salinomycin

English

Noun

salinomycin (uncountable)

  1. An antibacterial and coccidiostat ionophore therapeutic drug.
    • 2008 March 17, Katherine Zoepf, “Camels Go Easily Through the Eyes of Admirers”, in New York Times‎:
      An investigation showed that the camels had been poisoned by fodder contaminated with an antibiotic called salinomycin, often added to chicken feed but poisonous to camels.
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