Randomised controlled field study to evaluate the efficacy and clinical safety of a single 8 mg/kg injectable dose of marbofloxacin compared with one or two doses of 7.5 mg/kg injectable enrofloxacin for the treatment of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infections in growing-fattening pigs in Europe

Table 1 Study treatment groups (dosages and duration of treatments are as recommended in product data sheets at the time of the study)

Treatment group (Active ingredient)	Route of administration	Dosage mg/kg	Duration of treatment	Day(s) of observation	Number of animals^a
Marbofloxacin	IM	8	Once on day 0 only	0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 21	122
Enrofloxacin	IM	7.5	Once on day 0 & on day 2 if clinical signs had not improved	0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 21	120

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