Natural infection by gastrointestinal and bronchopulmonary nematodes in mouflons (Ovis musimon) and their response to netobimin treatment.

Abstract

Gastrointestinal and bronchopulmonary nematode infections and the efficacy of netobimin (Hapasil) were analyzed by way of fecal examination in 10 female mouflons (Ovis musimon), in central Spain, February 1993. Before treatment all 10 mouflons had Trichostrongylus axei, Teladorsagia circumcincta and Marshallagia spp.; sic had Nematodirus spp., two had Trichuris sp., one had Capillaria sp., seven had bronchopulmonary Dictyocaulus filaria and 10 mouflons had protostrongylid lungworms (Muellerius capillaris, Protostrongylus rufescens, Cystocaulus ocreatus or Neostrongylus linearis). Netobimin (7.5 mg/kg) was 100% effective against T. axei, T. circumcincta, Marshallagia spp., and D. filaria infections whereas one animal continued eliminating Nematodirus spp. eggs. The drug also was effective against Capillaria spp. but not against Trichuris spp. or protostrongylid infections.

• Authors: A Meana, M Luzón-Peña, J Santiago-Moreno, A De Bulnes, M Gómez-Bautista
• Journal: Journal of wildlife diseases (J Wildl Dis) Vol. 32 Issue 1 Pg. 39-43 (Jan 1996) ISSN: 0090-3558 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8627934 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anthelmintics
• Guanidines
• netobimin

Topics

• Animals
• Animals, Wild
• Anthelmintics (therapeutic use)
• Feces (parasitology)
• Female
• Guanidines (therapeutic use)
• Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic (drug therapy, parasitology, veterinary)
• Lung Diseases, Parasitic (drug therapy, parasitology, veterinary)
• Nematode Infections (drug therapy, parasitology, veterinary)
• Prevalence
• Sheep
• Sheep Diseases (drug therapy, epidemiology, parasitology)