Efficiacy of albendazole and paromomycin treatments against natural Giardia spp. infection in calves

Efficacy of Albendazole and Two Different Doses of Paromomycin for Treatment of Naturally Occurring Giardia Infection in Lambs

Giardia duodenalis is a protozoan that infects a variety of vertebrates. It is a major cause of diarrhea in agricultural animals. There have been reports of clinical signs in cattle and sheep, which include diarrhea, dehydration and weight loss, however; there are limited drugs available for the treatment of giardiasis in animals. In this study, we compared the therapeutic effect of 20 mg alben...

Prevalence of Giardia spp. infection in pre-weaned and weaned calves in relation to management factors.

Two hundred and forty calf faecal samples from 16 Malaysian farms were screened by PCR for Giardia spp. The overall prevalence was 12.5% and the overall farm prevalence was 68.8% (11/16 farms). The prevalence in pre-weaned and weaned calves was 16.7% and 8.3%, respectively. Sequence analysis of 25 isolates identified all as G. duodenalis assemblage E. Management factors associated with an incre...

Prevalence of Eimeria spp., Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. in calves in the Van province.

This research was carried out in order to determine the prevalence of Eimeria spp. Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts and Giardia cysts in calves less than 6 months of age in Van province. For this purpose, fecal samples were obtained from the rectum of 182 calves. Fecal samples (n: 182) were examined with the modified acid-fast technique for Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts. The same samples were examin...

EFFICACY OF ALBENDAZOLE AGAINST Moniezia spp. IN SHEEP AND CATTLE

C h rous t K.: Efficacy afAlbellda:ole agaillsr MOllie:ia spp. ill Sheep and Caule. Acta vet. Srno. 1998.67: 175-181. The paper presents results of the anthelmintic efficacy verification of albendazole in sheep and cattle naturally infected by tapeworms MOllie:ia npansa and M. belledelli. We tested the dose of 5 mg per I kg of body weight applied as a 2.5'7c suspension in sheep. One hundred per...

Observations on the efficiency of thiabendazole, albendazole and brotianide against natural dicrocoeliasis in sheep and goats in Iran