❞ كتاب Comparative Study of Albendazole and Oxfendazole in the Treatment of Cystic Echinococcosis in Sheep and Goats ❝

Comparative Study of Albendazole and Oxfendazole in the Treatment of Cystic Echinococcosis in Sheep and Goats

Comparative Study of Albendazole and Oxfendazole in the Treatment of Cystic Echinococcosis in Sheep and Goats من كتب طب بيطرى


ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to compare
the efficacy of albendazole and oxfendazole
in the treatment of cystic echinococcosis
using naturally infected sheep and goats.
Fifteen animals with natural infections of

cystic echinococcosis were randomly divid-
ed into 3 groups of 5 animals each. Two

groups were treated orally with either alben-
dazole or oxfendazole at 30 mg/kg body

weight twice a week for 4 weeks; a third
group served as controls. Ultrasound and
postmortem examination of the animals, as

well as microscopic examination of proto-
scoleces for eosin dye exclusion and flame

cell motility, were used to determine the

efficacy of the 2 drugs. Ultrasound examina-
tion revealed that 4 animals in the albenda-
zole group and 3 in the oxfendazole group

had decreased cyst viability (P < 0.05).
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