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Thiabendazole Tested against the Gastro-intestinal Nematodes of British Farm Animals (excluding sheep)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

J. W. G. Leiper
Affiliation:
Research Department, Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd., Thurgarton, Nottingham, England
J. Crowley
Affiliation:
Research Department, Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd., Thurgarton, Nottingham, England

Extract

Experiments involving cattle, horses, pigs and fowls are presented which are considered to give evidence that thiabendazole is highly active against the Strongyle parasites but not so active against the ascarid parasites of the digestive tract of these animals. The strongyles of cattle can be controlled with a dose of 75–100 mg./kg. and those of horses with as little as 25 mg./kg. In pigs 100 mg./kg. was very active against Oesophagostomum dentatum but this dose level was of poor efficiency against Ascaris lumbricoides. A high dose of 500 mg./kg. appeared to be necessary to control Ascaridia galli in the fowl.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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