1. Causas que propician la aparición de resistencia antihelmíntica en unidades de explotación bovina en la provincia Camagüey.
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Guerra Llorens, Yunaisy, Mencho Ponce, Juan Diego, Vázquez Flores, Allen, Valle Peguero, Yosleidys, Figueroa Arce, José, Oliva Rondón, Rogelio, Marín López, Edelmiro, and García Noya, Silvia
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ANTHELMINTICS , *LIVESTOCK , *ANIMAL health technicians , *CHI-squared test - Abstract
The present paper aim is to determine the causes provoking an antihelmintic resistance within livestock cooperative collective ventures. To this end, an exhaustive observation of antihelmintic drugs application and manipulation was carried out at different livestock centers from Camagüey province, Cuba. Technicians' role in a wrong drug dosage due to a mistaken animal liveweight estimate, drug contamination by non-sterile needles and other devices, and drug container refilling was assessed, and results were expressed in percents. A hundred veterinary doctors and technicians applying this antihelmintic treatment were interviewed. Data so compiled were processed by the SPSS program (10.0 version) to analyze in a crossed contingency table including doctor and technician categories their knowledge concerning dosage and parasite taxonomic group response to the mostly used antihelmintic products in Cuba, i.e., levamisol, ivermectina, albendazol, and niclosamida. A square chi test was finally applied and results showed an inadequate use of antihelmintic drugs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005