Reduction of the abortion rate due to Toxoplasma in 3 goat herds following administration of sulfadimidine.

Abstract

The efficacy of sulfadimidine (4 doses of 33 mg/kg body weight, IM, q48h) against Toxoplasma abortion was assessed in 3 dairy goat herds suffering from Toxoplasma abortions during the 4th month of gestation. This protocol was very effective for the control of Toxoplasma abortions (P < 0.01).

• Authors: Nektarios D Giadinis, Shawkat Q Lafi, Evi Ioannidou, Elias Papadopoulos, Konstantinos Terpsidis, George Karanikolas, Evanthia J Petridou, Christos Brozos, Harilaos Karatzias
• Journal: The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne (Can Vet J) Vol. 54 Issue 11 Pg. 1080-2 (Nov 2013) ISSN: 0008-5286 [Print] Canada
• PMID: 24179245 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Infective Agents
• Sulfamethazine

Topics

• Abortion, Veterinary (epidemiology, parasitology, prevention & control)
• Animals
• Anti-Infective Agents (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Goat Diseases (epidemiology, parasitology, prevention & control)
• Goats
• Greece (epidemiology)
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic (drug therapy, epidemiology, veterinary)
• Sulfamethazine (therapeutic use)
• Toxoplasmosis, Animal (complications, epidemiology, parasitology, prevention & control)