THE TOXICITY AND EFFICIENCY OF ARECOLINE HYDROBROMIDE IN THE TASMANIAN HYDATID CONTROL PROGRAM
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Australian Veterinary Journal
- Vol. 54 (4) , 193-195
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.1978.tb02449.x
Abstract
Results on the efficiency and toxicity of arecoline hydrobromide during the first 11 years of the hydatid limitation program in Tasmania are presented. A satisfactory mucous purge was obtained from about 80% of dogs when arecoline was used at 3.25 mg/kg and from about 75% when the dose rate was reduced to 1.62 mg/kg of body weight. Arecoline is considered to have a low efficiency in detecting tapeworm infection in individual dogs, but is valuable as a diagnostic aid in groups of dogs. Toxicity was seen as acute cardiac collapse in about 5 dogs per 1000 dosed. Deaths followed in 1 dog in about 9,500.Keywords
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