1. Comparative efficacy of pyrethrum marc with albendazole against sheep gastrointestinal nematodes.
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Mbaria JM, Maitho TE, Mitema ES, and Muchiri DJ
- Subjects
- Animals, Cross-Over Studies, Feces parasitology, Female, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic drug therapy, Male, Nematode Infections drug therapy, Parasite Egg Count veterinary, Plant Extracts therapeutic use, Sheep, Albendazole therapeutic use, Anthelmintics therapeutic use, Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium therapeutic use, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic veterinary, Nematode Infections veterinary, Phytotherapy, Sheep Diseases drug therapy
- Abstract
The efficacies of pyrethrum marc and of albendazole against experimental sheep gastrointestinal nematode infection were compared. Sheep was infected orally with 10,000 larvae (Haemonchus spp. (60.1%), Oesophagostomum spp. (13.9%), Trichostrongylus spp. (13.2%), Cooperia spp. (8.3%), Nematodirus spp. (3.5%), Strongyloides spp. (0.8%) and Ostertagia spp. (0.2%). Faecal egg count reduction in albendazole-treated sheep was 100% by day 4 following treatment, compared to 37.03%, 31.3%, 38.9% and 51.8% on days 4, 6, 8 and 10 in pyrethrum mare-treated sheep. These reductions were statistically significant on days 8 and 10 post-treatment (p < 0.05). The potential for using pyrethrins for helminth treatment is discussed.
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- 1998
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