ANTHELMINTIC EFFICACY OF COMERCIAL FORMULATIONS IN HORSES FROM DOURADINA MUNICIPALITY, PARANÁ, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Fernando de Almeida Borges UFMS
  • Aguinaldo Yoshio Nakamura Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Gabriel Daltoé de Almeida Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Victor Hugo Araujo Cadamuro Universidade estadual de Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i3.5492

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of commercial anthelmintics in horses. From three farms in the municipality of Douradina, PR, Brazil, a total of 51 cross-breed horses, male and female, from different ages was selected. The animals were naturally infected by gastrointestinal nematodes and submitted to treatment with (I) oral solution of closantel (10mg/kg), (II) paste containing oxifendazole (2.5mg/kg) + triclorfon (40mg/kg) or (III) gel containing ivermectin (200mcg/kg) + praziquantel (2,5mg/kg) + vitamin E (1mg/kg). Due to the limited number of available horses at farm B, only treatments II and III were used and only treatment III was used at farm C. EPG counts and coprocultures were carried out before and seven days after the treatment.  Treatment I showed 68.78% efficacy, while treatment II showed efficacy of 72.74% and 92.11% at the two evaluated farms. Treatment III showed 100% efficacy at the three farms. The coprocultures indicated that the nematode that survived to the treatment belonged to the Cyathostominae sub-family. Therefore, the lack of resistance to ivermectin and the reduced efficacy of closantel and of the association of oxifendazole + triclorfon against cyathostomes, the most common nematode in horses in Brazil, was demonstrated.

KEYWORDS: Anthelmintics, horse, nematode, resistance.

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Author Biography

Fernando de Almeida Borges, UFMS

Deparatamento de Medicina Veterinária _ Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. UFMS.

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Published

2010-10-02

How to Cite

BORGES, F. de A.; NAKAMURA, A. Y.; ALMEIDA, G. D. de; CADAMURO, V. H. A. ANTHELMINTIC EFFICACY OF COMERCIAL FORMULATIONS IN HORSES FROM DOURADINA MUNICIPALITY, PARANÁ, BRAZIL. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 3, p. 618–622, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i3.5492. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/5492. Acesso em: 17 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2010)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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