@article{prus_clubb_flammer_1992, title={DOXYCYCLINE PLASMA-CONCENTRATIONS IN MACAWS FED A MEDICATED CORN DIET}, volume={36}, ISSN={["0005-2086"]}, DOI={10.2307/1591534}, abstractNote={A trial was conducted to determine the doxycycline plasma concentrations attained by feeding a medicated corn diet to large psittacine birds. Doxycycline is the preferred drug for the treatment of chlamydiosis in psittacine birds. Healthy macaws were fed a 0.1% doxycycline-medicated corn diet for 45 days, and plasma doxycycline concentrations were determined by microbiological assay on treatment days 3, 15, 30, and 45. Plasma doxycycline concentrations exceeded 1 microgram/ml in 87% of the samples assayed. As blood concentrations of 1 microgram/ml are considered therapeutic, a doxycycline-medicated corn diet may be efficacious in the treatment of chlamydiosis in large psittacine birds.}, number={2}, journal={AVIAN DISEASES}, author={PRUS, SE and CLUBB, SL and FLAMMER, K}, year={1992}, pages={480–483} }