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Overberg research projects. XIII. A comparison of the efficacy of albendazole drench and an albendazole slow-release capsule against nematode parasites in sheep
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 62, No 4 | a1786 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v62i4.1786
| © 2020 J. P. Louw, R. K. Reinecke
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 27 November 2018 | Published: 31 December 1991
Submitted: 27 November 2018 | Published: 31 December 1991
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J. P. Louw, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South AfricaR. K. Reinecke, Private practitioner, Hermanus, South Africa
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The anthelmintic efficacy of albendazole intra-ruminal slow release capsules (SRC) and albendazole drench against field strains of 5 genera of nematode parasites of sheep, where compared. The SRC reduced. the number of L4 and adult Nematodirus by 64.1 % and 58,3% and the aIbendazole drench by 98,1% and 99,1%, respectively. Neither formulation was more than 89,5%1 effective against either the L4 or adult stage of Teladorsagia. The efficacy of both formulations against the adult stages of Haemonchus, Trichostrongylus· and Oesophagostomum ranged from 95,9 to 99,9%
Keywords
Efficacy; albendazole; intra-rumina! slow-release capsule; nematodes; sheep
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