% erythromycin; Qinlibao and Junbizhi are gentamicin.

(2) Baimiejing and Dijunjing are mostly sulfonamides used together with synergists.

(3) Norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin and ofloxacin are all fluoroquinolone drugs.

Antiviral drugs: apart from moroxydine and moroxydine hydrochloride, some Chinese herbal medicines are even more effective.

Anticoccidial drugs: qiuchong powder, Dijunjing, Mieqiu liquid, etc.