“…dose were in close agreement in this study but are among the shortest reported for any fluoroquinolone in birds (Flammer et al, 1991;Anadon et al, 1995;Helmick et al, 1997;Intorre et al, 1997;Bailey et al, 1998;Knoll et al, 1999;Harrenstien et al, 2000;de Lucas et al, 2004de Lucas et al, , 2005bCarpenter et al, 2006;Dimitrova et al, 2007). However, pharmacokinetic comparisons alone do not necessarily indicate advantages in efficacy or prevention of resistance, given the nonequivalency among fluoroquinolone MICs (Riddle et al, 2000). Effective use of concentration-dependent fluoroquinolones while preventing selection for resistance has been associated with reaching a daily maximum plasma concentration (C max ) 8-10 times the minimum inhibitory concentration for 90% of the population (MIC 90 ) of the pathogenic organism, rather than maintaining a concentration above MIC 90 (Papich & Riviere, 2009).…”