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==Anti-Coccidial Agents==
 
==Anti-Coccidial Agents==
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It must be remembered that very few drugs are liscensed to treat avain coccidiosis, '''toltazuril''' is one of the exceptions. The following drugs are thus used to prevent infections occuring.
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It must be remembered that very few drugs are licensed to treat avian coccidiosis, '''toltazuril''' is one of the exceptions. The following drugs are thus used to prevent infections occuring.
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A '''shuttle programme''' is the alternative. This means that in a bird's growing period it experiences a number of different drugs in sequence. These programmes try to balance risk, productivity and cost. They are obviously very complex and only skilled specialists develop them for use on poultry farms.
 
A '''shuttle programme''' is the alternative. This means that in a bird's growing period it experiences a number of different drugs in sequence. These programmes try to balance risk, productivity and cost. They are obviously very complex and only skilled specialists develop them for use on poultry farms.
      
==Other Anti-protozoal Drugs==
 
==Other Anti-protozoal Drugs==
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