Efficacy of albendazole against Moniezia spp. in sheep and cattle
1998
Chroust, K. (Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Fakulta Veterinarni Mediciny)
The paper presents results of the anthelmintic efficacy verification of albendazole in sheep and cattle naturally infected by tapeworms Moniezia expansa and M. benedeni. The dose of 5 mg per 1 kg of body weight applied as a 2.5 % suspension was tested in sheep. One hundred percent efficacy of this dose was proved both in a controlled test on 12 lambs and in field studies on two flocks of ewes and lambs (amounting to 380 and 420 individuals) in which we invariably evaluated groups of 30 treated and 30 untreated control individuals using quantitative ovoscopic methods. The dynamics of the monieziosis prevalence in a flock of 70 sheep of all age categories was studied and performed deworming using albendazole during peak infections in 1995 to 1997. Even in cases when there was a quick and repeated rise of the infection during the pasture period, the application of albendazole decreased ovoscopic findings to zero values and to considerably low prevalence in the second and third year of the study. The occurrence of monieziosis in cattle was nearly sporadic and the application of albendazole in the dose of 7.5 mg per 1 kg of body weight was 100 % effective when given to individual animals as a suspension.
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