Title
Effectiveness of single dose fenbendazole and praziquantel for the control of nematodes and cestodes in dogs
Other title
Efectividad del fenbendazol y praziquantel para el control en dosis única de nemátodes y céstodes en perros
Date Issued
01 January 2006
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The objective of the study was to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of the fenbendazole-praziquantel combination against nematode and cestode parasitism in dogs. A single dose of 100 mg of fenbendazole and 5 mg of praziquantel per kilogram of body weight was orally administered. Ten female/male 12-14 weeks old pupies were naturally infected with Toxocara canis and Dipylidium caninum, and divided in a control and treated groups. Adult forms of the parasites were searched in the necropsy at day 4 after treatment. The effectiveness was 92.5 and 100% against T. canis and D. caninum, respectively, and without side effects in treated animals. The results showed that the fenbendazole-praziquantel combination at the specified dose was highly effective against these parasites.
Start page
20
End page
25
Volume
17
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85047127953
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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