喹烯酮

kuíxītóng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 quinocetone (veterinary antibacterial)
  2. 2 quinoxaline-based feed additive

Examples

Kuíxītóng shì yī zhǒng yòngyú chùqín de kàngjūn cùzhǎngjì.
Quinocetone is an antibacterial growth promoter used in livestock and poultry.
Jìnnián lái duō guó duì kuíxītóng de shǐyòng jìnxíng le xiànzhì.
In recent years many countries have restricted the use of quinocetone.

Tips

culture
Quinocetone was developed in China in the 1990s as a substitute for olaquindox (喹乙醇) and carbadox () after those drugs raised genotoxicity concerns. China's Ministry of Agriculture later banned quinocetone in food animals in 2019 citing similar risks.

Stroke Order

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