The disease syndrome characterized by acute vomiting and diarrhea with high mortality was prevalent in Korea [R.]. The agent present in the faces of dogs associated with this syndrome had the characteristic feature agglutinating red blood cells that was specifically inhibited by anti-CPV (canine parvovirus) reference dog serum. This also showed the serological identity with the reference CPV antigen in immuno-diffusion. Electron micrograph of the material revealed parvovirus particles with the size of 20nm and icosahedral structure. These results clearly indicated that CPV was the primary cause of canine epidemic prevailing in 1981 in Korea [R.].

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Ostertagia ostertagi, calves, inoculation doses producing severe and even fatal infections failed to induce resistance against reinfection

serum pepsinogen concentration, determination method, possibly useful in diagnosis of bovine and ovine ostertagiasis

Eimeria zuernii, E. bovis, calves (exper.), lasalocid sodium in various doses evaluated

The activity of ivermectin against common nematode parasites of sheep was examined in 2 experiments. In the 1st experiment, 14 sheep with naturally acquired infections were assigned to 2 groups of 7 sheep each. Sheep in 1 group were treated with 200 micrograms of ivermectin/kg of body weight and the remainder served as nontreated controls. In the 2nd experiment, 15 sheep with experimentally supplemented infections (including a benzimidazole-resistant strain of Haemonchus contortus) were assigned to 3 groups of 5 each. The 1st group was treated with 200 micrograms of ivermectin/kg, the 2nd was treated with 88 mg of thiabendazole/kg, and the 3rd served as nontreated controls. Ten to 12 days after treatment, all sheep were euthanatized and necropsied, and the parasites they harbored were recovered and identified. Efficacy of ivermectin was excellent (greater than 96%) against Dictyocaulus filaria, H contortus, Ostertagia circumcinta, Marshallagia marshalli, Trichostrongylus axei, T colubriformis, and T vitrinus. Treatment was not as uniformly effective for Nematodirus spathiger (73% to 85%), N filicollis (80% to 96%), Cooperia curticei (92% to 100%), immature nematodes (92% to 100%), and early 4th-stage larvae (46% to 100%). Efficacy of thiabendazole was poor for H contortus (42%) and early 4th-stage larvae in the abomasum (52%), but approached 100% for most of the other parasites.

Eimeria tenella, chickens (exper.), alpha-difluoromethylornithine promising for preventive chemotherapy, perhaps prevents schizont formation, anticoccidial effect possibly due to inhibition of putrescine biosynthesis; immunity to reinfection after treatment

nematodes, lambs, 11 anthelmintics compared using medicated feeds or multiple small doses

Eimeria mitis, 2 strains, chickens, reduced intestinal absorption of glucose and L-methionine, reduced weight gain, depigmentation of plasma, gross lesions absent

Haematobia thirouxi potans, two methods described for laboratory rearing, adult flies can be fed either on a bovine calf or on bovine blood in vitro