Title
Short Report: Efficacy of a Single Oral Dose of Oxfendazole against Fasciola hepatica in Naturally Infected Sheep
Date Issued
01 March 2012
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Abstract
The efficacy of a single oral dose of 30 mg/kg of oxfendazole against Fasciola hepatica was evaluated in a controlled study in naturally infected sheep. Sheep were diagnosed by stool microscopy after sedimentation, and positive animals were randomized to oxfendazole (N= 20) or no treatment (N= 20).Anew stool exam was performed 10 days after treatment. All stool microscopies were performed masked to the treatment group. No side effects were noticed. All sheep in the control group remained infected with similar counts of eggs per gram of stools. None of the animals in the treatment group showed Fasciola eggs in stools after 10 days of treatment. A single dose of oxfendazole is highly effective against F. hepatica, providing a new drug alternative for the control of fascioliasis or integrated zoonosis control. Copyright © 2012 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Start page
486
End page
488
Volume
86
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84859571920
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00029637
Sponsor(s)
Fogarty International Center D43TW001140, D43TW008273
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