This study was conducted to workout the prevalence of Gastrodiscus infection in horses in Lahore district and to check the efficacy of oxfendazole, albendazole and ivermectin against Gastrodiscus infection in horses. Five hundred faecal samples were collected and subjected to Coprological examination. From the Gastrodiscus positive horses 28 animals were selected for this study and were divided...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the anthelmintic efficacy of three commercial compounds against ascarids and Capillaria spp. in naturally infected fighting cocks from Mexico. First experiment—Forty cocks were selected on the basis of eggs per gram (EPG) counts quantified by the McMaster method. On day 0 the birds were divided into four groups of 10 cocks, each subjected to the trea...

Despite the national vitamin A and antihelminthic prophylaxis programmes, both intestinal geohelminths and subclinical vitamin A deficiency continue to be prevalent among children in developing countries. Studies on potential synergistic effects of vitamin A supplementation and deworming on retinol status have inconsistent results. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impacts...

A randomized trial study was conducted comparing the efficacy of two high-dose regimens of albendazole for the treatment of uncomplicated human strongyloidiasis. Agar plate culture (APC) was used as an evaluation technique for coprological diagnosis. All 115 subjects infected with Strongyloides stercoralis from 7 provinces in northeastern Thailand were divided randomly into two groups. Regimen-...

background: colibacillosis in poultry, reduces growth and performance, increases mortality and causes economic losses. objectives: an experiment was conducted to study the effect of egg yolk powder and antibody (igy) on intestinal morphology and reduction of bacterial colonization in broilers infected with e. coli. methods: ten laying hens were immunized with e. coli o2: k1. the eggs were colle...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of combination treatment of Albendazole along with liquid nitrogen in cutaneous larva migrans. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and The Aga Khan Hospital, Karachi, from December 2008 to December 2010. METHODOLOGY Eighteen cases of cutaneous larva migrans were collected and divided into two groups...