ANTHELMINTIC EFFICACY OF ALBENDAZOLE IN CATTLE - COMPARISON OF CRITICAL AND CONTROLLED TESTS

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 38  (8) , 1247-1248
Abstract
Calves (12) were experimentally inoculated with 6 spp. of gastrointestinal nematodes and the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica. Six calves were administered albendazole at 10 mg/kg of body wt and the drug efficacy was determined by critical and controlled tests. Albendazole was only 74% effective against Haemonchus contortus (cambendazole-resistant strain), 99 to 100% effective against Ostertagia ostertagi, Trichostrongylus colubriformis, Cooperia oncophora and Oesophagostomum radiatum, and 54% effective against the liver fluke. Except for H. contortus, the critical test provided as accurate a measurement of drug activity against gastrointestinal nematodes as the controlled test provided.

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